Frequently Asked Questions about the BDS Resolution
An FAQ with answers to some frequently asked questions about the BDS resolution.
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Middle East Scholars Vote to Endorse BDS
The membership of MESA has voted in favor of a resolution endorsing the Palestinian call for boycotts, divestment, and sanctions of Israel as a way to hold the government accountable for ongoing human rights violations. MESA’s Board of Directors will implement it in a manner consistent with MESA’s bylaws as well as relevant U.S. federal, state, and local laws. The resolution states that the boycott will not target individual students or scholars, and reiterates the right of individual MESA members to choose whether or not they wish to participate in an academic boycott of Israeli institutions.
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Islamic Studies MA Dual Degree
Middle East Institute
Applications are open for the Dual Degree Master’s Program of Islamic Studies and Muslim Cultures at Columbia and Aga Khan University.
ARISC Virtual Forum on Strategizing Academic Placement
American Research Institute of the South Caucasus
The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) invites you to attend the 2022 Forum on Strategizing Academic Placement.
Call for Papers: Special Issue of Mashriq & Mahjar
Mashriq & Mahjar: Journal of Middle East and North African Migration Studies
This special issue (with guest editors Dr. Ella Fratantuono and Dr. Lucia Carminati) thus seeks to juxtapose varied experiences of and perspectives on young people’s migration in the history of the Middle East and North Africa. We welcome contributions including, but not limited to, scholarly articles as well as works of visual and/or audio art and literature.
The Ethics of Weeping: The Case of Islam
Weeping is a way to express commitment to a community and what it holds to be sacred, but not all weeping is the same, even in a single religious tradition.
Palgrave Handbook of Arab Film and Media
Palgrave
The Palgrave Handbook of Arab Film and Media is a new anthology on Arab film and media that welcomes submissions of abstracts for previously unpublished chapter contributions.
Now Accepting Applications for AIYS’s US Scholars Fellowship
The American Institute for Yemeni Studies
The American Institute for Yemeni Studies is now accepting applications for the US Scholars Fellowship until February 8th, 2023!
Call for Hosting the 6th World Congress for Middle East Studies (WOCMES) 2025
World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES)
If your institute or university is interested in hosting the next World Congress in 2025, please send your application for Hosting WOCMES 2025 before 31 January 2023.
Applications Are Open for the MA in Muslim Cultures
Aga Khan University’s Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations
Applications are welcome for the MA in Muslim Cultures at the Aga Khan University's Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (AKU-ISMC) in London.
Sabbatical Fellowship AY 2023-24
George Washington University, Institute for Middle East Studies
The Institute for Middle East Studies invites applications from full-time faculty at four-year colleges or universities to spend their sabbatical at the Institute, which is part of the George Washington University.
Assistant, Associate or Full Professor of Middle East History
The American University in Cairo
The Department of Arab and Islamic Civilizations (ARIC) at the American University in Cairo (AUC) seeks an open-rank, full-time appointment in Middle East History before 1800, beginning in Fall 2023.
Apply Now: CAORC’s Funded Research Fellowships
The Council of American Overseas Research Centers
The Multi-Country Research Fellowship Program supports advanced regional or trans-regional research in the humanities, social sciences, or allied natural sciences for U.S. doctoral candidates and scholars who have already earned their Ph.D.
Call for Book Proposals: Contemporary Turkey Book Series
I.B.Tauris, an imprint of Bloomsbury
CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS AND BOOK PROPOSALS: I.B.Tauris and the British Institute at Ankara are seeking book proposals for the Contemporary Turkey academic book series.
Tenure-track Professor in Persian Literature and Cultures
Harvard University, Department of Near Eastern Languages
The Harvard University Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations seeks to appoint a tenure-track professor in Persian literature and cultures.
Case Western Reserve University’s recent statement about anti-Semitism
Our letter urging the President of Case Western Reserve University to reconsider its recent statement which equates criticism of the State of Israel with anti-Semitism.
Associate Professor, Islamic Studies and Law
University of Oxford
We are seeking an outstanding scholar and teacher who studies Islamic thought, literature and/or practice in the pre-modern period (up until c. 1800 CE), based on primary sources in Arabic and other languages if appropriate.
2023 U.S. Faculty Development Seminar on Palestine Travel Fellowships
Palestinian American Research Center
The Palestinian American Research Center (PARC) announces its 14th annual Faculty Development Seminar (FDS) on Palestine competition for U.S. faculty members with a demonstrated interest in, but little travel experience to, Palestine.
Call for Papers: Journal of Islamic Law Special Issue
Program in Islamic Law at Harvard Law School
This special issue is interested in hosting works on such legal encounters broadly from the 18th to the mid-20th century.
2023-2024 Fellowships for U.S. Scholars Conducting Field-Based Research on Palestine
Palestinian American Research Center
The Palestinian American Research Center (PARC) announces its 24th annual U.S. research fellowship competition for research that will contribute to Palestinian Studies.
2023-2024 NEH Fellowships for Scholars Conducting Field-Based Humanities Research in Palestine
Palestinian American Research Center
The Palestinian American Research Center (PARC) announces its 11th National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions (FPIRI) competition for research in the humanities or research that embraces a humanistic approach and methods.
Cultural Histories of Empire
International Society for Cultural History
For its first conference in Asia, the International Society for Cultural History invites paper and panel proposals on the theme of “Cultural Histories of Empire.
Saharanism: Intellectual and Literary Histories of a Desert-focused Imagination
Crown Center for Middle East Studies at Brandeis University
In this virtual Crown Seminar, El Guabli, in conversation with Samia Henni, will explore how racialization, extraction, and emptiness have been central to this powerful desert imaginary, which he calls "Saharanism," in sources as varied as colonial scholarship and today's literature, film, and social media.
Cultural Histories of Empire
International Society for Cultural History
For its first conference in Asia, the International Society for Cultural History invites paper and panel proposals on the theme of “Cultural Histories of Empire.”