MESA Initiates Search for New Executive Director
MESA seeks a new Executive Director to begin in late summer 2019. For primary consideration, applications should be submitted by May 10, 2019.
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26th International Congress of DAVO on Contemporary Research on the MENA
German Middle East Studies Association (DAVO)
Papers are invited from all disciplines of social sciences and humanities related to the MENA region and its impact on the development of other parts of the world. Deadline: May 30, 2019
Call for Papers: Tensions in Movement Building
Kohl: a Journal for Body and Gender Research
We are pleased to invite submissions for issue 5.3 of Kohl: a Journal for Body and Gender Research, slated for publication in December 2019. Deadline: July 21, 2019
14th TurkMiS Workshop, Call for papers, Berlin, 24/6/2019
Turkey Migration Studies Network1
Turkey Migration Studies Network1 Call for papers: “Researching the Multiple Dimensions of Syrian Refugees’ Lives in Turkey” Deadline: May 5, 2019
Attacks on Academic Freedom in Egypt Require Global Response
Scholars at Risk (SAR) and the Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression in Egypt (AFTE) have filed a joint submission with the United Nations’ Universal Periodic Review (UPR), highlighting attacks and pressures on higher education in Egypt.
SAR calls for action against attacks on higher ed communities in Iran
Scholars at Risk (SAR), in cooperation with the Human Rights Law Centre at the University of Nottingham, has filed a submission with the United Nations’ Universal Periodic Review, highlighting attacks and pressures on higher education in Iran.
US denial of entry to Omar Barghouti
Letter to Secretary of State Pompeo protesting the decision to deny Omar Barghouti entry to the U.S.
Call for papers: The Governance Programme at the AKU-ISMC
Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations
The Governance Programme at the Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (AKU-ISMC) invites papers in the disciplines of legal anthropology, law and comparative law, legal pragmatics, sociolinguistics and discourse analysis, politics and translation studies for a two-day conference on translations of legal discourse in Arabic-speaking contexts. Deadline: May 31, 2019
Begins October 07, 2019
Call for applications: Residential Fellowships for the Critical Edition of Key Texts
University of Bonn
This call for applications pursues a novel approach to one of the fundamental problems of Islamicate History, and Islamicate intellectual history in particular: With the support of the Alexander von Humboldt Kolleg of the Islamicate Intellectual History of the Later Middle and Early Modern Periods at the University of Bonn, scholars are invited to submit a proposal for the critical edition and/or translation into English of a key text of this period. Deadline May 17, 2019.
Arabic Coordinator, AMIDEAST Morocco - Rabat
AMIDEAST Education Abroad
AMIDEAST Education Abroad invites applications for an Arabic Coordinator in Rabat.
2019 Giorgio Levi Della Vida Award for Excellence in Islamic Studies
Congratulations to Zeynep Çelik as recipient for the 2019 Giorgio Levi Della Vida Award for Excellence in Islamic Studies.
University of Virginia Summer Language Institute in Arabic
University of Virginia Summer Language Institute
The University of Virginia Arabic Program is pleased to announce its intensive summer language program offered through the Summer Language Institute.
Arbitrary arrests of Birzeit University students
Letter to Israeli authorities condemning the continued harassment and arbitrary arrests of Palestinian university students by Israeli occupying forces. These arrests and campus incursions violate the right to education and academic freedom, and we call upon Israel to cease these attacks on Palestinian universities.
Full-time Visiting Faculty Position in Middle Eastern and North African History
College of the Holy Cross
The Department of History at the College of the Holy Cross invites applications for a full-time visiting faculty position to teach 6 undergraduate courses in Middle Eastern and North African History, 3 during the Fall 2019 semester and 3 during the Spring 2020 semester.
Librarian/Curator for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
UCLA Library
The UCLA Library seeks a highly collaborative, knowledgeable and user-driven librarian/curator to work with students and faculty to advance research, scholarship, and teaching in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies. Application deadline: April 23, 2019
The Arabic Poetry Issue: Revolution and Rebellion
International Poetry Review
The International Poetry Review is accepting submissions for its Spring 2020 issue titled The Arabic Poetry Issue: Revolution and Rebellion.
Library Research Fellowship Program, 2019-2020
California State University, Sacramento
Thanks to generous ongoing funding from the Elios Charitable Foundation and additional funding from the Tsakopoulos Hellenic Foundation, the University Library at California State University, Sacramento is pleased to announce the continuation of the Library Research Fellowship Program to support the use of the Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection by fellows for scholarly research in Hellenic studies while in residence in Sacramento, CA. The fellowship application deadline is April 30, 2019.
Book Launch - The Politics of Palestinian Multilingualism: Speaking for Citizenship
Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations
Nancy Hawker will be in conversation with Deborah Cameron on the occasion of the launch of her new book The Politics of Palestinian Multilingualism: Speaking for Citizenship (Routledge 2019).
Begins June 25, 2019
Non-Roman Script Languages Team Leader
Princeton University Library
Princeton University Library is seeking candidates to lead a newly-combined team of professional experts and highly-skilled support staff in the creation and management of metadata critical to the effective use of the Library's collections.
Instructional Assistant Professor of Arabic
Texas A&M University
The Department of International Studies at Texas A&M University announces a position for a full-time, non tenure-track Instructional Assistant Professor of Arabic.
Calling on Kingsborough Community College to defend faculty free speech rights and academic freedom
Letter to the president of Kingsborough Community College and the interim chancellor of the City University of New York calling on them to defend faculty members subjected to baseless accusations of anti-Semitism and harassment, and to uphold the right to free speech and the principles of academic freedom.
Prolonged Detention of Academics in Iran
Letter to Iranian authorities protesting the prolonged detention of Iranian, dual-national, and foreign national academics in Iran.
Online Arabic classes
Hands Along the Nile
A U.S. based non-profit organization, Hands Along the Nile offers online Arabic classes with native speaking instructors based in Egypt.
“The Greek Experience Under Ottoman Rule”
Princeton University
Sponsored by the Princeton University Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies, this workshop on "The Greek Experience Under Ottoman Rule" follows on the success of the three earlier workshops. Hosted at the Princeton Athens Center, the 2019 workshop is scheduled for September 3, 2019. It is designed to bring together those who are working on the Greeks in Ottoman history and culture. Deadline: April 22, 2019
Begins September 03, 2019
Summer@AUC Institute for Islamic Studies 2019
The American University in Cairo
The American University in Cairo is pleased to announce the launch of a Summer@AUC Islamic Studies Institute. Application Deadline May 1, 2019