Candidates are invited to submit applications for the position of Instructor of Pashto Language and Culture for an intensive isolated immersion course currently scheduled to run from September 10 to September 30, 2020.
Letter to the Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison protesting the David Horowitz Freedom Center's Scurrilous Attack on Professor Samer Alatout.
We congratulate Lara Fresko Madra (Cornell University) as one of the 2020 Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellows.
MESA mourns the passing of University of Washington Professor Emeritus Walter G. Andrews.
Letter to Egyptian authorities protesting the arrest and extended pre-trial detention of Kholoud Said, a translator at Bibliotheka Alexandrina, and calling for reform of the criminal code that allows for multiple renewals of the pre-trial detention period
Candidates are invited to apply to the International Affairs Fellowship for Tenured International Scholars. Eligible candidates should be tenured faculty based at a U.S.-based college or university whose research focuses on international relations, peace and security issues, or U.S. foreign policy. The deadline for applications is October 31.
CMES at the University of Chicago invites participants to join their weekly language circles. These events usually feature a formal presentation in the target language, followed by Q&A.
Letter to the vice provost/vice president of Duke University criticizing the summoning of a student for questioning over her social media posts.
Candidates are invited to submit proposals for research projects on Assyrian – related topics in any field of the humanities and social sciences. The deadline for proposals is August 1.
Participants are invited join the Kevorkian Center and two medical experts, physician and medical anthropologist Orkideh Behrouzan and epidemiologist Amira Roess, for a virtual panel on June 9 to discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted Middle Eastern countries.
Begins June 09, 2020
MEI NUS invites participants to a public talk on June 9. Dr. Mark Thompson will be discussing societal issues and change from the perspective of young Saudi men.
Begins June 09, 2020
Letter regarding recent developments affecting Istanbul Sehir University that have compromised the university’s governance and autonomy and now threaten it with closure as a result of an apparently politically motivated campaign by the Turkish government.
Invitation for participants to submit papers to the Modern Reformers Conference, which will be hosting reform pioneers and leaders in order to recognize and discuss their intellectual, social, and political contributions.
Letter to Iranian authorities expressing our grave concern over the well-being of Australian-British dual national, Dr. Kylie Moore-Gilbert, who has been imprisoned in Iran since 2018.
The History Department at Oklahoma State University invites applications for a full-time postdoctoral researcher position in medieval Middle Eastern history, to be held for one year, beginning August 2020. Application must be received by June 5, 2020, although the position will remain open until filled.
Deadline extended to June 30 for applications for the second cohort of the Fellowship Program for Emerging Displaced Scholars (starting in Jan 2021).
An invitation to scholars to submit proposals to participate in a collaborative project that seeks to offer an innovative perspective on the histories, memories, and narratives of—and about—Jews in the Middle East in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Letter to Israeli authorities regarding the recent sentencing and continued imprisonment of Mais Abu Gush, a Birzeit University student who has been detained since August 2019.
Eight individuals in Middle East studies have been awarded NEH summer stipends.
Letter to Saudi authorities protesting the death in custody and after medical negligence of scholar, rights advocate, and political detainee Dr. Abdullah al-Hamid.
An open call to submit a proposal or a manuscript to the book series, "Routledge Studies in Islam and Human Rights," which publishes scholarly monographs that examine the rich and complex intellectual and institutional legacy of Islam.
Middle Eastern Gothics at University of Texas Austin invites abstract submissions exploring Gothic literature from the Middle East.
DAWN is seeking a highly qualified applicant for the position of Egypt Researcher who will focus on investigating, analyzing, and advocating against human rights abuses in Egypt, with a focus on political prisoners in the country.
Participants are invited to submit panel and individual paper submissions for the second biennial symposium of Texas A&M-San Antonio's Global Borders and Borderlands History Program. All submissions are due September 15.
Deadline extended to July 31 for papers for a special issue with the Journal for International Press/Politics on media and accountability in the MENA region