Middle East Studies Association

Academic Freedom Initiative website

2026-05-04T14:59:00+00:00

The new MESA Academic Freedom Initiative website offers datasets tracking threats to academic freedom in the U.S. and Canada. It also provides research and analysis of campus climate, academic freedom, and related policy changes at universities and colleges across North America since October 7, 2023.

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Assistant or Associate Professor – Mediterranean and its Hinterlands, 500-1500 CE

2026-09-21T16:22:00+00:00

The Department of History invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track faculty appointment at the level of Assistant or Associate Professor.

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Faculty Position in Health and Environment, Open Rank

2026-09-21T13:30:00+00:00

GU-Q invites applications for one (1) open-rank core faculty position in Health and Environment.

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Call for Applications – Research Writing Residency (January 11-29, 2027)

2026-09-18T15:59:00+00:00

The Fellowship invites applications from established scholars for its Research Writing Residency, to be held at NYU Abu Dhabi from January 11-29, 2027.

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Arts and Crafts in the Late Ottoman Empire

2026-09-18T15:55:00+00:00

The University and the Orient-Institut Beirut invite attendees to the international conference "Arts and Crafts in the Late Ottoman Empire," taking place 25–26 September 2026.

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Shifting Tides: Palestine, US Elections, and Pathways Forward

2026-09-18T15:51:00+00:00

The Center invites attendees to its Third Annual Palestine Conference to discuss the realities on the ground in Palestine and assess shifts in US politics toward Palestine and Israel.

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Faculty Leave Fellowship

2026-09-17T13:40:00+00:00

The Crown Center invites applications for a one-year faculty leave residential fellowship for scholars of the contemporary Middle East and North Africa to begin on September 1, 2027.

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Call for Applications - NYUAD Graduate Student Research Workshop “New Directions in the Study of the Arab World” April 5-7, 2027

2026-09-16T19:35:00+00:00

The NYU Abu Dhabi Humanities Research Fellowship invites applications from international doctoral students for its upcoming Graduate Student Research Workshop to be hosted in spring 2027 at NYU Abu Dhabi.

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Modern Middle East - Open Rank

2026-09-16T14:25:00+00:00

The History Department invites applications for a tenure-track/tenured professor position of the History of the Modern Middle East, with a focus on the history of Israel/Palestine after 1917.

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Julie Beren Platt and Marc E. Platt Professorship

2026-09-16T14:13:00+00:00

The School of Arts and Sciences invites applications for the Julie Beren Platt and Marc E. Platt Professorship in Jewish Studies, at the rank of tenured Associate or Full Professor.

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