CfA for the 2nd Iran Graduate Student Workshop (IGSW), University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA, USA), 4-5 May 2018 - application deadline: 15 Aug. 2017
To build bridges across Persian and Iranian Studies programs, scholars from New York University’s Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Department and the Gallatin School (ISI-NYU), Princeton University’s Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies, and the University of Pennsylvania’s Middle East Center announce the Iran Graduate Student Workshop (IGSW). The workshop will provide a valuable venue for academic exchange and production, giving distinguished young scholars of the field an unrivalled opportunity to present and promote their research.
On May 4-5, 2018, the University of Pennsylvania will host the second gathering of this joint workshop, to be followed by similar meetings at the other campuses every two years. This second workshop in 2018 will consist of PhD students that are near ABD status and preparing their dissertation proposals (i.e., typically in their 2nd or 3rd year of graduate work). In addition, the first cohort will participate again, as discussants, in the 2018 workshop, as they approach the end of their graduate work.
Applicants for the second round, in 2018, must focus on modern Iran (roughly 18th-20th centuries), other countries of the Persianate world, or diasporas, or conduct relational histories and comparative work; and will be drawn from disciplines and programs in the humanities and social sciences, including anthropology, art history, economics, history, literature, politics, sociology, and related fields.
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Call for applications, visiting professorship in modern Iranian studies, Brow...Encyclopaedia Iranica
Middle East Studies at Brown University invites applications for a Visiting Assistant/Associate Professorship in modern Iranian Studies (post 1800). The position is open to all disciplines in the humanities and the social sciences. This is a one-year position with a strong possibility of renewal for a second year. We especially welcome candidates who thrive in an interdisciplinary environment, whose work is informed by comparative and global perspectives, and who have experience teaching and supervising undergraduates. The successful candidate will teach three classes a year and is expected to actively cultivate broad interest in Iranian Studies at Brown and to contribute to the intellectual life of the university. Additional funding for programming and research expenses will be considered.
Call for Applications, Master of Arts in Iranian Studies, University of Tehra...Encyclopaedia Iranica
The application deadline has been extended until April 15, 2015. Applicants are encouraged to apply as early as possible. Shortlisted candidates will be informed by the first week of May 2015.
Call for Papers, 31st Annual Middle East History and Theory Conference, The ...Encyclopaedia Iranica
Please send submissions electronically to mehat.
conference@uchicago.edu by no later than Friday, February 12, 2016. Please include each presenter’s name, institution, and position (graduate student, professor, independent scholar, etc.), and attach a 250-word abstract with a tentative title. The best abstracts will summarize the paper’s topic, its relationship and contribution to existing scholarship and specific conclusions. Abstracts will be collated by an assistant and evaluated anonymously by the coordinators; therefore, please do not include names or any identifying information in the abstract. Selection results will be announced in the middle of March 2016.
Call for Applications, Associate Professorship, Cross-Cultural Studies with s...Encyclopaedia Iranica
The Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark, invites applications for an associate professorship in Cross-Cultural Studies with specialization in Modern Iran and Central Asia to be filled by 1 February 2016 or as soon as possible thereafter.
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Call for applications, visiting professorship in modern Iranian studies, Brow...Encyclopaedia Iranica
Middle East Studies at Brown University invites applications for a Visiting Assistant/Associate Professorship in modern Iranian Studies (post 1800). The position is open to all disciplines in the humanities and the social sciences. This is a one-year position with a strong possibility of renewal for a second year. We especially welcome candidates who thrive in an interdisciplinary environment, whose work is informed by comparative and global perspectives, and who have experience teaching and supervising undergraduates. The successful candidate will teach three classes a year and is expected to actively cultivate broad interest in Iranian Studies at Brown and to contribute to the intellectual life of the university. Additional funding for programming and research expenses will be considered.
Call for Applications, Master of Arts in Iranian Studies, University of Tehra...Encyclopaedia Iranica
The application deadline has been extended until April 15, 2015. Applicants are encouraged to apply as early as possible. Shortlisted candidates will be informed by the first week of May 2015.
Call for Papers, 31st Annual Middle East History and Theory Conference, The ...Encyclopaedia Iranica
Please send submissions electronically to mehat.
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The Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark, invites applications for an associate professorship in Cross-Cultural Studies with specialization in Modern Iran and Central Asia to be filled by 1 February 2016 or as soon as possible thereafter.
The International Association for Intelligence Education (http://www.iafie.org) is pleased to announce its Essay Competition for 2016. This competition promotes IAFIE’s goal of providing a forum for the creation of knowledge and the dissemination and exchange of ideas and information for those interested in and concerned with intelligence education.
The article reveals data from a questionnaire of 16-17 year old Russian pupils about their experience of managing free time and using educational choice in the school. The authors compare the obtained results with the values of liberal arts education, gaining significance in Russian universities. The study shows that the principles and practices of liberal arts are in deficit even in advanced and innovative Russian schools.
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Qualifications: Earned doctorate in international and comparative education, development studies or a social science discipline (in particular anthropology, economics, political science, or sociology) with evidence of research on education in the Middle East.
Preference will be given to Middle East specialists with Arabic language skills or extensive work
experience in the Arab world, if possible in the Gulf region.
In this paper, there are three articles that concentrate on the analysis of genres should be reviewed.
Particularly so, these three articles shed light on the contribution of the corpus linguistics methodology to the
analysis and application of academic genres. For easy reference, I have to label Article 1 on From Text To Corpus-
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research and Online Academic Corpora to Inform Writing of the Discussion Section of a Thesis, by L. Flower
dew and Article 3 on An Integration of Corpus-Based and Genre-Based Approaches to Text Analysis in EAP/ESP:
Countering Criticisms Against Corpus-Based Methodologies, also by L. Flower dew.
Call for proposals, Translations of scholarly literature into Persian, Center...Encyclopaedia Iranica
The grant opportunity is designed for Iranian nationals with current permanent residency in Iran.
The selection committee is chaired by Kevan Harris and Cyrus Schayegh (both of Princeton University).
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Call for applications, 3 year position for scholar of Iranian history, 1500-1...Encyclopaedia Iranica
This position is open to researchers with a PhD degree in Iranian Studies, Middle Eastern History, Islamic Studies or a related field. The candidates must hold their PhD degree at the time of applying for the position or guarantee that they will receive it before the
beginning of the position.
We expect candidates with experiences in grant activities, a proven publishing record and a working knowledge of Persian language in addition to fluent English and a working knowledge of another Middle Eastern or European language.
Please direct inquiries to Dr. Jan Zouplna, Head of the Middle East Department: zouplna@orient.cas.cz
This statement on the passing of Ehsan Yarshater on 2 September 2018 was issued jointly by the Ehsan Yarshater Center for Iranian Studies of Columbia University in the City of New York, the Persian Heritage Foundation, and
the Encyclopaedia Iranica Foundation on 4 September 2018 in New York City; it is also available on the website of the Encyclopaedia Iranica at http://www.iranicaonline.org/pages/prof-yarshater-joint-stmnt
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This position is open to researchers with a PhD degree in Iranian Studies, Middle Eastern History, Islamic Studies or a related field. The candidates must hold their PhD degree at the time of applying for the position or guarantee that they will receive it before the
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NYU), Princeton University’s Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies, and the University
of Pennsylvania’s Middle East Center announce the Iran Graduate Student Workshop
(IGSW). The workshop will provide a valuable venue for academic exchange and
production, giving distinguished young scholars of the field an unrivalled opportunity to
present and promote their research.
On May 4-5, 2018, the University of Pennsylvania will host the second gathering of this
joint workshop, to be followed by similar meetings at the other campuses every two
years. This second workshop in 2018 will consist of PhD students that are near ABD
status and preparing their dissertation proposals (i.e., typically in their 2
nd
or 3
rd
year
of graduate work). In addition, the first cohort will participate again, as discussants, in
the 2018 workshop, as they approach the end of their graduate work.
Applicants for the second round, in 2018, must focus on modern Iran (roughly 18th-20th
centuries), other countries of the Persianate world, or diasporas, or conduct relational
histories and comparative work; and will be drawn from disciplines and programs in the
humanities and social sciences, including anthropology, art history, economics, history,
literature, politics, sociology, and related fields.
2. IGSW Purpose:
• To provide graduate students with intellectual feedback on their research,
encompassing both area studies and disciplinary critiques, twice in their
graduate student careers.
• To ensure that graduate students of Iran are aware of, and make their work accessible
to, scholars from other parts of “their” area (i.e., the Middle East broadly
defined) as well as from their own discipline, whether it be history, literature,
or the social sciences.
• To use the above points to make sure that graduating scholars who focus on modern
Iran will continue to be placed, if not more frequently placed, in both area
studies and disciplinary departments.
• To help doctoral students improve skills in scholarship and teaching.
To apply, please send to the following materials by August 15, 2017 to
igsw2018@gmail.com:
• One letter of recommendation from an advisor or committee member supporting the
research project and attesting to the student's good standing in their program of
study.
• Curriculum vitae
• Research proposal of 1,000 words on argument, methods, and evidence to be used in
dissertation Decisions on applications will be sent out by September 30, 2017.
If selected by the IGSW committee, participants will be expected to attend
workshops in years 2018 and 2020. Travel and accommodation for accepted
applicants will be provided by the IGSW.