[Andalusi Studies] Invitation to Submit to Thematic Dossier in Al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā: the Journal of Middle East Medievalists

[David Wacks]

Dear Colleagues,

I hope this note finds you doing well in 2024.
Prof. Kristina Richardson and I are co-editing a thematic dossier (similar to a special issue) in Al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā: the Journal of Middle East Medievalists and we would like to invite you all to submit abstracts for consideration.
The announcement and details are below:
Al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā: the Journal of Middle East Medievalists announces a thematic dossier entitled “From the Margins, From Below: Theoretical and Analytical Interventions in Premodern Middle Eastern Studies,” guest edited by Kristina Richardson and Matthew Thomas Miller, to be published in 2026. We are soliciting original research articles from any discipline that challenge dominant scholarly narratives in Islamic and Middle Eastern studies through the application of particular theoretical schools of thought (e.g., feminist, affect theory, ecocriticism, narratology), analytical categories (e.g., race, gender, disability), or perspectives (e.g., history from below, literature of the margins) that have not been typically privileged as objects of study. We also welcome articles that interrogate the disciplinary formation of Islamic and Middle Eastern studies in the non-Islamic world and how these enduring institutional arrangements have centered certain languages, regions, and modes of analysis as worthy of study and relegated others to the margins. We are committed to assembling a diverse slate of scholars for this dossier, representing a wide range of topical, geographical, and theoretical/analytical perspectives.

Al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā: The Journal of Middle East Medievalists is the only open-access, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the medieval Middle East. To be considered, please submit a title and abstract of no more than 500 words to mtmiller at umd.edu<mailto:mtmiller at umd.edu> by April 15, 2024. The dossier’s guest editors will invite selected authors to an online workshop in May 2025 where they will present drafts of their articles. The workshop will be an opportunity for all to receive constructive feedback. Complete articles will be due by August 1, 2025. All submissions will be subject to the journal's peer review process.

Happy to answer any questions on this. And thank you for considering participating!

Best,
Matt Miller
__________________________________________
Matthew Thomas Miller, Ph.D. (Pronouns: He, Him, His<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/lgbt.umd.edu/good-practices-names-and-pronouns__;!!C5qS4YX3!Gq7Spjrv7e-l29tZlBCEBeH4M8YVHd7Ftrk5MgVxi7-nbcjyFMtaB4zCDuZ1SlZpao3FiNGxme1Jo8cKRhk$>)
Assistant Professor, Persian Literature & Digital Humanities, Roshan Institute for Persian Studies<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/sllc.umd.edu/persian__;!!C5qS4YX3!Gq7Spjrv7e-l29tZlBCEBeH4M8YVHd7Ftrk5MgVxi7-nbcjyFMtaB4zCDuZ1SlZpao3FiNGxme1JXUjbnh0$>
Director, Roshan Initiative in Persian Digital Humanities (PersDig at UMD)<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/persdig.umd.edu/__;!!C5qS4YX3!Gq7Spjrv7e-l29tZlBCEBeH4M8YVHd7Ftrk5MgVxi7-nbcjyFMtaB4zCDuZ1SlZpao3FiNGxme1JhjvKryw$>
Affiliate Faculty, Religious Studies<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/jewishstudies.umd.edu/research/religious-studies__;!!C5qS4YX3!Gq7Spjrv7e-l29tZlBCEBeH4M8YVHd7Ftrk5MgVxi7-nbcjyFMtaB4zCDuZ1SlZpao3FiNGxme1JvoEaPf0$>, Comparative Literature<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/english.umd.edu/academic-programs/graduate/phd-comparative-literature__;!!C5qS4YX3!Gq7Spjrv7e-l29tZlBCEBeH4M8YVHd7Ftrk5MgVxi7-nbcjyFMtaB4zCDuZ1SlZpao3FiNGxme1JOH3bvlY$>, Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH)<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/mith.umd.edu/__;!!C5qS4YX3!Gq7Spjrv7e-l29tZlBCEBeH4M8YVHd7Ftrk5MgVxi7-nbcjyFMtaB4zCDuZ1SlZpao3FiNGxme1J8hrfYsI$>
University of Maryland, College Park
Located on the ancestral lands of the Piscataway people
Principal Investigator, The Open Islamicate Texts Initiative Arabic-script OCR Catalyst Project (OpenITI AOCP)<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/medium.com/@openiti/openiti-aocp-9802865a6586__;!!C5qS4YX3!Gq7Spjrv7e-l29tZlBCEBeH4M8YVHd7Ftrk5MgVxi7-nbcjyFMtaB4zCDuZ1SlZpao3FiNGxme1Jq4ozerU$>
Professional website<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.matthewthomasmiller.com/__;!!C5qS4YX3!Gq7Spjrv7e-l29tZlBCEBeH4M8YVHd7Ftrk5MgVxi7-nbcjyFMtaB4zCDuZ1SlZpao3FiNGxme1Juaw2MOo$> | Humanities Commons Page<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/hcommons.org/members/mtmiller/__;!!C5qS4YX3!Gq7Spjrv7e-l29tZlBCEBeH4M8YVHd7Ftrk5MgVxi7-nbcjyFMtaB4zCDuZ1SlZpao3FiNGxme1JjNG-Zxs$> | Open Islamicate Texts Initiative (OpenITI)<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/openiti.org/__;!!C5qS4YX3!Gq7Spjrv7e-l29tZlBCEBeH4M8YVHd7Ftrk5MgVxi7-nbcjyFMtaB4zCDuZ1SlZpao3FiNGxme1JiFItLig$> | Persian Manuscript Initiative (PMI)<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.persianmanuscript.org/__;!!C5qS4YX3!Gq7Spjrv7e-l29tZlBCEBeH4M8YVHd7Ftrk5MgVxi7-nbcjyFMtaB4zCDuZ1SlZpao3FiNGxme1Jya20ac8$>

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.uoregon.edu/pipermail/andalusi_studies/attachments/20240304/51874e71/attachment-0001.html>