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The international conference invites papers on Women’s Education, Careers, and Social Change in the Russian and Ottoman Empires and Beyond.
AIMS invites applications for U.S. Director position.
The DO invites applications from scholars working at the intersection of digital humanities and area studies to join the online publication team.
The editorial team invite proposals for two additional chapters to be included in a forthcoming edited volume.
Chapter abstracts are invited for a volume in Routledge's Ideas beyond Borders series.
The Department of Comparative Literature and the Program in Middle East/South Asia Studies invite applications for the newly established Bita Daryabari Endowment Postdoctoral Scholar/Lecturer position in Persian language and literature.
The graduate Program in Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA) invites applications for a one-year Visiting Professorship in the Political Economy of the Middle East.
The group invites hosting offers for an event in 2027.
The conference invites contributions on ecologism of conflict across the Middle East and the Mediterranean.
The Arab American Education Foundation Center for Arab Studies is accepting students at both the MA and PhD levels.
The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center invites applications for the Moskowitz/Rafalowicz International Research Workshop.
ACW invites applications for a publications Editor position.
The International Society for Arabic Papyrology (ISAP) invites submissions for its tenth congress, to be held in Leiden from 22 to 25 March 2027.
This Special Issue of International Journal of Fashion Studies invites submissions on clothing and dress in times of mass violence.
The Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures invites applications for a position at the rank of full-time Lecturer in the Arabic Language Program starting in Fall 2026.
The 55th Annual Conference of the North American Association of Islamic and Muslim Studies invites paper submissions around the annual theme “Islam, Ethics and Environment”
DSJ invites submissions for its 2026 issue, seeking original research on Druze history, society, culture, faith, and politics.
The institute invites applications for its Annual PhD Dissertation Award competition.
The Monterey Initiative in Russian Studies invites applications for the Monterey Summer Symposium 2026.
Information on submitting proposals to participate in MESA's First Virtual Research Workshop to be held in June 2026. The deadline to submit is January 9, 2026.
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.
MEI seeks a quantitatively-oriented social scientist with deep knowledge of the Middle East to join their team as an Assistant Director for Research.
The workshop invites paper proposals on Chinese migration and expanding presence in the Gulf, the Middle East, and Africa.
Join the panel discussion on April 14 at 4pm in the HFSC Social Room at Georgetown University or virtually.