Workshop: Muslim Saints, Dreams, and Veneration of Shrines (EASA 2012)

February 15, 2012
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We made an announcement in a previous post about the 12th EASA biennal international conference held in Nanterre University in France (10-13 July 2012). In the workshop entitled “Muslim Saints, Dreams, and Veneration of Shrines”, organized by Dr.I.Edagr (Dept. Anthropology, University of Durham, UK) and Dr.P. Khosronejad (Dept. Social Anthropology, University of St Andrews,...
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Book: Central Asian Pilgrims and Hajj Routes

February 6, 2012
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Book: Central Asian Pilgrims and Hajj Routes Alexandre Papas, Thomas Welsford, Thierry Zarcone (eds), Central Asian Pilgrims. Hajj Routes and Pious Visits between Central Asia and the Hijaz, Islamkundliche Untersuchungen 308, Klaus Schwarz Verlag, 2011. “Striving to fulfil one of the five pillars of Islam, Central Asian believers covered considerable distances to reach Mecca. This book is the story of their...
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Centres and Peripheries in Ottoman Architecture: Online conference proceedings

February 1, 2012
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This is to inform you that the proceedings of the conference “Centres and Peripheries in Ottoman Architecture: Rediscovering a Balkan Heritage”, which was organized at the University of Sarajevo in 2010, have been made accessible online. For more information about the conference (venue, convenors, concept note…), click here You can download it as a...
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Call for papers: 12th EASA Biennial Conference, Nanterre, France

November 19, 2011
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Call for papers: 12th EASA Biennial Conference, Nanterre, France 12th EASA Biennial Conference Nanterre, France 10-13th July 2012 Uncertainty and disquiet The European Association of Social Anthropologists is holding its biennial conference next year in Nanterre, Paris. The Call for Paper is now open. It will close soon on November 28th but you can still propose a paper here. Note that there will...
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Book: Poetry, Islam and Ethnicity in Postcolonial Pakistan

November 15, 2011
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Book: Poetry, Islam and Ethnicity in Postcolonial Pakistan Nukhbah Taj Langah, Poetry as Resistance: Islam and Ethnicity in Postcolonial Pakistan, New Delhi, Routledge India, 2011. “Focusing on the culturally and historically rich Siraiki-speaking region, often tagged as ‘South Punjab’, this book discusses the ways in which Siraiki creative writers have transformed into political activists, resisting the self-imposed domination of the Punjabi–Mohajir ruling...
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Book launch in Karachi, AFK, 28 October 2011

November 7, 2011
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Book launch in Karachi, AFK, 28 October 2011 The book by Michel Boivin, Artefacts of Devotion. A Sufi Repertoire of the Qalandariyya in Sehwan Sharif, Sindh, Pakistan, was launched on 28th of October 2011 at the Alliance Française de Karachi (AFK). Read the book description from the official website of OUP in Karachi: “Sindh, the land and the river which gave its...
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Panhwar.com: An online digital library

November 1, 2011
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Panhwar.com: An online digital library Here we wish to start presenting various digital collections of documents pertaining to Sindh, Pakistan and South Asia in general. We chose to begin this section of our research notebook (‘Resources’) with the impressive collection of digitized manuscripts and other publications set up on a single website dedicated to the life and work of...
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International Conference, 11-12 November 2011

October 28, 2011
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Pilgrimages and Sanctuaries: Art, Music and Rituals 11-12 November 2011 Organized by The Centro Incontri Umani Ascona, Swizterland Conveners: T. Zarcone, CNRS – GSRL / EPHE, Paris P. Khosronejad, Department of Social Anthropology, University of St Andrews, Scotland A. Hobart, University College, London With the participation of The “Groupe Sociétés Religions Laïcité” (GSRL) Centre...
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Parso Gidwani Centre of Sindhi Studies

October 24, 2011
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In 2011, a new research centre of Sindhi studies was established in memory of Parso Gidwani. Here below is a description of The Parso Gidwani Centre of Sindhi Studies: “The Parso Gidwani Centre of Sindhi Studies (PGCSS) was created in 2011 in memory of the Ethnolinguist Parso J. Gidwani (1937-2004) who was a pioneer...
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Eclipse of a giant: A tribute to Nabi Bakhsh Baloch (1917-2011)

October 17, 2011
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Eclipse of a giant: A tribute to Nabi Bakhsh Baloch (1917-2011) Nabi Bakhsh Khan Baloch (N. B. Baloch, sometimes written as N. A. Baloch) passed away on April 6, 2011. Born in 1917 in the small village of Jaffar Khan Laghari, in Sanghar District, he belonged to the Baluchi tribe of the Lagharis, but he nevertheless adopted the name of Baloch. It is thus a...
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Book: A Modern History of the Ismailis

October 12, 2011
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Book: A Modern History of the Ismailis Farhad Daftary, A Modern History of the Ismailis: Continuity and Change in a Muslim Community, London, I.B. Tauris Publishers, 2011. “The Ismailis have enjoyed a long, eventful and complex history dating back to the 8th century CE and originating in the Shi’i tradition of Islam. During the medieval period, Ismailis of different regions –...
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Shi’ism in Modern South Asia: Online conference audio-papers

October 3, 2011
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An international conference, ‘Contesting Shi’ism: Isna ‘Ashari and Isma’ili Shi’ism in Modern South Asia’, hosted by the History Department, Royal Holloway, was held in London on 9-10 September 2011. You can listen to all the conference papers on this website. Here below is the conference programme: Friday, 9th September 14:30 – 15:00 Francis Robinson,...
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