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The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies announces a call for papers for the second Arab Graduate Student Conference, to be held from March 28-30, 2020 in Doha, Qatar. Deadline: July 30, 2019
The Arab Center for Research and Policy studies announces the first Winter School program on the theme of Communitarianism, Sectarianism, and the State.
Second Call for Papers: The Arabic Linguistics Society together with the University of Arizona’s School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies are pleased to announce the 34th Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics to be held at the University of Arizona in Tucson, on February 27-March 1, 2020. Deadline: November 1, 2019
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a global network of policy research centers in Russia, China, Europe, the Middle East, India, and the United States, is seeking a full-time Research Analyst based in Washington, DC.
Harvard Divinity School announces five full-time positions as Research Associate and Visiting Faculty for 2020-21 in its Women’s Studies in Religion Program. Deadline: October 15, 2019
MESA seeks a meeting and conference planner/program coordinator to begin around September 16, 2019 at its new location in Washington, DC. Application Deadline: August 6, 2019.
The Department of Historical and Cultural Studies at the University of Toronto Scarborough invites applications for a three-year Contractually-Limited Term Appointment (CLTA) in the field of early modern Islamicate History. Deadline: August 26, 2019
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the publication of the Journal of Islamic Studies, an international conference on the topic of 'Islamic Studies Today' is being held at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies in Oxford on the 27th and 28th September 2019.
The Language Flagship is conducting a full and open competition for all Domestic Undergraduate Flagship programs, with an application deadline of Tuesday, October 15, 2019. This competition will be for four-year grant awards.
Kohl is pleased to open applications for the Queer Feminisms Writing Workshop. The workshop will lay the groundwork for our June 2020 issue on the same theme. In this workshop, we will cover discussions on theory, praxis, alternative methodologies, and non-linear writing methods in relation to queer feminisms. Deadline: August 11, 2019
We invite scholars working on colonial and non-colonial empires in Africa and the Middle East, including the Ottoman, Safavid and Qajar Empires, to submit relevant proposals for an international workshop on the subject. We are interested in papers examining the world of the criminals, surveillance of criminals, witness interrogations, the use of forensic science, psychological aspects of crime investigations, etc, from the 18th through the 20th century.
Critical Stages/Scènes critiques invites paper submissions for issue #22, 2020. This issue will be dedicated to studies and attempts to “reorient” Arab theatre and performance in light of the radical transformations shaping the Middle East and North Africa both aesthetically and politically. Deadline: December 1, 2019
Columbia Global Centers | Amman is requesting paper proposals to present at the roundtable, A Century of Palestinian Nationalism: Modes of Political Organization and Representation since 1919. Deadline: August 26, 2019
The ALIPH Foundation (International alliance for the protection of heritage in conflict areas) is pleased to announce the launch of its second call for projects on 19 June 2019. Deadline: September 20, 2019
The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is pleased to announce three new partnerships that reflect our commitment to supporting institutional efforts to increase the diversity of college and university faculty.
The Department of Political Science at Colorado College is hiring for a position in comparative politics, broadly defined. The rank is open. The position requires expertise in the Middle East and North Africa, broadly defined. Crucial to the position is potential for, and commitment to, excellence in scholarship as well as in teaching at a liberal arts institution. Deadline: September 15, 2019
The Department of Sociology, Egyptology and Anthropology (SEA) at the American University in Cairo (AUC) is seeking to recruit for a four-year position at the rank of Assistant Professor in the field of sociology beginning in the fall 2020. Deadline: November 1, 2019
Hartford Seminary invites applications for Dean and Vice President of Academic Affairs and Administration (DVP). Deadline: September 15, 2019
ARAM Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies is organizing 2 conferences in July 2021: Syriac Christianity, 12h – 14th July 2021 and Melkite Christianity and the Archaeology of Byzantine Monasteries and Churches in the Levant.
The Department of International Affairs at Qatar University is organizing an international conference titled: “Knowledge-Based Economy In Qatar: Trends and Opportunities For Interdisciplinary Research And Policy” (27-28 October 2019), with a specific focus on the Qatar and the MENA region; in collaboration with the Gulf Studies Center in Qatar University. Abstract deadline: August 11, 2019
Call for Applications: Istanbul Research Institute Grants. Deadline: August 11, 2019
Mediterranean Politics is pleased to announce the launch of the Richard Gillespie Mediterranean Prize for the best research article on the contemporary social and political dynamics of the Mediterranean region published in the Journal by an early career researcher, including doctoral students or early career scholars (2 years maximum after PhD). Deadline: December 31, 2019
The Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) invites abstracts (sessions, papers and posters) for the Program of the 80th Annual Meeting in Albuquerque, NM, March 17-21, 2020. The theme of the Program is “Cultural Citizenship and Diversity in Complex Societies.” Deadline: October 15, 2019
ARAM Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies is organizing its Fifty First International Conference on the history and the cultural heritage of the Aramaeans B.C.: History, Literature, and Archaeology, to be held at the Oriental Institute, the University of Oxford, on 20th – 22nd July, 2020.
The American Academy in Berlin invites applications for its residential fellowships for the academic year 2020/21. Deadline: September 23, 2019