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The Department of Near Eastern Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, Cornell University, seeks to appoint a tenure track assistant professor who specializes in Arabic and Islamic studies in the Middle East and North Africa prior to 1800. We particularly welcome applicants whose work is innovative and interdisciplinary. Discipline open.
This lecture series will give you a comprehensive overview of the Middle East and its impacts on Singapore and the world. This series will be conducted weekly, both in person and online via Zoom, starting 18 August 2022, 4.30pm to 6.00pm. All are welcome to participate. This event is free, however, registration is compulsory. Successful registrants will receive a confirmation email with the Zoom details closer to the date of the event.
The Middle East Institute will host H.E. Dr. Abdulnasser Al Shaali, the UAE’s Assistant Minister for Economic and Trade Affairs. This public talk will be conducted online via Zoom on Tuesday, 30 Aug 2022, from 4:00 – 5:00 PM SGT/ 12:00 – 1:00 PM Abu Dhabi. All are welcome to participate. This event is free, however, registration is compulsory. Successful registrants will receive a confirmation email with the Zoom details closer to the date of the event.
The ACRPS calls for applications for its fourth International Winter School. The Winter School is a 10-day annual forum that seeks to provide an in-depth and critical look at selected topics in the broader study of the Middle East and North Africa. This will be an in-person event, to be held in January 2023 at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Doha, Qatar.
MESA launches the Lexicons of Race Project with a cluster of four online roundtables in Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Turkish, September 12-15 (Noon-1:30 EDT). Join us for this vital conversation on the vocabularies of race and Blackness in the Middle East.
The Department of Comparative Literature at Brown University invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position in modern Arabic literature at the rank of Assistant Professor.
The Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law invites submissions for the conference “Succession in Islamic Law”, which will take place in Hamburg on 30-31 March 2023.
The Yale Institute of Sacred Music is seeking applicants who perform research and teaching in the field of Middle East Studies for their long-term fellowship competition. ISM Fellows are exceptional scholars and practitioners at all career stages. Fellows join a vibrant interdisciplinary community for the academic year.
The Political Science Department at Western Washington University invites applications for a tenure-track position in Comparative Politics with a specialization in the politics of the Middle East or Africa at the rank of Assistant Professor, beginning in September 2023.
The Department of Religious Studies at the University of Richmond invites applications for the Marcus M. and Carole M. Weinstein and Gilbert M. & Fannie S. Rosenthal Chair of Judaic Studies, a tenured position at the rank of Full Professor, to begin fall 2023.
The Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (CAIS) is seeking to appoint a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Politics and/or Security Studies of the Arabic Speaking World.
Proposed papers are welcome for an international symposium on the Ashʿarite theologian, Muḥammad b. Yūsuf al-Sanūsī (d. 895/1490) of Tlemcen, in present-day Algeria.
The College of Letters at Wesleyan University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Letters, beginning July 1, 2023.
Aga Khan University presents a book launch event Thursday, August 25, in London, UK. The event will highlight speakers and Aga Khan University faculty.
The Brown University Program in Judaic Studies seeks an Assistant Professor in Jewish History with a primary focus on the Islamic World and Jewish-Muslim relations in any period prior to the First World War.
Occidental College invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor appointment in Islamic Studies, the first year of which will be a reduced teaching load Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship, to begin Fall 2023.
Aga Khan University’s Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations announces virtual short course on football’s relation to the religious world. The course is scheduled for September 14-15, 2022, 13:00 - 16:00 (London Time).
The W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, located in East Jerusalem, announces call for applications for fellowships relevant through the years 2023-2024.
MIAS announces final call for the Ibn 'Arabi Translation Prize. The deadline is September 1, 2022.
I.B.Tauris and the British Institute at Ankara seek book proposals for academic book series under new editorship and advisory board: The Ottoman Empire and the World.
Submissions are now open for the 2023 Sheikh Zayed Book Award, one of the Arab world’s most prestigious literary prizes.
Aga Khan University’s Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations announces virtual short course on Islam and Creativity in Popular Culture. The course will be held September 12, 19 and 26, 2022, 13:30 - 16:00 London Time.
Michigan State University announces call for submissions for 16th Annual Muslim Studies Program Conference. The application deadline is August 31, 2022.
The Institute for Advanced Study announces two postdoctoral fellowships in the disciplines of History of Science and Medieval Studies. The application deadline is October 15, 2022.