Zazaki Language Classes
Halbuki Linguist Cooperative
The Halbuki Linguist Cooperative now offers Zazaki languages classes (beginner-advanced levels).
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Letter to the Chancellor of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, denouncing the suspension pending termination of Professor Tamar Shirinian
Our letter expressing concern about the capricious and hasty suspension of Assistant Professor Tamar Shirinian of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and your decision to terminate her for remarks she made on social media regarding Charlie Kirk
Assistant /Associate Professor/ Full Professor in Comparative Literature
Doha Institute for Graduate Studies
The Comparative Literature Program invites applications for a position at the level of Assistant or Associate or Full Professor in Comparative Literature.
Call for Postdoctoral Fellowship
Columbia University
Sakıp Sabancı Center for Turkish Studies invites applications for a postdoctoral fellowship for a one-year appointment, focusing on any period within the field of Turkish Studies.
2026–27 American Center of Research in Amman Fellowships
The American Center of Research
The Center of Research invites applications to the fellowship opportunities for undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers.
Yale Central Asia Workshop in Almaty - May 25-26, 2026
Central Asia Initiative, Yale University
The 2026 workshop invites application submissions.
Two positions in Turkish Politics and Public Policy
Bilkent University, Turkey
The Department of Political Science and Public Administration invites applications for two positions in Turkish Politics (open rank) and Public Policy (Assistant Professor).
American Druze Foundation Fellowship at Georgetown University
Center for Contemporary Arab Studies
CCAS is pleased to partner with the American Druze Foundation (ADF) to offer the ADF Fellowship in Druze and Arab Studies at CCAS.
Conference: Mainstreaming the Margins and Marginalizing the Mainstream in Contemporary Egyptian Culture
American University in Cairo & CEDEJ
The conference invites attendees to think about repositioning Egypt, and the region more broadly, as a place of knowledge production; a place from which theory emerges, not just be applied or localised.
FAQs on Travel-Related Issues for Students and Scholars
MESA's Task Force on Civil and Human Rights has created this resource to answer frequently asked questions on travel-related issues for students and scholars
Assistant Director for Research, Middle East Initiative
Harvard Kennedy School
MEI seeks a quantitatively-oriented social scientist with deep knowledge of the Middle East to join their team as an Assistant Director for Research.
Raoul Wallenberg Institute Fellow
University of Michigan
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute welcomes applications from scholars of all academic ranks for the 2026-2027 academic year.
CFP. Trading Patterns in Middle East History, 700-1900: Impacts, Ruptures and Continuities
Department of Arab and Islamic Civilizations, American University in Cairo
The Annual History Seminar 2026 invites papers exploring the changing role of trade in the region's economy and its interaction with state and social institutions at various historical periods.
George E. Pozzetta Dissertation Award - December 15
Immigration and Ethnic History Society
IEHS invites submissions for two awards of $3,500 each to help graduate students with their dissertations on U.S. immigration, emigration, or ethnic history, broadly defined.
Cfp (deadline extended): Global Chinese Migration and the Belt and Road
American University of Sharjah
The workshop invites paper proposals on Chinese migration and expanding presence in the Gulf, the Middle East, and Africa.
Letter to Northwestern University expressing concern about its flawed compulsory anti-bias training and its threats against students who refuse to complete it
Our letter expressing concern about the decision to prevent students from enrolling in classes unless they complete the deeply flawed online anti-bias training that Northwestern University has mandated for all undergraduate and graduate students
CFP: Special on “Crisis” in Signs: A Journal of Women in Culture and Society
Signs: A Journal of Women in Culture and Society
This special issue invites contributions theorizing and responding to crisis.
Response from the Office of the Prime Minster to our September 17 letter
The Committee on Academic Freedom received a response from the Executive Correspondence Officer for the Prime Minister of Canada in response to our letter regarding visas and study permits for Palestinian scholars
Response from the University of Kentucky to our September 29 letter
The Committee on Academic Freedom received a response from the Vice President for university relations at the University of Kentucky in response to our letter regarding Professor Ramsi Woodcock
FAQs on Teaching
MESA's Task Force on Civil and Human Rights has created this resource to answer frequently asked questions on teaching.
Judge Rules on Lawsuit Regarding First Amendment Rights
Judge William G. Young today ruled that the Trump administration’s policy of arresting, detaining, and deporting noncitizen students and faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the First Amendment.
Modern Iranian History
Princeton University
The Department of Near Eastern Studies invites applications for a position in the field Modern Iranian History, with a particular emphasis on the period spanning 1700 CE to the present.
Letter to the University of Kentucky regarding the suspension of Professor Ramsi Woodcock for his statements about Palestine
Our letter expressing concern about the University of Kentucky’s summary suspension of Ramsi Woodcock, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs Professor of Law, pending an investigation of statements he has made regarding Palestine
Assistant, Associate or Full Professor in Anthropology (Fall 2026)
The American University in Cairo
The Department of Sociology, Egyptology and Anthropology (SEA) is seeking to recruit an Assistant or Associate Professor of Anthropology with expertise in either the Anthropology of Religion and/or the Anthropology of the Environment.
Letter regarding information about the whereabouts and circumstances of Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali
Our urgent letter to the Iranian authorities demanding information about the whereabouts and circumstances of Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali who was moved to an undisclosed location soon after Evin Prison came under Israeli attack on 23 June 2025 and has not had contact with his family since then.