Annual Arabic Pasts Workshop
The Aga Khan University (International) in the United Kingdom
The annual Arabic Pasts workshop invites application submissions by Friday, 30 May 2025.
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Arab Graduate Students Conference 2026
Arab Center for Research & Policy Studies
The Center invites applications for its Fifth Conference for Arab Graduate Students in Western Universities to be held from 11-13 April 2026, at the Arab Center premises in Doha, Qatar.
LEO Lecturer I - Arabic Language
University of Michigan Middle East Studies
The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, and the Department of Middle East Studies invite applications for a LEO Lecturer I in Arabic Language for the Fall 2025 Term.
Early Scholars Publication Grants
UNESCO Chair in Translating Cultures
The King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies (KFCRIS), through its UNESCO Chair in Translating Cultures, invite applications for Early Scholars Publication Grants.
CfP Symposium: Literature, Care, and the Ethics of Living in Southwest Asia and North Africa
Utrecht University
Southwest Asian and North African Literatures Network invite abstract submission from scholars at all career stages.
Filling the Power Vacuum? China’s Engagement with the Middle East
National University of Singapore
The Middle East Institute invites people to a Book Talk by Dr. Zhang Chuchu on her new book China’s Changing Role in the Middle East: Filling a Power Vacuum? held via Zoom.
CFP: NAAIMS Webinar Conference on “Islam and AI” (Nov. 20, 2025; abstracts due July 11)
North American Association of Islamic and Muslim Studies
NAAIMS invites abstract submissions for a fall conference on "Islam and AI: Challenges and Opportunities." The conference will be held online on Nov. 20th.
Visiting Faculty Position in Arabic Studies
Williams College
The Arabic Studies Department seeks to appoint a Visiting Assistant Professor of Arabic Studies for the 2025-2026 academic year, beginning in the fall of 2025 and running through May 2026.
CfP - A Century of Revolutions - Centennial of the Great Syrian Revolt (1925-2025)
IREMAM
The symposium invites proposal submissions in English, French or Arabic by June 15, 2025.
Hunter College Faculty Open Rank Palestinian Studies Cluster Hires
Hunter College
Hunter College invites applications for two open-rank, tenure-track professors in Palestinian Studies (one in social sciences, one in humanities), starting Fall 2025.
CFP: Conference on Global Iranian Diaspora Studies (May 2026)
Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies
The Conference on Global Iranian Diaspora Studies invite individual papers, pre-organized panels, and creative submissions that engage with the conference topics.
The Contemporary Iranian Studies Conference
University of Tehran
The Conference invite panel proposals and abstract submissions related to all major fields of Iranian studies in four general categories of politics, sociology, culture and economics are welcomed.
AMEWS 2025 Book Awards
Association of Middle East Women's Studies
AMEWS invite nominations for the 2025 book awards.
Faculty Fellowship
Catholic University in Erbil
CUE invite applications for St. Thomas the Apostle Distinguished Faculty Fellowship.
Freedom of Speech, Trump and Campus Repression: The Case of Badar Khan Suri
Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (ACMCU)
Join the panel discussion on April 14 at 4pm in the HFSC Social Room at Georgetown University or virtually.
Lecturers positions—Hebrew, Modern Greek, Egyptology
UC Berkeley
The Division of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures invites applications for a pool of qualified lecturers to teach courses in any of the possible areas: Modern Hebrew, Modern Greek, Egyptology.
Postdoctoral Position in Shia Studies
Hartford International University for Religion and Peace
The Imam Ali Research Center, in collaboration with the Imam Ali Chair at the Hartford International University for Religion and Peace, invite applications to a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Shia Studies.
Study In Cairo
The Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo
The Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo (NVIC) is pleased to announce that applications for its Fall study-abroad programmes in Arabic and Middle East Studies are now officially open.
Trump’s Immigration Actions: What to Know Webinar
AAUP and MESA
The American Association of University Professors is organizing a webinar with a specialist in deportation law. This event is cosponsored by MESA.
CfP: Mainstreaming the Margins and Marginalizing the Mainstream in Contemporary Egyptian Culture
CEDEJ & American University in Cairo
The conference invites scholars and practitioners of contemporary Egyptian cultural production to submit paper proposals.
Death Time and the Politics of Queer Feminist Pedagogy, Study, and Knowledge Production
SOAS, University of London
The workshop organised by the Centre for Gender Studies invites abstract submissions
CfP - Within and Beyond Islam. Stories and Engagement of Young Muslims in Italy
Occhialì – Rivista sul Mediterraneo islamico
This call for papers seeks to gather research focused on the young Muslim population in Italy, emphasizing their life stories and experiences related to both commitment and disengagement, within and beyond religious associations and places of worship.
A short course on Governing Diversity: Engaging with a Complex World
The Aga Khan University (International) in the United Kingdom
In collaboration with the Ismaili Centre and the Aga Khan Museum, The Aga Khan University is offering a face-to-face short course in Canada on Governing Diversity: Engaging with a Complex World.
Publications Manager, Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South
Northwestern University in Qatar
The Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South is inviting applications for the position of Publications Manager.