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The Middle East Studies Association is seeking a full-time, remote employee to coordinate the new Academic Freedom Initiative and to support the related research of the MESA Task Force on Civil and Human Rights. The expected duration of this position is for two years and it is funded by a grant from the Mellon Foundation.
The Middle East Studies Association (MESA) is seeking a part-time Washington-DC-based contractor supporting the MESA Task Force on Civil and Human Rights, specifically the Academic Freedom Initiative, which is supported by a two-year grant from the Mellon Foundation.
The Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship invites applications for full-time six to nine-month paid fellowships for recent college and graduate school alumni to work on international peace and security issues.
The Department of History invites applications and nominations for a scholar to fill the Edward Said Professorship of Modern Arab Studies and Literature.
The Elliott School of International Affairs invites applications for the position of Assistant/Associate Professor of Middle East politics with expertise on Iran.
Middle East Institute, NUS invites you to their hybrid event featuring General (Retired) David Petraeus and Bilahari Kausikan.
CAREP and the Arab Reform Initiative (ARI) invite you to their joint conference on Post-2011 Arab Diaspora Politics.
The Department of Near Eastern Studies invites applications for a two-year Stanford H. Taylor Postdoctoral Associate position beginning August 2025.
The Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Global Academy seeks a fully remote, part-time Program Manager via its partnership with the Research Foundation of the City University of New York.
The Center invites paper submissions addressing the phenomenon of cultural destruction, for their Annual Conference.
The Master Program of Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies invites applications for an open rank full-time position in the field of “Central Asian Studies”.
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences invites applications for a tenure-track Faculty position in the Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) undergraduate program.
The Department of Criminology, Law, and Justice (CLJ) in conjunction with the Middle East and Muslim Societies Cluster (MEMS Cluster) Initiative, invite applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position.
Submissions for the special issue addressing the persistent conceptual confusion around ‘state’ and ‘regime’ in academic literature on the modern Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are open.
The African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED) invites applications for short-term postdoctoral and senior fellowships on the theme of sacred soundscapes, defined in the broadest terms.
The Department of Middle Eastern Studies invites applications for the Arabic Summer Institute (ASI), which provides an intensive language and culture program for beginning, intermediate, and advanced Arabic students.
I.B. Tauris, an imprint of Bloomsbury Academic, invites book proposals for a new Open Access peer reviewed academic book series: The IHF Modern Iran Series.
The American Center of Research in Amman invites applications for multiple fellowships and scholarships.
Institut dominicain d'études orientales invites abstracts for their conference focusing on conceptions of the Salaf from early Islam to the beginning of the Ottoman period.
Graduate students conference organizers in the Department of Philosophy at Michigan State University invite abstract proposals considering any issues relating to the legacy of Malcolm X.
The Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA) invites submission for three Fellowship programs in 2025-26.
Amherst College invites applications for an open-rank, three-year visiting appointment that will begin on July 1, 2025.
The Department of Theology in the College of Arts and Sciences invites applications for an Assistant Professor in Islamic Theology Position.
The Department of Central Eurasian Studies invites applications for a tenure track hire (open rank) to fill the Roger E. Covey Professorship in Silk Road Studies.
University of Kentucky calls for papers for the 2025 Arabic and Islamic Studies track of the 2025 edition of the Kentucky Foreign Language Conference.