This site has several online exibitions of Islamic Art in various categories including The Ottomans and Flora in Islamic Art.

This website provides a little help with the Turkish language from Chicago University’s Richard Chambers. It’s been helpful.

CALL FOR PAPERS  Afkar: The Undergraduate Journal of Middle  East Studies Volume 2, Issue 1 The editorial board at  Afkar is excited to announce the Call for Papers for the second issue of  Afkar: The Undergraduate Journal of Middle East Studies .  The deadline for submission is February 1, 2020.    Afkar is an international, peer-reviewed, and student-run academic journal focusing on the study of politics, history, culture, and society in the Middle East and North Africa. The journal offers undergraduate students an 1 interdisciplinary platform to publish their academic work and welcomes manuscripts from a wide range of fields within the humanities and social sciences, including history, political science, anthropology, sociology, literature, art history, religious studies, and geography. ✧✧✧  For this issue, we are looking for submissions according to the following categories: Research papers: Research papers should be based on original research with a careful analysis of relevant primary-source material. They should be between 4,000–8,000 words and not exceed 30 double-spaced pages. Short essays : Short essays should provide a discussion of contemporary or historical issues in/of the region. They do not need to include an analysis of primary-source materials but should be based upon original ideas and arguments. They should  be between 1,500–3,000 words. Book reviews: Book reviews should provide close and critical readings of works published by scholars in Middle East studies during the last three years. They should evaluate the strength and weaknesses of the author’s argument, and situate the work within the larger literature of the subject in question. They should be between 700–1,500 words. ✧✧✧   All manuscripts must be sent to afkarjournal.submissions@gmail.com by February 1, 2020. Please   note that manuscripts should conform to our submission guidelines, which can be found on our website: https://afkarjournal.com/submission-guidelines/   .  For inquiries please email afkarjournal.info@gmail.com   .   1    Afkar   relies on a broad definition of “the Middle East and North Africa” that includes Iran, Turkey, the Caucasus, Sudan and Mauritania. It also accepts submissions related to Muslim South and Central Asia, as well as the diasporic communities of these different regions.

https://www.turkiyeburslari.gov.tr/en/announcement/turkiye-scholarships-2020-applications-open

Türkiye Scholarships 2020 Applications Open

Apart from providing education opportunities at an international caliber as well as a wealth of knowledge and experience, Turkey offers scholarships to international students from all over the world to study in the most prestigious universities in Turkey.

Apply Now!

Türkiye Scholarships is a government-funded, competitive scholarship program, awarded to outstanding students and researchers to pursue full-time or short-term program at the top universities in Turkey.
Türkiye Scholarships aims to build a network of future leaders committed to strengthening cooperation among countries and mutual understanding among societies. 

Application Dates: 10 January – 20 February 2020

Türkiye Scholarships applications for 2020 will be received in one period, and applications will be open between 15th January- 20th February 2020 for international students from all countries.


What is unique about Türkiye Scholarships?

What makes Türkiye Scholarships unique is that it’s not only inclusive of financial support but also provides university placement to its awardees at all levels of higher education.


Programs and Levels of Study

Programs open for application are: Undergraduate and Postgraduate Programs 
Applications will be open to applicants who wish to study at bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral levels. 
Other programs such as Research Scholarships, Success Scholarships, and KATİP have different application periods and are announced regularly on our website and social media channels.


PASSPORT NOTICE For 2020 Applications

As part of 2020 application and evaluation process, in order to facilitate and quicken the later stages of your admission, although it is not compulsory, all candidates planning to apply this year are strongly advised to make their application with a valid passport as their personal or identification document, or at least hold and present a valid passport during the scholarship interviews.

How to Apply

Evaluation and Selection Process

Application Calendar

The famous PBS travel show host has a great agenda for his 25 minute episode of Istanbul: “We’ll lose our way in the Grand Bazaar and munch our way through the famously fragrant Spice Market. We’ll follow the fall of the ancient capital of Byzantium and the rise of Islam at the city’s ancient wall, and wander among the treasures of Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque, and Topkapı Palace. To escape the city bustle, we’ll cruise the churning waters of the Bosphorus, make friends over backgammon, and try a traditional Turkish bath.”

While we’re with him, we may as well follow him along to Central Turkey and learn about general precepts of Islam in another episode. For that matter, he also has two more episodes: Eastern Turkey and Western Turkey. Each episode does not entirely cater to our class’s purview, it has a least a little something to enhance our understanding of our studies.

Happy “travels”!

This is a documentary of the Ottomans. It is one of four documentaries in a series that addresses the contributions of Islam to the world in science, trade, architecture, art, and writting.

Here is a guide for the series from PBS. It provides resources too, like a bibliography.

This webpage lists many primary and secondary sources for women in Islam, from fighting along side Muhammad to their being sold as slaves. Its timeline begins with the 7th century and continues through the Early Modern Era. Many sources have snippents in the article that are super interesting (like the account of the woman who fought by the side of Muhammad during the Battle of Ohud).

This article explains the discovery of a portion of 10th century physician Ibn Sina’s encyclopedia The Canon of Medicine, translated into Irish in the 15th century. Once its own volume, it was later repurposed as the binding of another book. The work has now been digitized and preserved online here.

Learn Persian with Scholarship

by Khachik Gevorgyan

ARMACAD is announcing a full scholarship for qualified students in Iranian Studies and related fields to participate in ASPIRANTUM’s three weeks summer school of Persian language. 

The scholarship:

Up to 3 scholarships are available by ARMACAD to those students who meet the eligibility criteria presented below and are interested to learn Persian in Armenia.
The participation fee for the 3 weeks Persian Language course is $1890. With this scholarship ARMACAD will cover $1590 and the student will only have to pay $300 for the course. 

Who is eligible?

Please apply to this scholarship only if you meet the eligibility criteria.
Undergraduate (BA), graduate (MA) and postgraduate (PhD) students in Iranian Studies and related fields enrolled in universities and other academic institutions from the below specified countries are eligible to apply to ARMACAD scholarship. 
The ideal candidates will be 19 – 29 years old by the start of the program. 

Only the citizens of the following countries are eligible for this scholarship:

Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States of America.

Please do not apply for this scholarship if you have already secured funding from other sources.

Deadline to apply:

Please apply for this scholarship by February 15, 2020.

For more details please visit: https://aspirantum.com/scholarships/scholarships-for-persian-language-courses-from-armacad 

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Architectural Digest: Middle East wrote a preivew for a new(ish) book: Mosques: The 100 Most Iconic Islamic Houses of Worship. The article showcases exceptional Islamic architecture beyond the “Balkans to Bengal” bubble to include not-to-be-missed, rightly-labeled icons, beginning with Spain’s Great Mosque of Cordoba.