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Papers are invited from all disciplines of social sciences and humanities related to the MENA region and its impact on the development of other parts of the world. Deadline: May 30, 2019
We are pleased to invite submissions for issue 5.3 of Kohl: a Journal for Body and Gender Research, slated for publication in December 2019. Deadline: July 21, 2019
Turkey Migration Studies Network1 Call for papers: “Researching the Multiple Dimensions of Syrian Refugees’ Lives in Turkey” Deadline: May 5, 2019
The Governance Programme at the Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (AKU-ISMC) invites papers in the disciplines of legal anthropology, law and comparative law, legal pragmatics, sociolinguistics and discourse analysis, politics and translation studies for a two-day conference on translations of legal discourse in Arabic-speaking contexts. Deadline: May 31, 2019
This call for applications pursues a novel approach to one of the fundamental problems of Islamicate History, and Islamicate intellectual history in particular: With the support of the Alexander von Humboldt Kolleg of the Islamicate Intellectual History of the Later Middle and Early Modern Periods at the University of Bonn, scholars are invited to submit a proposal for the critical edition and/or translation into English of a key text of this period. Deadline May 17, 2019.
AMIDEAST Education Abroad invites applications for an Arabic Coordinator in Rabat.
The University of Virginia Arabic Program is pleased to announce its intensive summer language program offered through the Summer Language Institute.
The Department of History at the College of the Holy Cross invites applications for a full-time visiting faculty position to teach 6 undergraduate courses in Middle Eastern and North African History, 3 during the Fall 2019 semester and 3 during the Spring 2020 semester.
The UCLA Library seeks a highly collaborative, knowledgeable and user-driven librarian/curator to work with students and faculty to advance research, scholarship, and teaching in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies. Application deadline: April 23, 2019
The International Poetry Review is accepting submissions for its Spring 2020 issue titled The Arabic Poetry Issue: Revolution and Rebellion.
Thanks to generous ongoing funding from the Elios Charitable Foundation and additional funding from the Tsakopoulos Hellenic Foundation, the University Library at California State University, Sacramento is pleased to announce the continuation of the Library Research Fellowship Program to support the use of the Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection by fellows for scholarly research in Hellenic studies while in residence in Sacramento, CA. The fellowship application deadline is April 30, 2019.
Nancy Hawker will be in conversation with Deborah Cameron on the occasion of the launch of her new book The Politics of Palestinian Multilingualism: Speaking for Citizenship (Routledge 2019).
Princeton University Library is seeking candidates to lead a newly-combined team of professional experts and highly-skilled support staff in the creation and management of metadata critical to the effective use of the Library's collections.
The Department of International Studies at Texas A&M University announces a position for a full-time, non tenure-track Instructional Assistant Professor of Arabic.
A U.S. based non-profit organization, Hands Along the Nile offers online Arabic classes with native speaking instructors based in Egypt.
Sponsored by the Princeton University Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies, this workshop on "The Greek Experience Under Ottoman Rule" follows on the success of the three earlier workshops. Hosted at the Princeton Athens Center, the 2019 workshop is scheduled for September 3, 2019. It is designed to bring together those who are working on the Greeks in Ottoman history and culture. Deadline: April 22, 2019
The American University in Cairo is pleased to announce the launch of a Summer@AUC Islamic Studies Institute. Application Deadline May 1, 2019
NYU Abu Dhabi (Arts & Humanities) is currently inviting applications for a fixed-term visiting lecturer in Arabic Language for the academic year 2019-2020.
Connecticut College invites applications for a position as Visiting Assistant Professor of Arabic Studies for the 2019-2020 academic year beginning July 1. Review of applications will begin on April 15, 2019 and continue until the position is filled.
The International Institute for Languages and Cultures (INLAC) in Fez, Morocco offers: Fall, Spring, and Summer Intensive Arabic classes, as well as courses on North Africa and the Middle East covering: Gender and Women Studies, Politics, Islam, Migration, Contemporary Issues, and Social Movements. INLAC also offers homestays, excursions, volunteer work, and many cultural and social activities.
Sabla is an intensive language and cultural immersion program for American undergraduate and graduate students. For five weeks each summer, students from across the United States can study Arabic at the Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center in Washington, D.C. on partial scholarship. Deadline: April 21, 2019
The University of Edinburgh Alwaleed Centre is pleased to announce the launch of a free 5-week online course, "The Sharia and Islamic Law: An Introduction".
The Center for Language Studies (CLS) at Brown University seeks a dynamic language professional for a full-time position as Visiting Lecturer in Arabic beginning July 1st, 2019. Review of applications will begin April 15th and continue until the position is filled.
The Department of Arabic at Middlebury College announces an opening for a one-year position in Arabic at the Visiting Assistant Professor rank beginning the Fall semester of 2019, with the possibility of renewal for a second year, contingent upon administrative approval. Preference will be given to applications received by April 8, 2019.
The Library of Congress is accepting applications for Administrative Librarian (Chief, African and Middle Eastern Division). Deadline: 4/18/2019