Assistant Teaching Professor
Georgetown University
The Persian Studies Program invites applications for a three-year, full-time, non-tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Teaching Professor.
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Part-Time Lecturer in Modern Arabic Literature
Tufts University
The Department of International Literary and Cultural Studies invites applications for a part-time lecturer position to teach Modern Arabic Literature.
Call for Submissions: 2026 Jafar and Shokoh Farzaneh Prize for Best Article on Persian Literature
University of Oklahoma
The Farzaneh Family Center for Iranian and Persian Gulf Studies at the University of Oklahoma invites submissions for the 2026 Jafar and Shokoh Farzaneh Prize for Best Article on Persian Literature.
Trump’s Second Term: Upending Democracy, Development, and Diplomacy
Arab Center Washington DC
The center invites attendees to their conference "Trump’s Second Term: Upending Democracy, Development, and Diplomacy"
Call for Applications: 2026-2027 Hellenic Research Fellowship Program
California State University, Sacramento
HRFP invites application submissions.
Lecturer in Yiddish Studies
Harvard University
The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations seeks applications for a lecturer in Yiddish Studies.
Events Coordinator
University of California, Berkeley
The Center for Middle Eastern Studies seeks an Events Coordinator to plan and manage academic programming and publicity for the Center.
Call for Research Articles
Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (JSAMES)
JSAMES invites scholars to submit research articles that takes the South Asian and Middle Eastern macro-region as the starting point for thinking through the world.
Early Scholars Publication Grants
UNESCO Chair in Translating Cultures
The King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies invites applications for the Early Scholars Publication Grants.
CALL FOR PAPERS, Volume on Kaouther Ben Hania
CUNY
This volume invites chapters that will address the films of acclaimed director Kaouther Ben Hania.
Monterey Summer Symposium 2026
Middlebury Institute of International Studies
The Monterey Initiative in Russian Studies invites applications for the Monterey Summer Symposium 2026.
Dean, School of Humanities and Social Sciences (HUSS)
American University in Cairo
AUC invites applications for the position of Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences.
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.
Freedom of Speech, Trump and Campus Repression: The Case of Badar Khan Suri
Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (ACMCU)
Join the panel discussion on April 14 at 4pm in the HFSC Social Room at Georgetown University or virtually.