Hi friends! A new online resource for classical Persian literature is now available for your perusal. The Text Archive of Persian Classical Literature is a project based in Osaka, Japan. Some of the notable texts available are the fable Kalilah wa Dimnah, Masnavi-ye ma’navi and the Samak-e ‘aiyar, a famous prose narrative whose only known manuscript exists in the Bodlein Library of Oxford University.
Enjoy!
Jadaliyya is an independent ezine produced by ASI (Arab Studies Institute), the umbrella organization that produces Arab Studies Journal (www.ArabStudiesJournal.org) and runs the Documentary Film Collective, Quilting Point.
Jadaliyya provides a unique source of insight and critical analysis that combines local knowledge, scholarship, and advocacy with an eye to audiences in the United States, the Arab world, and beyond. The site currently publishes posts both in Arabic and in English.
Jadaliyya is run and produced on a voluntary basis by an editorial team and expanding pool of contributors committed to discussing the Arab world on its own terms. Where others see only a security threat, conflict, or data on a graph, we see a region inhabited by living communities and dynamic societies.
The Institute of Islamic Studies at McGill University is currently seeking a Professor of Ottoman and Turkish Studies. The posting is here. The Islamic Studies Library maintains a strong collection of Turkish materials and Ottoman sources. We are currently focused on developing the Republican period, i.e. 1923 to the present. The ISL’s current collection development policy is here.
Hi friends! Don’t forget tomorrow’s workshop on Getting Started. The workshop is focused on an overview of the library, it’s collections and the various services provided for you.
The Alexandria Bombardment of 1882 Photograph Album digital collection was originally compiled by Italian photographer Luigi Fiorillo. This unique resource documents the British naval attack on ‘Urabi Pasha’s nationalists, who revolted against Taufik Pasha, the Khedive of Egypt, from 1879 to 1882. Fiorillo’s fifty page album records damage to Alexandria’s neighborhoods, particularly the harbor and the fortress district. The images trace the development of episode from the arrival of the British fleet to the destruction of the emerging downtown district. Further, the photographs show the artillery and forts used by the resistance. The album also features portraits of the key players in the bombardment, including ‘Urabi Pasha, Khedive Taufik, Admiral Seymour, and Sir Wolseley.
The Library will be holding tours of branch libraries as well as workshops to help you get started and learn how to find the right stuff. Attend all three of these activities to get a free McGill Library USB bracelet!
For a schedule of tours and workshops click here. The Amazing Library Race will be held on Thursday August 30, from 3-5 pm. For more information or to register click here.
The Middle East Center at the University of Pennsylvania is putting out a call for papers on cultural, social, political, economic, and intellectual exchanges between the Ottoman and Persian empires 16th through 20th centuries for a day-long symposium to be held in Friday, 26 April 2013 to be held at the University of Pennsylvania. Championing different expressions of Islam and sharing a long and turbulent border, the Ottoman and Persian empires rivaled each other since the rise of the Safavid state in Persia in the 16th century until the fall of Qajars and the Ottoman dynasties at the turn of the 20th century. This regular contact produced rich historical encounters between the two states.
Traditional historiography had portrayed the Ottoman and Persian histories as a narrative of struggle against European encroachment and attempts at “modernization” that derived inspiration from Europe since the early 19th century. Until recently, such a portrayal had overlooked the rich historical interactions between the two empires, including but not limited to trade, smuggling, pilgrimage (or religious tourism), intellectual exchanges, nomadic border tribes, and expatriate communities that inhabited the Ottoman-Iranian territories.
The symposium hopes to bring together scholars working on issues at the intersection of Ottoman and Persian relations to shift the focus of the debate to the eastern fault line of Middle Eastern history and to shed light on the historical interactions between the two empires, which governed almost the entire Middle East up until the end of World War I. Please submit your abstracts (300 words maximum) by 1 November 2012 . Selected scholars will be contacted in December 2012, and Penn’s Middle East Center will publish the papers presented in the symposium as an edited volume.
Possible topics may include the following:
• Territorial claims and counter-claims
• Ethnic and religious minorities in national boundaries
• Tribal dynamics and religious tensions
• Comparative gender issues
• Cultural and literary nationalism
• Great power rivalries in the 19th century (British, Ottoman, Russian, and Persian ambitions)
• Social and economic consequences of oil
• Trade patterns and economic development
All communication and abstracts should be submitted to this email: iranveturan@gmail.com
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Orientalys is a festival fully dedicated to the meeting of Eastern and Western cultures, celebrating a diverse, avant‐garde and open-minded Montréal. For three days and three nights, the Jacques-Cartier Quay will move to the beat of bold fusions and original shows. The various stages will host an array of workshops, animation activities and performances.
From flamenco to East European music, from jazz to Oriental cadences, from calligraphy to dance and multimedia, the 2012 edition holds plenty of surprises in store, along with a wide range of activities set around an Oriental medina, reflecting the old souks and the atmosphere in areas of Damascus, Casablanca or Baghdad.
Hi friends! Looking to work on your Arabic reading and comprehension? Check out the newly acquired bilingual World Best Seller series (سلسلة روائع القصص العالمية) for some English classics translated into Arabic!
The texts themselves are split between English and Arabic, the Arabic does not include tanwiin (so be sure to consult your grammar books) but the translations are very good and great practice for building confidence.
