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Aga Khan University’s Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations invites participants to attend virtual course on religious cultural heritage in the Middle East. The course is scheduled for October 22 & 29 2021, 1:30 - 4:00 GMT.
The George Washington University Institute for Middle East Studies invites participants to join Leslie Davison for a 1.5 hour hands-on session where teachers will learn to effectively use film clips and movie shorts as engaging input to facilitate language acquisition.
The Journal for Cinema and Media Studies invites proposals. Proposals are due by July 1, 2021.
The World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES) calls for a host for Sixth World Congress in 2023. The deadline for applications is July 31, 2021.
The Program in Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Notre Dame will offer an online course, Introduction to Classical/Qur'anic Arabic II. The course is schedule to start June 14.
I.B.Tauris is seeking book proposals for a new academic book series: I.B.Tauris Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Persian Literature.
The Institute for Middle East Studies invites participants to attend virtual event on revolution and counterrevolution in Egypt from January 2011 until June 2018. The event is scheduled for Thursday, June 3, 2021 at 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EST.
The Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford seeks a Departmental Lecturer of Persian Literature to start October 1, 2021. The application deadline is June 11, 2021.
The Department of Comparative Literature at The Pennsylvania State University invites applications for a full-time teaching faculty position (non-tenure-track) in Arabic, with a preferred start date in August 2021. Review of applications will begin on May 1, 2021.
Movies Move Us and the MENA Film Festival announce a $5,000 CAD grant for MENA/SWANA-identifying teams to produce a short film to be screened at the 2021 MENA Film Festival in November. Applications will be open May 1-June 1, with the winner being announced at the end of June.
The Middle East Institute NUS invites participants to attend virtual event on the current nature and future dynamics of the relationship between Iran and the GCC states under the paradigm of regional security. The event is scheduled for Tuesday, June 1, 2021 4:00pm to 5:30pm (SGT).
Middle East Institute NUS invites participants to attend virtual event on Dr. Arunabh Ghosh’s Making It Count: Statistics and Statecraft in the Early People’s Republic of China. The event is scheduled for Wednesday, May 19, 2021 7:30pm to 9:00pm (SGT).
The Jordanian-American Commission for Educational Exchange (aka the Binational Fulbright Commission in Jordan) seeks a Consultancy Firm, which specializes in governance and compliance, to review and revise its internal policies and procedures. The deadline to receive applications is May 15th, 2021.
The Jordanian-American Commission for Educational Exchange (aka the Binational Fulbright Commission in Jordan) seeks a Recruitment Agency with experience in U.S. higher educational exchange and/or U.S. government exchange programs to lead the recruitment of an Executive Director (ED) of the Fulbright Commission in Jordan. The deadline to receive applications is May 15th, 2021.
The Jadaliyya Environment Page welcomes submissions that unpack, challenge, and redefine the often narrow confines that have determined what counts as an environmental concern in the region.
The Summer Language Institute at the University of Maryland announces program to include a full year's worth of intensive language training in Persian or Arabic to be held online.
Aga Khan University’s Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations invites participants to attend virtual event on digital humanities during times of crisis. The event is scheduled for Friday May 14, 2021 4:30-6:30 GMT.
The University of California, Santa Barbara seeks an Academic Coordinator through June 30, 2023. Priority considerations will be given to applications received by May 14, 2021.
The Middle East Institute NUS invites participants to attend virtual event on Syrian reconstruction. The event is scheduled for Thursday, May 12, 2021 5:00pm-6:30pm (SGT).
The Middle East Institute NUS invites participants to attend virtual series on the Arab states of the Persian Gulf. The series will be conducted every Friday from April 23, 2021, 4:00pm-5:00pm (SGT).
Lancaster University announces three call for papers for workshops on Sects and the City II, Oil in Saudi-Iranian Relations, and Discoursing Sectarianism: Patterns, Trajectories and Identities From 1979 Onwards.
The Oxford School of Global and Area Studies and St Antony’s College, University of Oxford seeks Associate Professorship in the History and Politics of Iran. Applications must be received by May 21, 2021.
The Indiana University School of Education and the Advancing Education in Muslim Societies (AEMS) initiative of the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) invite papers for the fifth Symposium on Education in Muslim Societies: Implications for Policy, Pedagogy, and Development. The Symposium will be held virtually at the School of Education in Bloomington, Indiana, on November 10-12, 2021.
The Orient-Institut Istanbul invites participants to attend virtual spring lecture series on women in the Near East and Eastern Mediterranean to be held April-June 2021.
Wake Forest University's Middle East and South Asia Studies Program seeks one-year Visiting Assistant Professor in the Arabic language to start July 2021. Review of applications will begin April 30, 2021.