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Dear friends and colleagues, Please find (pasted below my signature) a call for application for postdoctoral fellowships "Europe in the Middle East - The Middle East in Europe." I would like to remind you that the call for postdoctoral fellowships on "Connected Art Histories and the Museum" is still open for two weeks. Both announcements can be found on: www.fmik.de <http://www.fmik.de/> I would also like to take this opportunity to announce that our 105 years old "lady", the Museum of Islamic Art in Berlin, now has a circle of friends that is growing fast. Memberships do help to make this museum - maybe the first home of Islamic Art History - a meaningful forum of scholarship and public interaction on the material culture of Muslim Lands. Members will enjoy: - Free entrances of all Berlin State Museums - Reduction on the Museums Academy courses - Previews and lectures We invite you to become member. Flyer and registration forms can be downloaded here: http://freunde-islamische-kunst-pergamonmuseum.de/mitgliedschaft/aktiv-werden/ or write to: info@fmik.de The website is still under construction. So far the most useful tool is our collection of online resources: http://freunde-islamische-kunst-pergamonmuseum..de/links/islamische-kunst-online/ Best regards from Berlin, Stefan Weber --- ANNOUNCEMENTS --- Call for applications: EUME Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Museum for Islamic Art in Berlin The Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, the Fritz Thyssen Foundation and the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin invite scholars to apply for ten post-doctoral fellowships for the research program Europe in the Middle East - The Middle East in Europe (EUME) www.eume-berlin.de <http://www.eume-berlin.de/> Applications to eume@wiko-berlin.de <mailto:eume@wiko-berlin.de> Call for applications on: www.fmik.de <http://www.fmik.de/> You can apply to one of the interconnected research fields (see call for applications) or apply with a topic directly related to our museum: 1) supporting research that demonstrates the rich and complex historical legacies and entanglements between Europe and the Middle East; 2) re-examining genealogical notions of mythical 'beginnings', 'origins', and 'purity' in relation to culture and society; and 3) rethinking key concepts of a shared modernity in light of contemporary cultural, social, and political entanglements that supersede identity discourses as well their respective canons and epistemologies that were established in the nineteenth century. The Museum für Islamische Kunst in Berlin The Museum of Islamic Art at the Pergamonmuseum Berlin is the only institution of its kind in Germany and one of the major collections of Islamic Art and Archeology worldwide. The broad spectrum of the collection covers many facets of the material culture of the Muslim world, including archaeological findings, applied arts and crafts and rare illuminated and calligraphed manuscripts. The architectural objects represent one of the major attractions, conveying characteristic concepts of space and environments Among them the large façade from the palace Mshatta/Jordan 8th C, archaeological finds from the Califal capital of Samarra / Irak 9th C, a painted wooden interior of upper class household in Aleppo / Syria early 17th C, wall covers and ceiling from Iran 19th C and prayer niches from Kashan / Iran and Konya / Turkey 13th C. The museum will move to another part inside the larger Pergamonmuseum - the most visited museum in Berlin - and will be re-opened with an exhibition space of about 2.800sqm in 2019. The layout and concept will explore innovative ways of presenting the cultural legacy of Muslim Societies to an international audience. Key ideas will be new categories of chronological order, supraregional connections (techniques and trade, taste and esthetics between Europe and China), objects in their spheres of life, the biographies and context of objects (as they never come alone) - thus we look for narratives of material culture as entangled history. Applicants are invited to apply with any project that develops material culture in a wider intercultural perspective. Applications that connect to the EUME program are especially welcomed. _________________________ Dr. Stefan Weber Direktor Museum für Islamische Kunst Pergamonmuseum Bodestraße 1-3 10178 Berlin Telefon: +49(0)30 - 2090-5401 Fax: +49(0)30 - 2090-5402 Museum of Islamic Art - Homepage <http://www.smb.museum/smb/sammlungen/details.php?lang=en&objID=12&typeId=1> Museum für Islamische Kunst - Wikipedia <http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_f%C3%BCr_Islamische_Kunst_(Berlin)> Discover Islamic Art - Museum of Islamic Art at the Pergamon Museum <http://www.discoverislamicart.org/pm_partner.php?id=Mus01;de&type=museum&theme=ISL&>
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