The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies announces a call for papers for the second Arab Graduate Student Conference, to be held from March 28-30, 2020 in Doha, Qatar. Deadline: July 30, 2019
The Arab Center for Research and Policy studies announces the first Winter School program on the theme of Communitarianism, Sectarianism, and the State.
Second Call for Papers: The Arabic Linguistics Society together with the University of Arizona’s School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies are pleased to announce the 34th Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics to be held at the University of Arizona in Tucson, on February 27-March 1, 2020. Deadline: November 1, 2019
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a global network of policy research centers in Russia, China, Europe, the Middle East, India, and the United States, is seeking a full-time Research Analyst based in Washington, DC.
Harvard Divinity School announces five full-time positions as Research Associate and Visiting Faculty for 2020-21 in its Women’s Studies in Religion Program. Deadline: October 15, 2019
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a two-year grant of $350,000 to UCLA to support a pilot project seeking to reframe how Middle Eastern studies are conceptualized and taught.
MESA mourns the passing of University of Michigan Professor Michael Bonner.
Letter demanding Israel lift the restrictions preventing international academics from staying and working in the West Bank, refrain from imposing arbitrary restrictions on the duration of stay or extension of stay for international academics, and order the publication of a clear and lawful procedure for issuing entry visas and work permits for international academics in the West Bank, to enable the university to manage and maintain its academic freedom.
MESA seeks a meeting and conference planner/program coordinator to begin around September 16, 2019 at its new location in Washington, DC. Application Deadline: August 6, 2019.
Letter demanding that the Egyptian government investigate new information provided by Italian authorities on suspects in the murder of Italian graduate student Giulio Regeni and end government obstruction of the investigation into his death.
The Department of Historical and Cultural Studies at the University of Toronto Scarborough invites applications for a three-year Contractually-Limited Term Appointment (CLTA) in the field of early modern Islamicate History. Deadline: August 26, 2019
AUC Provost Ehab Abel-Rahman responds to CAF's letter regarding the termination of the Abdulhadi H. Taher Endowed Chair.
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the publication of the Journal of Islamic Studies, an international conference on the topic of 'Islamic Studies Today' is being held at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies in Oxford on the 27th and 28th September 2019.
The Language Flagship is conducting a full and open competition for all Domestic Undergraduate Flagship programs, with an application deadline of Tuesday, October 15, 2019. This competition will be for four-year grant awards.
Kohl is pleased to open applications for the Queer Feminisms Writing Workshop. The workshop will lay the groundwork for our June 2020 issue on the same theme. In this workshop, we will cover discussions on theory, praxis, alternative methodologies, and non-linear writing methods in relation to queer feminisms. Deadline: August 11, 2019
We invite scholars working on colonial and non-colonial empires in Africa and the Middle East, including the Ottoman, Safavid and Qajar Empires, to submit relevant proposals for an international workshop on the subject. We are interested in papers examining the world of the criminals, surveillance of criminals, witness interrogations, the use of forensic science, psychological aspects of crime investigations, etc, from the 18th through the 20th century.
Critical Stages/Scènes critiques invites paper submissions for issue #22, 2020. This issue will be dedicated to studies and attempts to “reorient” Arab theatre and performance in light of the radical transformations shaping the Middle East and North Africa both aesthetically and politically. Deadline: December 1, 2019
Columbia Global Centers | Amman is requesting paper proposals to present at the roundtable, A Century of Palestinian Nationalism: Modes of Political Organization and Representation since 1919. Deadline: August 26, 2019
The ALIPH Foundation (International alliance for the protection of heritage in conflict areas) is pleased to announce the launch of its second call for projects on 19 June 2019. Deadline: September 20, 2019
The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is pleased to announce three new partnerships that reflect our commitment to supporting institutional efforts to increase the diversity of college and university faculty.
The Department of Political Science at Colorado College is hiring for a position in comparative politics, broadly defined. The rank is open. The position requires expertise in the Middle East and North Africa, broadly defined. Crucial to the position is potential for, and commitment to, excellence in scholarship as well as in teaching at a liberal arts institution. Deadline: September 15, 2019
The Department of Sociology, Egyptology and Anthropology (SEA) at the American University in Cairo (AUC) is seeking to recruit for a four-year position at the rank of Assistant Professor in the field of sociology beginning in the fall 2020. Deadline: November 1, 2019
Hartford Seminary invites applications for Dean and Vice President of Academic Affairs and Administration (DVP). Deadline: September 15, 2019
ARAM Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies is organizing 2 conferences in July 2021: Syriac Christianity, 12h – 14th July 2021 and Melkite Christianity and the Archaeology of Byzantine Monasteries and Churches in the Levant.
Begins July 12, 2021
The Department of International Affairs at Qatar University is organizing an international conference titled: “Knowledge-Based Economy In Qatar: Trends and Opportunities For Interdisciplinary Research And Policy” (27-28 October 2019), with a specific focus on the Qatar and the MENA region; in collaboration with the Gulf Studies Center in Qatar University. Abstract deadline: August 11, 2019