Frequently asked questions about the future Annual Meeting format
An FAQ with answers to some frequently asked questions about the format of MESA's future annual meetings.
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Frequently Asked Questions about the BDS Resolution
An FAQ with answers to some frequently asked questions about the BDS resolution.
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Assistant Professor of Practice - International Studies
University of Arizona
The College of Education invites applications for an academic Assistant Professor of Practice career-track position in International Studies
9th International Intercultural Competence Conference
The Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy (CERCLL)
The 9th International Conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Competence call for papers is open for K-16 educators and students who are interested in seeing and interpreting relationships between cultures.
ACRPS Conference for Arab Graduate Students in Western Universities
Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS) is now accepting applications to participate in the fourth round of the Conference for Arab Graduate Students in Western Universities (AGSC), to be held from 2-4 March 2024, in Doha, Qatar.
Introduction to Islamic Manuscripts and Digital Codicology
The Aga Khan University's Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (AKU-ISMC)
Gulbenkian Museum Academy and the Aga Khan University's Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (AKU-ISMC) in collaboration offers a two-day workshop in Lisbon on Introduction to Islamic Manuscripts and Digital Codicology
Annual Palestine Forum 2024 - Call for Submissions
Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and the Institute for Palestine Studies
The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and the Institute for Palestine Studies are announcing the second round of the Annual Palestine Forum. Researchers, scholars, PhD candidates, research centers and think tanks from all over the world can submit their research proposals until 15 June 2023.
Three Full-Time PostDoctoral Positions (Byzantine, Latin and Italian Literature with Arabic) (5 years)
University of Padua
The Department of Linguistic and Literary Studies at the University of Padua, Italy, is seeking three postdoctoral research associates (Byzantine Literature, Medieval Latin Literature, Medieval Italian Literature with Arabic) to work on the ERC funded project “SIQILLIYA: Debunking Eurocentric Literary History.”
Letter protesting ongoing mistreatment of Moroccan scholar, Prof. Maati Monjib
Our letter to the King of Morocco and governing authorities protesting the ongoing harassment of and punitive measures against the prominent historian and human rights activist, Dr. Maati Monjib. Most recently, on 1 March 2023, he was suspended, without pay, from his position as professor of History at the Mohammed V University in Rabat. This is our fourth letter decrying the mistreatment of this scholar and activist.
Public Panel and Reception Sudan Crisis: Saving Memory, Preserving Futures
King's College London
Join this presentation and open forum on cultural and community responses to the current emergency in Sudan.
Opportunities for Scholars Academic Year 2024-2025
Institute for Advanced Study
Applications are open for scholars from around the world come to the Institute to pursue their research
Symposium on Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
Florida Atlantic University
Scholars in all career stages are welcomed to apply to this symposium focusing on Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī
Graduate Student Research Workshop “New Directions in the Study of the Arab World”
NYUAD Institute / Humanities Research Fellowships for the Study of the Arab World
The NYU Abu Dhabi Humanities Research Fellowship for the Study of the Arab World program invites applications for its upcoming Graduate Student Research Workshop to be hosted in spring 2024 at NYU Abu Dhabi.
Islam and the Discourse of the Enlightenment
Institute for the Contemporary Study of Islam
We are pleased to announce to dear researchers and academics that we are seeking submissions for a special issue of the Journal of the Contemporary Study of Islam on the topic of Islam and the Discourse of the European Enlightenment
CFP: conference “Muslim Intellectual History in Mughal South Asia”
University of California-Berkeley
The Center for Middle Eastern Studies at UC Berkeley invites abstract submissions of current research on Muslim intellectual history in Mughal South Asia for the upcoming conference to be held October 6-7
In Memoriam, Cornell Fleischer (1950-2023)
MESA mourns the passing of University of Chicago Kanuni Süleyman Professor of Ottoman and Modern Turkish Studies in the Departments of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and History Cornell Fleischer.
Summer Study in Tunisia: Revolutions, Democratization, and Arabic for Non-Native Speakers
Demos-Tunisia and University of Manouba
Demos-Tunisia is pleased to announce three programs this summer, in cooperation with the Faculty of Arts, Letters, and Humanities, University of Manouba
Director of the Palestinian Land Studies Center
American University of Beirut
The American University of Beirut (AUB) invites applications and nominations for the position of Director of the Palestinian Land Studies Center.
In Memorium, Jere L. Bacharach (1938-2023)
MESA mourns the passing of former MESA President and MESA Bulletin Editor Jere L. Bacharach on April 9. 2023.
Coordinator, Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies
Simon Fraser University
The Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies (CCMS) at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada is seeking a part-time Coordinator, Administration and Outreach.
Response from SFSU President Mahoney to April 13 letter
The Committee on Academic Freedom received a response to the 13 April letter expressing concern over the decision by San Francisco State University to open an investigation into Professor Mahiar Berooz's showing of an image of the Prophet Muhammad in his class.
Letter to the president of San Francisco State University protesting the investigation of Professor Maziar Behrooz
Our letter expressing concern over the decision by San Francisco State University to open an investigation into Professor Mahiar Berooz's showing of an image of the Prophet Muhammad in his class.
ACRPS International Winter School - Call for Applications
Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
The ACRPS is welcoming applications for its fifth International Winter School focusing on “Social Media, Surveillance and Societies of Control”
Call for Poetry Submissions: Woman, Life, Freedom
Guernica Editions
This is an international call for an Anthology of poems in English or translated into English
Visiting Professorship in Armenian Studies
Columbia University
The Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies at Columbia University announces an opening for a part-time Visiting Professorship in Armenian Studies, under the Nikit and Eleanora Ordjanian Visiting Professorship program.