Assistant or Associate Professor in Sociology (Open Rank)
The American University in Cairo
The Department of Sociology, Egyptology and Anthropology (SEA) is seeking to recruit an Assistant or Associate Professor of Sociology.
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Assistant Professor - Law, Politics, and Public Discourse
University of California Berkeley
The Department of Rhetoric invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in Law, Politics, and Public Discourse.
Assistant Professor in Islamic Studies
Stanford University
The Department of Religious Studies invites applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Islamic Studies.
Call for Papers for Special Issues
York University
The editors invite abstract submissions to contribute to three Special Issues.
Al-Mujadilah’s Jadal Intstitute for Research Accepts Funding Applications
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Al-Mujadilah invites Funding Applications for the 2026–2028 strategic theme.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Arabic Studies
Williams College
The Arabic Studies Department is seeking a Visiting Assistant Professor of Arabic Studies for a two-year appointment (2026–2028).
International Winter School 2027
Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
The center invites advanced PhD candidates and early career scholars to attend their annual academic gathering.
Dean Position at an Educational Institution in Amman
Jordan Media Institute
The institution invites applications from highly qualified and experienced academic leaders for the position of Dean.
Women’s Education, Careers, and Social Change in the Russian & Ottoman Empires & Beyond, 1860s–1920s
American University of Armenia
The international conference invites papers on Women’s Education, Careers, and Social Change in the Russian and Ottoman Empires and Beyond.
U.S. Director
American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS)
AIMS invites applications for U.S. Director position.
Call for contributors for edited volume: Reframing the History of International Organizations: (edited volume) Gender, Religion, and Global Governance (1919–1989)
KU Leuven - Asociación Española de Historia Religiosa Contemporánea
The editorial team invite proposals for two additional chapters to be included in a forthcoming edited volume.
Call for Book Chapters: Alternatives to the Nation-State: Federalism, Autonomy, and Post-Imperial Imaginaries in the Mediterranean Long Nineteenth Century
Aix-Marseille University
Chapter abstracts are invited for a volume in Routledge's Ideas beyond Borders series.
Postdoctoral Scholar/Lecturer (Bita Daryabari Fellow in Persian Language and Literature)
University California Davis
The Department of Comparative Literature and the Program in Middle East/South Asia Studies invite applications for the newly established Bita Daryabari Endowment Postdoctoral Scholar/Lecturer position in Persian language and literature.
Visiting Professorship in the Political Economy of the Middle East (open rank)
The American University of Beirut
The graduate Program in Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA) invites applications for a one-year Visiting Professorship in the Political Economy of the Middle East.
1,000 Years of Avicenna’s The Cure
Avicenna Study Group
The group invites hosting offers for an event in 2027.
Center for Arab Studies at U of Houston is Accepting MA and PhD Students
University of Houston
The Arab American Education Foundation Center for Arab Studies is accepting students at both the MA and PhD levels.
Editor - Full Time
Arab Center Washington DC
ACW invites applications for a publications Editor position.
10th meeting of the International Society for Arabic Papyrology
Leiden University
The International Society for Arabic Papyrology (ISAP) invites submissions for its tenth congress, to be held in Leiden from 22 to 25 March 2027.
Clothing and Dress in Times of Mass Violence – CfP
International Journal of Fashion Studies
This Special Issue of International Journal of Fashion Studies invites submissions on clothing and dress in times of mass violence.
Full-Time Arabic Lecturer
University of Pennsylvania
The Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures invites applications for a position at the rank of full-time Lecturer in the Arabic Language Program starting in Fall 2026.
Monterey Summer Symposium 2026
Middlebury Institute of International Studies
The Monterey Initiative in Russian Studies invites applications for the Monterey Summer Symposium 2026.
MESA’s First Virtual Research Workshop Call for Proposals
MESA
Information on submitting proposals to participate in MESA's First Virtual Research Workshop to be held in June 2026. The deadline to submit is January 9, 2026.
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.
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.
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.
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