ACOR 2025–2025 Fellowships: Call for Applications
The American Center of Research
The American Center of Research offers fellowships for undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers.
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Call for Graduate Student Conference Papers – Dis/Connections: Interactions with the Past in West Asia and North Africa (Toronto, 14 March 2024)
UofT Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations Graduate Students' Association
The University of Toronto’s Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations Graduate Students’ Association (NMCGSA) invites graduate students to submit presentation abstracts for the 24th annual symposium to be held on the 14th of March 2024 at the University of Toronto’s Hart House.
Call for Submissions on North Africa
The Journal of North African Studies
The Journal of North African Studies provides an interdisciplinary forum for scholars of and from North Africa. JNAS would like to invite research article submissions on Algeria, Mauritania, the Sudan, Libya, Tunisia, and Egypt.
The Khānjī Correspondence and the Arabic Manuscript Trade in the Early Twentieth Century
Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies at New York University
Professor Garrett Davidson will give a talk that offers a preliminary analysis of the recently discovered al-Khānjī papers. The papers, accumulated and preserved by Sāmī al-Khanjī in Cairo, document his and his father’s business and scholarly activities from the 1920s to 1960s and provide an unparalleled window onto the worlds of the Arabic and Islamic manuscript trade in the first half of the twentieth century.
Senior Lecturer in Language and Culture Studies (Arabic)
Trinity College - Hartford, CT
The Department of Language and Culture Studies at Trinity College invites applications for a renewable long-term Lectureship in Arabic Studies to teach all levels of Arabic language beginning July 2024.
Khayrallah Center Undergraduate Summer Internship
The Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
The Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies will award two undergraduate students with a paid, 8-week internship in summer 2024.
CSRC Annual Conference 2024 - Arab American University, Palestine
Arab American University
The Conflict Studies Research Center at the Arab American University of Palestine plans to hold its annual conference titled “Conflict Resolution Redefined.” scheduled to take place on July 1-3, 2023.
December 9th InFocus: Middle Easter & Arab Cinema
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA) hosts its December Monthly Film Festival, which features its annual InFocus: Middle Eastern & Arab Cinema program, which highlights the work of Middle Eastern and Arab filmmakers in front of and behind the camera.
History Teacher – Upper Division
Horace Mann School
The Upper Division History Department at Horace Mann School is seeking a dynamic and experienced history teacher with a specialization in any period of the History of the Middle East.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Arabic - Modern Languages and Literatures
Swarthmore College
The Arabic Section of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Swarthmore College invites applications for a one-year Visiting Assistant Professor position in Arabic Studies, starting August 2024.
Faculty Leave Fellowship
Crown Center for Middle East Studies at Brandeis University
The Crown Center for Middle East Studies invites applications for a one-year faculty leave residential fellowship for scholars of the contemporary Middle East and North Africa.
Arab-American Educational Foundation Professorship in Modern Arab History
University of Houston
The Department of History at the University of Houston invites applications for the Arab-American Educational Foundation Professorship in Modern Arab History at the advanced associate or full professor level.
Visiting Assistant Professor in Islamic Studies
University of Rochester
The Department of Religion and Classics at University of Rochester invites applications for a full-time appointment as Visiting Assistant Professor in Islamic Studies. This is a two-year, potentially renewable, position, anticipated to begin in July 2024.
Assistant Professor of Historical Studies and Digital Humanities
Central European University
The Department of Historical Studies at Central European University invites applications for an Assistant Professorship position in Historical Studies and Digital Humanities. Regional and chronological specializations are open, but applicants should demonstrate the ability to engage in research on transregional phenomena in Eurasian history between c. 800 and c. 1850, based on expertise in one or more regional/local languages. Scholars working on the Islamicate and/or Persianate world and/or South Asia are particularly encouraged to apply.
Assistant Professor / Associate / Professor open Rank- in Anthropology
Doha Institute for Graduate Studies
The Sociology and Anthropology Program invites applications for an Assistant/Associate or Full professor in Anthropology. The successful candidate must have completed a PhD Anthropology or is scheduled to complete it before September 01, 2023.
Visiting Professor - Sociology and Anthropology
Doha Institute for Graduate Studies
The Sociology and Anthropology Program invites applications for a visiting professor in Anthropology for the Spring 2024 term. The successful candidate must have completed a PhD Anthropology. A proven teaching at graduate studies level and research experience in the Anthropology of the Arab world is preferred.
Webinar 27 November: The Future of Labour Demand in the Gulf States: What Skills?
Gulf Labour Markets, Migration, and Population (GLMM) Programme
In view of the economic reforms enacted recently in the Gulf states, what is the future of skills demand there, and how will it affect the trends and patterns of labour and labour migration to the region? The webinar will review the changes and innovations in the Gulf States’ economies over the last decade and assess their impact on the actual structure of the workforce, by nationality (national – non-national) and skill level. The webinar will discuss future trends in the demand for skilled labour, highlight the challenges they pose and measures to address these challenges, and reflect on possible scenarios for the future of migration to the region, concerning the number and characteristics of migrants.
Call for Papers - Workshop - Migration to the Gulf: Possible Scenarios for the Future: A View from the GCC and from Countries of Origin
Gulf Labour Markets, Migration, Population (GLMM) Programme
Against the backdrop of the current transformations of GCC demographics and economies, as well as the socio-political and economic contexts of origin countries, the purpose of the workshop is to assess and forecast future trends and patterns of migration to the Gulf states.
14th Gulf Research Meeting 2024 - Call for Paper
Gulf Research Center (GRC)
The Gulf Research Center (GRC) is pleased to announce that we are accepting applications for the 14th annual Gulf Research Meeting (GRM), the annual academic conference highlighting critical issues of importance to the Gulf region and providing a basis for undertaking and engaging in academic and empirical research. GRM 2024 will take place in Cambridge (UK) from July 9-11, 2024.
Postdoctoral or Associate Researcher Scholar of Modern Palestine and Israel
The Institute for the Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia (TRI), Department of Near Eastern Studies
The Institute for the Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia (TRI) invites applications from outstanding postdoctoral or more senior researchers of modern Palestine and Israel for one or more positions as a Postdoctoral Research Associate or an Associate Research Scholar at Princeton University.
Assistant Professor / Associate / Professor open Rank- History (History of Gulf)
Doha Institute for Graduate Studies
The History Program at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies is seeking to hire an Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor specializing in the history of the Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula, and the broader Indian Ocean region. Priority will be given to candidates who are proficient in the Arabic language and/or have a specific interest in research and practice in the Arab region.
Assistant Professor / Associate / Professor open Rank- History (Medieval History)
Doha Institute for Graduate Studies
The history program at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies seeks to hire an Assistant or Associate Professor specializing in medieval Islamic history. Priority is given to candidates who are proficient in the Arabic language and/or have a special interest in research and practice in the Arab region.
Associate Professor/ Full Professor - Comparative Literature
Doha Institute for Graduate Studies
The Comparative Literature Program at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies (DI) in Qatar invites applications for a position at the level of Associate or Full Professor in Comparative Literature to begin at the start of the academic year 2024-2025 (August 2024).
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Near Eastern Studies
Cornell University - Society for the Humanities
With the sponsorship of the Society for the Humanities, the Department of Near Eastern Studies at Cornell University invites applications for a two-year Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship beginning August 2024. This Fellowship offers a stipend of $60,000/year.
Postdoctoral Research Associate(s)
The Sharmin & Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran & Persian Gulf Studies at Princeton University
The Sharmin and Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies at Princeton University invites applications for postdoctoral research associates or more senior researchers in the relevant fields of Iran and the Persian Gulf in the 19th - 21st century.