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Employment Opportunities

Position Announcement:

Indo-Islamic Studies

The Department of Middle East and Asian Languages and Cul-ture at Columbia University announces a position in Indo-Islamic Studies, with specialization in either history or litera-ture and expertise in the use of Persian texts. The rank is open. Applications with c.v., cover letter, representative samples of scholarship and three letters of recommendation should be sent to:

Sheldon Pollock
Chair, Indo-Islamic Search Committee
MEALAC
Columbia University
605 Kent Hall, Mail Code 3928
New York, NY 10027

Applications will be reviewed starting February 1, 2006. Co-lumbia University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Minorities and women are encouraged to apply.

Dr. Samuel M. Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture


Position Announcement:

Academic Coordinator Position

The School of Humanities invites applications for a part-time (80%) academic coordinator to assist the Director in program planning and development. Duties include: assisting Director in developing program themes and goals, developing campus, community and student outreach and publicity, planning and coordinating seminars, colloquia and conferences, fund raising, maintain website.

Qualifications: Advanced degree in Humanities field and flu-ency in Persian preferred. Experience in program planning and development. Knowledge and overview of relevant interdisci-plinary scholarship, social issues and the academic environment. Strong organizational skills and excellent oral and written communication skills. Ability to work effectively, independently, and cooperatively with a variety of university constituencies (faculty, staff, students, other researchers and administrators). Familiarity with developments in Persian Studies.

Application Instructions: Applicants should forward: 1) a cover letter (two page maximum); 2) a current curriculum vita; 3) two names and contact information for references.

Application Deadline: Applications will be reviewed begin-ning December 3, 2005. Position is open until filled. Salary: Annual full-time salary is $42,180. This is an eleven month position, eligible for annual renewal.

The standard service period is July 1 through June 30 however the earliest appointment date for this year is January 1, 2006.

Please address applications and inquiries to: Susan Bertram, Office of the Dean, School of Humanities, University of Califor-nia, Irvine, CA 92697-3375. For further information please email sbertram@uci.edu.

THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE THROUGH DIVERSITY.

Conferences and Exhibitions

The Iran Heritage Foundation and Oxford University announce The Iranian Constitutional Revolution 1906-1911: Centenary Conference, Oxford, 6–9 July 2006.

Organisers: Prof. Abbas Amanat, Prof. Houchang Chehabi, Dr. John Gurney, Mr. Farhad Hakimzadeh, Dr. Vanessa Martin, Prof. Mohammad Tavakoli-Targhi.

The Conference Committee proposes to organise panels on the following subjects, and is open to innovative ideas: The coming of the Revolution; Ideologies and identities; Es¬tablished organisations and institutions; New organisations and institutions; The Arts; Women; Ethnicity and the making of identity; Religious minorities: Religio-ideological groups; The regions; Global dimensions; The Revolution and memory; Per-spectives and narratives.

Prospective participants should send an abstract of 300 words (in digital form, using Microsoft Word) by 1st January 2005 to Farhad Hakimzadeh farhad@iranheritage.org. It is anticipated that papers will last 25 minutes. For further informa-tion, visit the conference site at http://www.iranheritage.org/mashrutehconference

Sixth Biennial Conference on Iranian Studies: 3-5 August 2006, SOAS

Organized by the International Society for Iranian Studies (ISIS), the Iran Heritage Foundation (IHF), and the London Middle East Institute (LMEI) 3-5 August 2006, at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

The conference will take place immediately after the Centenary Conference on the Iranian Constitutional Revolution, which will be organized by the Iran Heritage Foundation and the University of Oxford and held 30 July–2 August 2006 at Oxford [see ASPS Newsletter No. 13, and ].

The Programme Committee welcomes contributions in all fields of Iranian studies, especially new areas of investigation and/or novel approaches to traditional fields. Those wishing to submit a proposal for a pre-arranged panel should provide four abstracts and the name of a discussant in their proposals. The primary language of the conference will be English, but proposals for papers in Persian will be considered as well. Up-to-date infor-mation on the Sixth Biennial Conference will be available at www.iranianstudies.net and at www.iranheritage.org.

The deadline for the submission of proposals is October 1, 2005. Abstracts must be limited to 250-300 words. Proposals should be sent by e-mail to: isislondon@hotmail.com . Confirmation will be sent by e-mail. Please also send a paper copy of the abstract to:

Professor H. E. Chehabi
Programme Committee Chairman
Department of International Relations
Boston University
152 Bay State Road
Boston, MA 02215 USA

The conference will be held at SOAS, and participants should contact the Iran Heritage Foundation (info@iranheritage.org) if they require an invitation in order to obtain a visa for entry into the UK or if they wish to make arrangements for accommodation at student halls of the University of London.

The Art and Material Culture of Iranian Shiism: July 7-8, 2006, Oxford, UK

Despite the numerous studies of Iranian art and material culture, covering architecture, object studies, flat art and photography, very little work has been published on the subject of Shiite art per se. This interdisciplinary conference aims to address this problem by bringing together historians, art historians, numis-matists, anthropologists and folklorists in order to try and iden-tify what is specifically Shiite in the art and material culture of Iran.

The conference will cover Iran from earliest Islamic times until the 21st Century, but expects to focus on four main periods: Safavid, Qajar, Pahlavi and post-Revolutionary Iran. It will also include Iranian Shiism as it has spread to other areas of the Is-lamic world, in particular India and East Africa.

Call for papers: titles of papers and abstracts should be sent to Professor James Allan at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford OX1 2PH, UK, or to Pedram Khosronejad pedram.khosronejad@orinst.ox.ac.uk

The deadline for submission of abstracts is July 1, 2005.


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