Omar Khayyam Postdoc in Iranian Studies
Brown University
The Center for Middle East Studies seeks to appoint a scholar of Iranian Studies to a one-year post-doctoral research associate position, with a possibility of renewal for a second year.
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Call for Contributions: Digital Humanities in Middle East Studies
Review of Middle East Studies
RoMES invites contributions to a special issue on "Digital Humanities in Middle East Studies."
Assistant/Associate Professor in International Relations Theory
American University in Cairo
The Department of Political Science invites applications for a tenure-track position at the level of Assistant or Associate Professor in International Relations.
Call for Application: SoFCB Junior Fellows Program, November 19, 2025
Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography
SoFCB invits applications for the 2026 cohort of Junior Fellows.
Zazaki Language Classes
Halbuki Linguist Cooperative
The Halbuki Linguist Cooperative now offers Zazaki languages classes (beginner-advanced levels).
Assistant /Associate Professor/ Full Professor in Comparative Literature
Doha Institute for Graduate Studies
The Comparative Literature Program invites applications for a position at the level of Assistant or Associate or Full Professor in Comparative Literature.
Call for Postdoctoral Fellowship
Columbia University
Sakıp Sabancı Center for Turkish Studies invites applications for a postdoctoral fellowship for a one-year appointment, focusing on any period within the field of Turkish Studies.
APPS OPEN: 26-27 Emirates Leadership Initiative Research Fellowship
Middle East Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School
The Middle East Initiative invites applications for the Emirates Leadership Initiative Research Fellowship for the 2026-2027 academic year.
2026–27 American Center of Research in Amman Fellowships
The American Center of Research
The Center of Research invites applications to the fellowship opportunities for undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers.
Yale Central Asia Workshop in Almaty - May 25-26, 2026
Central Asia Initiative, Yale University
The 2026 workshop invites application submissions.
CFP: Constitutionalism and Religious Identity in the Middle East: Historical and Transnational Perspectives, 1850-1950
University of Oxford
The Faculty of History invites abstract submissions for their workshop taking a place in June 2026.
Rethinking (Arab) Diasporas and Critical Mobilities after 2011
Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies in Paris & the Arab Reform Initiative
This special issue invites abstract submissions that engage critically with the intersections of diaspora, mobility, and transnationalism, particularly through decolonial, feminist, or postcolonial lenses.
Two positions in Turkish Politics and Public Policy
Bilkent University, Turkey
The Department of Political Science and Public Administration invites applications for two positions in Turkish Politics (open rank) and Public Policy (Assistant Professor).
American Druze Foundation Fellowship at Georgetown University
Center for Contemporary Arab Studies
CCAS is pleased to partner with the American Druze Foundation (ADF) to offer the ADF Fellowship in Druze and Arab Studies at CCAS.
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.
Raoul Wallenberg Institute Fellow
University of Michigan
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute welcomes applications from scholars of all academic ranks for the 2026-2027 academic year.
CFP. Trading Patterns in Middle East History, 700-1900: Impacts, Ruptures and Continuities
Department of Arab and Islamic Civilizations, American University in Cairo
The Annual History Seminar 2026 invites papers exploring the changing role of trade in the region's economy and its interaction with state and social institutions at various historical periods.
George E. Pozzetta Dissertation Award - December 15
Immigration and Ethnic History Society
IEHS invites submissions for two awards of $3,500 each to help graduate students with their dissertations on U.S. immigration, emigration, or ethnic history, broadly defined.
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.
Senior Preceptor in Modern Hebrew
Harvard University
The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations seeks applications for a senior preceptor in Modern Hebrew.
CFP: Special on “Crisis” in Signs: A Journal of Women in Culture and Society
Signs: A Journal of Women in Culture and Society
This special issue invites contributions theorizing and responding to crisis.
Modern Iranian History
Princeton University
The Department of Near Eastern Studies invites applications for a position in the field Modern Iranian History, with a particular emphasis on the period spanning 1700 CE to the present.
#IAS_NUQ Global Postdoctoral Scholar
Northwestern University in Qatar
The Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South is seeking outstanding candidates for two postdoctoral fellowships focused on the histories, cultures, societies, and media of the Global South.
Assistant, Associate or Full Professor in Anthropology (Fall 2026)
The American University in Cairo
The Department of Sociology, Egyptology and Anthropology (SEA) is seeking to recruit an Assistant or Associate Professor of Anthropology with expertise in either the Anthropology of Religion and/or the Anthropology of the Environment.
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