The Association for the Study of Persianate Societies
انجمن مطالعات جوامع فارسی زبان

Employment, Grants, and Conference Announcements

Announcements

Board and Business Meeting at MESA 2012

Employment Opportunities

Persian-Farsi Language Instructor Positions in Maryland

Language school seeks Persian-Farsi instructors. Positions are located in Maryland.

Ideal candidates will have:

• Minimum of 5 years teaching Persian-Farsi to adults (1 year of teaching a related subject may be substituted.)
• B.A. in the Persian language; in linguistics or second language study; or in the history, culture, or literature of the area in which Persian is spoken
• Familiarity with educational technology
• Advanced degrees and publications are a plus.

Compensation is very competitive, based on credentials, and may include a relocation stipend. This is a long-term position. Full benefits.

If interested, please send your resume to: lrhodes@academiaschool.com

Conferences and Exhibitions

Conference Announcements

Russian Orientalism to Soviet Iranology: The Persian-speaking world and its history through Russian eyes Call For Papers

St Antony’s College, University of Oxford, Convened by Professor Edmund Herzig and Dr Stephanie Cronin Supported by the Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute

Conference Dates:

November, 30 2012

The Soviet Union possessed a long tradition of Iranian Studies, a tradition which it inherited from imperial Russia but transformed to suit its sense of its own historical mission. This tradition had its origins within the framework of Russian Orientalism as this developed during the nineteenth century age of imperial expansion. After 1921, under the auspices of the new Soviet regime, Iranology grew into an extensive and well-organized field, producing large quantities of books and articles every year. Despite the reputation acquired by individual Russian scholars of Iran such as Vladimir Minorsky, this tradition of scholarship remains largely unknown in the West. Little has been translated and Russian is not conventionally seen as a language necessary for scholars of Iran. This workshop proposes a re-examination of this tradition, taking, as its disciplinary focus, Russian/Soviet historical research on Iran and the Persian-speaking world. It has three objectives. It seeks to acquaint a wider audience in western Europe and the US with the work of Russian/Soviet scholars of the history of Iran and the Persian-speaking world; to initiate a discussion of possible new directions in historical research on this region opened up by the wider availability of Russian source materials, and to begin to integrate an analysis of Russian/Soviet Iranian Studies into the critique of Russian Orientalism, derived from Edward Said, which has emerged since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Deadline for submissions: March 30, 2012

Please submit title and abstracts of not more than 250 words of proposed papers to: Stephanie Cronin

Twelfth International Qajar Studies Association (IQSA) Conference Boston, May 24-25, 2012

St Women in the Qajar Era: A Conference Organized Jointly by IQSA and Boston University, Boston, Mass.

Conference Dates:

May 24-25, 2012

Begin Times:  Both days 9:30 am

For further questions regarding the Conference and Call for Papers, please contact directly Conference Chair:

Prof. Houchang Chehabi , Professor of International Relations and History, Dept. of International Relations, Boston University at: chehabi@bu.edu

Grant Opportunities

Open Society Foundation: Global Supplementary Grant Program

The GSGP program offers supplementary grants of up to $10,000 to students from select countries in Southeastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, Mongolia, the Middle East, and South Asia to pursue full-time doctoral studies in the humanities and social sciences.

Please click on the following link for more information about applying