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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.
The Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures (MELC) invites applications for an Assistant Professor in Cuneiform Cultures, tenure track.
ACMER Foundation invites applications for the Leadership Development Program (LDP) Spring 2027 Internship.
The Department of Government invites applications for a full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor of Comparative Politics.
Brown University invites applications for the Aga Khan Professor of Islamic Humanities, to begin July 1, 2027.
ACLS invites applications for ACLS/Kraidy Fellowships in the Study of the Arab World and Latin America.
GRCC invites innovative proposal submissions in the social science field dedicated to a better understanding of developments in the Gulf region.
Our letter expressing grave concern over İstanbul Bilgi University’s abrupt dismissal of historian Bülent Bilmez after twenty-one years of service
The institute invites scholars to apply for the 2027-28 Membership and Fellowships.
Vernon Press invites chapter proposals for an edited volume examining how the Muslim Brotherhood has been understood and shown throughout its history.
The Department of Middle Eastern Studies invites applications for a tenure-track position, at the rank of Assistant Professor.
Environmental Studies Program invites applications for a full-time tenure-track faculty appointment in environmental humanities at the Assistant Professor level.
Al-Mujadilah's Jadal Institute invites scholars, researchers, and experts to submit proposals for research-based entries for Alf Muslimah, a forthcoming encyclopaedia.
The center invites applications for academic-year or semester-long residential fellowships.
The group announces its establishment to scholars and researchers interested in Arabic intellectual heritage, Islamic historiography, and medieval sources.
The conference invites abstract submissions.
MESA mourns the passing of former MESA President John L. Esposito also founding director of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, who died July 15, 2026.
The Department of African Diaspora Studies invites applications for a tenure-track appointment beginning Fall 2027.
The Department of Sociology, Egyptology and Anthropology (SEA) is seeking to recruit an Assistant or Associate Professor of Sociology.
The Department of Rhetoric invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in Law, Politics, and Public Discourse.
The Department of Religious Studies invites applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Islamic Studies.
The institution invites applications from highly qualified and experienced academic leaders for the position of Dean.
This primer provides an account of two recent federal prosecutions that may have implications for the risks related to campus speech, protest, and association. Both prosecutions use lawful expression and association as the connective tissue binding individuals into criminal conspiracy charges against the backdrop of National Security Presidential Memorandum 7 (NSPM-7).
CAF's letter expressing grave and urgent concern about the sanctions the university threatens to impose on Dr. Tiffany Willoughby-Herard, Associate Professor of Global and International Studies at UC Irvine.
CAF along with several European societies has issued a statement to Moroccan authorities regarding the persecution of historian Maâti Monjib.