A photo exhibition by Omar Kasmani, Paris, CEIAS-EHESS
The red between black and white Special photo exhibition, EHESS, main hall 15 September-15 October 2010 Omar Kasmani, a PhD student in Social Anthropology at Freie Universität (Berlin), is also an...
View ArticleWorkshop: Ritual and Nationalism in Sindh
International workshop Ritual and Nationalism in Sindh 26 May 2011, Heidelberg University Internationales Wissenschaftsforum Heidelberg, Hauptstraße 242 Convened by Jürgen Schaflechner with SFB 619...
View ArticleFellowships: Popular Images and Media in Muslim Religious Spheres
Short-term Fellowships of “The Cluster of Excellence – Asia and Europe in a Global Context”, Transcultural Image Database Project “Satellite of Networks” The Circulation of Popular Images and Media in...
View ArticleMIFS Newsletter n°6 (September 2011)
The editorial team of the Sindhi Studies Group is pleased to present to you the sixth issue of the MIFS newsletter. You will find various information (interview, fieldwork report,excerpt from Sindhi...
View ArticleEclipse 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...
View ArticleParso Gidwani Centre of Sindhi Studies
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...
View ArticleInternational Conference, 11-12 November 2011
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,...
View ArticleBook launch in Karachi, AFK, 28 October 2011
The Express Tribune, Karachi, 30 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...
View ArticleCall 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,...
View ArticleWorkshop: Muslim Saints, Dreams, and Veneration of Shrines (EASA 2012)
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,...
View ArticleWorkshop: Shi‘i Sufism in Modern Times, Edinburgh University, 20 Octobre 2012
A one-day workshop on Shi`i Sufism has been held at the IMES (Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies), University of Edinburgh, on the 2oth of October 2012. It was co-organised by the CNRS in France (Monde...
View ArticleInternational conference on Ethics and Spirituality in Islam, 29 November-1...
Ethic and Spirituality in Islam: Adab of the Sufis (Ethique et spiritualité en islam: l’adab soufi) 29 November-1 December 2012 IISMM-EHESS, INALCO, Paris Conveners Eve Feuillebois-Pierunek (Sorbonne...
View ArticlePreserving endangered Urdu language periodicals
The University of Chicago has been awarded a grant from the British Library’s Endangered Archives Programme (EAP), funded by Arcadia, for the digitization and preservation of 60 rare and endangered...
View ArticleInternational conference: Exploring modern South Asian history with visual...
Call for papers ‘Exploring modern South Asian history with visual research methods: theories and practices’ Conference University of Cambridge, 15 – 16 March 2013 CFP deadline: 31 December 2012...
View ArticleThe First International Conference on Karachi (2013)
The First International Conference on Karachi will be held in 2013 in Karachi. For the purpose abstracts are invited on the broad theme divided in to ‘the historical’, ‘the contemporary’, and ‘the...
View ArticleWorkshop: Discussing recent work on Islam in South Asia
The research team “History and Sufism in the Indus Valley“, coordinated by Michel Boivin at the Center for South Asian Studies (CEIAS) in Paris, organizes a workshop to discuss on recent publications...
View ArticleWorkshop: Pilgrims and Politics in Pakistan, 21 May 2013 (Paris)
This Workshop, whose proceedings will be conducted in English, aims to focus attention on the adaptation of the institutions and languages of Sufism to the political economy of different regions of...
View ArticleCall for papers: “Sindh through the centuries”, December 2013
Second International Seminar on “Sindh through the centuries” Karachi, December 2013 “Sindh Madressatul Islam University is organizing Second International Seminar on “Sindh Through the Centuries” at...
View ArticleTribute to Dr Charu Gidwani (1970-2013)
Dr Charu Gidwani was born on 21 August 1970 in Pune, Maharashtra (India). She was the daughter of the renowned scholar Dr Parso Gidwani (1932-2004) and of Pushpa Khubchandani. Parso was born in Dadu,...
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