Assistant Professor in the Pre-Modern History of the Islamicate Middle East or Central Asia
University of Chicago
The Department of Middle Eastern Studies invites applications for a tenure-track position, at the rank of Assistant Professor.
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Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Environmental Studies
Bowdoin College
Environmental Studies Program invites applications for a full-time tenure-track faculty appointment in environmental humanities at the Assistant Professor level.
Call For Entries - Lives Beyond the Archives: Alf Muslimah Research Competition
Al-Mujadilah Research, Qatar Foundation
Al-Mujadilah's Jadal Institute invites scholars, researchers, and experts to submit proposals for research-based entries for Alf Muslimah, a forthcoming encyclopaedia.
Residential Fellowships 2027–28 | Call for Applications
National Humanities Center
The center invites applications for academic-year or semester-long residential fellowships.
New Research Group on Ibn Khaldun’s Historical Legacy
University of Jordan
The group announces its establishment to scholars and researchers interested in Arabic intellectual heritage, Islamic historiography, and medieval sources.
The Composition of the Qur’an: Structure, Style & Meaning
Institut dominicain d'études orientales
The conference invites abstract submissions.
Department of African Diaspora Studies (Tenure Track, Start Fall 2027)
Grinnell College
The Department of African Diaspora Studies invites applications for a tenure-track appointment beginning Fall 2027.
Assistant or Associate Professor in Sociology (Open Rank)
The American University in Cairo
The Department of Sociology, Egyptology and Anthropology (SEA) is seeking to recruit an Assistant or Associate Professor of Sociology.
Assistant Professor - Law, Politics, and Public Discourse
University of California Berkeley
The Department of Rhetoric invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in Law, Politics, and Public Discourse.
Assistant Professor in Islamic Studies
Stanford University
The Department of Religious Studies invites applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Islamic Studies.
Call for Papers for Special Issues
York University
The editors invite abstract submissions to contribute to three Special Issues.
Al-Mujadilah’s Jadal Intstitute for Research Accepts Funding Applications
Al-Mujadilah Center and Mosque for Women
Al-Mujadilah invites Funding Applications for the 2026–2028 strategic theme.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Arabic Studies
Williams College
The Arabic Studies Department is seeking a Visiting Assistant Professor of Arabic Studies for a two-year appointment (2026–2028).
Dean Position at an Educational Institution in Amman
Jordan Media Institute
The institution invites applications from highly qualified and experienced academic leaders for the position of Dean.
Women’s Education, Careers, and Social Change in the Russian & Ottoman Empires & Beyond, 1860s–1920s
American University of Armenia
The international conference invites papers on Women’s Education, Careers, and Social Change in the Russian and Ottoman Empires and Beyond.
U.S. Director
American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS)
AIMS invites applications for U.S. Director position.
Call for contributors for edited volume: Reframing the History of International Organizations: (edited volume) Gender, Religion, and Global Governance (1919–1989)
KU Leuven - Asociación Española de Historia Religiosa Contemporánea
The editorial team invite proposals for two additional chapters to be included in a forthcoming edited volume.
Call for Book Chapters: Alternatives to the Nation-State: Federalism, Autonomy, and Post-Imperial Imaginaries in the Mediterranean Long Nineteenth Century
Aix-Marseille University
Chapter abstracts are invited for a volume in Routledge's Ideas beyond Borders series.
Postdoctoral Scholar/Lecturer (Bita Daryabari Fellow in Persian Language and Literature)
University California Davis
The Department of Comparative Literature and the Program in Middle East/South Asia Studies invite applications for the newly established Bita Daryabari Endowment Postdoctoral Scholar/Lecturer position in Persian language and literature.
Visiting Professorship in the Political Economy of the Middle East (open rank)
The American University of Beirut
The graduate Program in Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA) invites applications for a one-year Visiting Professorship in the Political Economy of the Middle East.
Center for Arab Studies at U of Houston is Accepting MA and PhD Students
University of Houston
The Arab American Education Foundation Center for Arab Studies is accepting students at both the MA and PhD levels.
Editor - Full Time
Arab Center Washington DC
ACW invites applications for a publications Editor position.
10th meeting of the International Society for Arabic Papyrology
Leiden University
The International Society for Arabic Papyrology (ISAP) invites submissions for its tenth congress, to be held in Leiden from 22 to 25 March 2027.
Clothing and Dress in Times of Mass Violence – CfP
International Journal of Fashion Studies
This Special Issue of International Journal of Fashion Studies invites submissions on clothing and dress in times of mass violence.
Monterey Summer Symposium 2026
Middlebury Institute of International Studies
The Monterey Initiative in Russian Studies invites applications for the Monterey Summer Symposium 2026.
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