The fourth Annual Palestine Forum is now accepting research proposals. The Forum will take place in Qatar in late January 2026, with specific dates to be announced soon.
The Division of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures invites applications for a pool of qualified lecturers to teach courses in any of the possible areas: Modern Hebrew, Modern Greek, Egyptology.
The Imam Ali Research Center, in collaboration with the Imam Ali Chair at the Hartford International University for Religion and Peace, invite applications to a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Shia Studies.
The Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo (NVIC) is pleased to announce that applications for its Fall study-abroad programmes in Arabic and Middle East Studies are now officially open.
The Middle East Studies Association (MESA) and the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) today filed a lawsuit seeking to block the Trump administration from carrying out large-scale arrests, detentions, and deportations of noncitizen students and faculty members who participate in pro-Palestinian protests and other protected First Amendment activities.
The American Association of University Professors is organizing a webinar with a specialist in deportation law. This event is cosponsored by MESA.
Begins March 27, 2025
MESA mourns the passing of Feroz Ahmad, distinguished historian of the late Ottoman Empire and modern Turkey, who died on February 20 in Istanbul.
The conference invites scholars and practitioners of contemporary Egyptian cultural production to submit paper proposals.
The workshop organised by the Centre for Gender Studies invites abstract submissions
Abstract submissions are now open for the conference, which will be held at the CUNY Graduate Center and the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College in New York City on September 25 and 26, 2025.
Our letter expressing outrage about the letter dated 13 March 2025 that was sent to you by three Trump administration officials, and to urge you to respond in a principled and forceful manner to the unprecedented, unacceptable and extreme demands that it sets forth
Our letter expressing concern about the decision of the Board of Directors of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture to cancel a planned issue of the Journal of Architectural Education (JAE) focused on Palestine. We are equally disturbed by the board’s termination of JAE Interim Executive Editor McLain Clutter for protesting this decision.
This call for papers seeks to gather research focused on the young Muslim population in Italy, emphasizing their life stories and experiences related to both commitment and disengagement, within and beyond religious associations and places of worship.
In collaboration with the Ismaili Centre and the Aga Khan Museum, The Aga Khan University is offering a face-to-face short course in Canada on Governing Diversity: Engaging with a Complex World.
The Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South is inviting applications for the position of Publications Manager.
Recommendations regarding recent and ongoing travel restrictions by Trump Administration.
Begins March 15, 2025
Our letter expressing grave concern about Governor Hochul’s unprecedented demand that Hunter College of the City University of New York (CUNY) take down a posted advertisement for a new open-rank position in the field of Palestinian Studies
Our tenth letter to express our outrage and deep concern, and demand the release from prison of the dual national (Iranian-Swedish) Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali who has been detained on false charges for nine years and condemned to death on the basis of a forced confession.
The UNESCO Chair in Translating Cultures invites dissertations that reconceptualize translating cultures in the digital age.
The Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (AKU-ISMC), in collaboration with the Academy of Science (Portugal), invites applications for an advanced training course entitled Manuscripts for Research.
MESA expresses profound concern regarding the deteriorating health of Laila Soueif in Egypt, and calls for the release of her son Alaa Abdel-Fattah and the end of violations of academic freedom by the Egyptian government.
The Department of Religious Studies invites applications for a one-year Visiting Assistant Professor in Religion and Ethics, to begin August 2025.
CAF welcomes the recent news that Salma al-Shehab has been released from prison