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The production of material culture in the Islamic world: centers, craftsmen and techniques
21st Colloquium of the Ernst Herzfeld-Gesellschaft | Ernst Herzfeld Society
Deadline: 25.11.2025
The Khalili Research Centre for the History of the Art and Material Culture of the Middle East and Wolfson College, University of Oxford, invite applications for a Fellowship in the History of Visual Culture in the Ottoman Empire.
Deadline: 3 October 2025
Islamic Medieval Wall Paintings: towards an Interdisciplinary Approach
International on-line Conference, September 4-5, 2025
Organized by:
Dr. Ana Marija Grbanovic, Centre for Heritage Conservation Studies and Technologies (KDWT), University of Bamberg
Dr. Agnieszka Lic, Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures, Polish Academy of Sciences
University Assistant postdoctoral
As a postdoc university assistant, you will join the international team on Islamic Art History led by Professor Markus Ritter. The team’s research interests focus on works, media, and contexts of images, architecture, and objects of Islamic art and the early historiography of Islamic art.
Deadline: 04.09.2025
University assistant predoctoral
As a university assistant predoc, you will join the international team on Islamic Art History led by Professor Markus Ritter. The team’s research interests focus on works, media, and contexts of images, architecture, and objects of Islamic art and the early historiography of Islamic art.
Deadline: 20.08.2025
Tenure-Track Professorship in Museum Studies
The Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies at the University of Vienna invites applications for a Tenure-Track Professorship in Museum Studies. The professorship is affiliated with the Department of Art History.
Deadline: 17.09.2025
Handwerk und Kunst in der Wandmalerei von Persien bis zum Balkan:
Überlegungen zu einem multidisziplinären Forschungsansatz
Dr. Ana Marija Grbanovic (Bamberg)
INSTITUT FÜR ARCHÄOLOGISCHE WISSENSCHAFTEN
ISLAMISCHE ARCHÄOLOGIE UND KUNSTGESCHICHTE
Dienstag, 13. Mai 2025, 18 Uhr c.t.
Campus Westend, IG-Farben-Haus, EG, Raum 311
17-20 September 2027, in Skopje – North Macedonia
Announcement of the 1st circular 18th ICTA: 10 October 2024
Submission Deadline for abstracts: 01 May 2025
Announcement of the accepted abstracts: 01 March 2026
Announcement of the 2nd Circular 18th ICTA: 01 September 2026
Material Culture, Art, and Architecture of Pre-Safavid Shiism
Organised by Aila Santi & Edmund Hayes
The Museum of Islamic Art of the Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin is seeking to fill a position for 24 months (39h/week, part-time possible) as a Scientific Museum Assistant in Training (m/f/d) starting 15.06.2025.
Application deadline: 30.03.2025
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20th Colloquium of the Ernst Herzfeld-Gesellschaft | Ernst Herzfeld Society
Cairo (Egypt) 3 July 2025
Are you a graduate student in Islamic Art, Architecture, or Archaeology? Are you interested in meeting other students working on related topics? Would you like to discuss your research with your peers? How about presenting a paper based on your research at the graduate student meeting of the Ernst Herzfeld Society?
The graduate student meeting offers an opportunity for graduate students in the fields of Islamic Art History, Archaeology, and Architecture to present their ongoing research while providing a platform for discussion and networking. It is organised by Salma Azzam of Vienna University. It will take place at the American University in Cairo, Tahrir Campus on the 3rd of July in conjunction with the 20th Colloquium of the Ernst Herzfeld Society for Studies in Islamic Art and Archaeology.
Curator of Art from the Islamic World, The David Collection, Copenhagen
The David Collection in Copenhagen is seeking to fill in a curator position in Art from the Islamic World (full-time) to the next possible date.
Sensing the Materiality of the Early Modern Islamic World
Utrecht University, May 22-23, 2025
Deadline: January 31, 2025
Historicisms in Islamic Art:
Narratives, Materials and Perspectives
20th Colloquium of the Ernst Herzfeld Society for Studies in Islamic Art and Archaeology
Cairo (Egypt), American University in Cairo – Tahrir Campus
July 3–6, 2025
Deadline (extended) 10 February 2025
Notification of acceptance: February 28, 2025
Sensescapes of War and Ritual in the Early Modern Islamic World, c. 1500-1800
13-14 February 2025
Utrecht
Paper proposals:
Please send your proposals to y.unal@uu.nl including paper title, abstract (max 250 words), name, and institution, by December 15.
We cordially invite you to participate in the 35th Deutscher Orientalistentag (DOT) at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 8-12 September 2025.The section on Material Culture, Art History and Archaeology is open for papers referring to periods and regions covered by Oriental Studies at large, although traditionally there has been a focus on Islamic cultures. The section will be organized by Ilse Sturkenboom (LMU Munich) and Lorenz Korn (University of Bamberg). This is an opportunity to meet and to discuss ongoing research and to be in touch with other areas of SWANA-related academia.
Please submit your abstract through the conference portal until 31 January 2025. Pre-organized panels on specific topics are also welcome.
For all technical issues concerning registration, submission of abstracts etc. please refer to the conference website: https://www.dot2025.fau.eu/
20th September 2024
Castelo de S. Jorge – Lissabon
Organization: CH-ULisboa; UNIARQ; GEO-CML
Sponsor: Lisboa Cultura – Castelo de S. Jorge
At the University of Vienna is the Department of Art History looking for a/an University assistant predoctoral in the field of Islamic Art History around Professor Markus Ritter.
Job vacancy starting: 10/15/2024 | Working hours: 30.00
Interviews are expected to take place at the beginning of October.
Position for a specialist in Ming-period decorated paper within the ERC project GLOBAL DECO PAPER
