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MESA seeks a new editor for the International Journal of Middle East Studies for a five-year term beginning July 1, 2019. Review of applications begins August 1, 2018.
Applications are invited for the 2018 Undergraduate Research Workshop to be held during the MESA 2018 meeting in San Antonio. Application Deadline: June 1, 2018.
Job opening(s) at the American University in Cairo: Core Teaching Fellowships at the rank of Visiting Assistant Professor. Three-year terms.
CAMES Summer Arabic Programs at the American University of Beirut, June 20-August 8, 2018.
Second Annual Women Conference, October 4-5, 2018, in Izmir, Turkey.
Job opening at the University of Michigan: Lecturer in Arabic language. Review begins June 15, 2018.
Job opening at National Defense University in Taiwan. Foreign language teachers, including Arabic, for 2018-2019.
Job opening at Northwestern University in Qatar: Director of Undergraduate Liberal Arts Program.
Job opening at the University of Virginia: Arabic Lecturer. Review of applications begins May 18, 2018.
Job opening at the University of Virginia: Instructional Position to Teach Persian Language and Literature. Review of applications begins May 14, 2018.
2018 Symposium on Muslim Philanthropy & Civil Society, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University, October 2-3, 2018.
Job opening at AMIDEAST Education Abroad: Arabic Coordinator in Rabat, Morocco.
Job opening at Goucher College: Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion.
Job opening at Towson University: 10-month Visiting Assistant Professor in the history of Islam/history of the modern Middle East.
The IIE Scholar Rescue Fund provides fellowships to professors, researchers, and public intellectuals who face threats to their lives and careers in their home countries.
Call for conference chairs to organize panels for the 8th Hamad bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art to be held in Doha, November 7-9, 2019. Deadline: June 1, 2018.
Job opening at Bryn Mawr College: Instructor or Lecturer in Middle Eastern History. Review begins April 23, 2018.
Opportunities for Scholars 2019-2020 at the Institute for Advanced Study. Application deadline: October 15, 2018.
1st International Conference on Social Responsibility of Educational Institutions in Developing Countries (ICSEDC), August 24-25, 2018.
Fourth Annual Conference of the Iranian Studies Initiative: Slavery and Sexual Labor in the Middle East and North Africa, October 19-20, 2018 at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Submission Deadline: May 1, 2018.
Conceptions and Configurations of the Arabic Literary Canon Workshop, June 17-21, 2019 at the Columbia University Global Center in Paris. Submission Deadline: June 18, 2018.
The Matador Review seeks submissions for its Summer 2018 publication. Deadline: May 31, 2018.
Job opening at the University of Arizona: Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Professor of Persian Language. Review begins immediately and continues until filled.
Seeking contributions to handbook on Teaching IR in the Arab World. American University of Beirut, Arab Council for the Social Sciences.
Job opening at Bard College: Visiting Assistant Professor of Arabic (two-year appointment). Applications accepted until filled.