Palgrave Handbook of Arab Film and Media
Palgrave
The Palgrave Handbook of Arab Film and Media is a new anthology on Arab film and media that welcomes submissions of abstracts for previously unpublished chapter contributions.
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Now Accepting Applications for AIYS’s US Scholars Fellowship
The American Institute for Yemeni Studies
The American Institute for Yemeni Studies is now accepting applications for the US Scholars Fellowship until February 8th, 2023!
Call for Hosting the 6th World Congress for Middle East Studies (WOCMES) 2025
World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES)
If your institute or university is interested in hosting the next World Congress in 2025, please send your application for Hosting WOCMES 2025 before 31 January 2023.
Applications Are Open for the MA in Muslim Cultures
Aga Khan University’s Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations
Applications are welcome for the MA in Muslim Cultures at the Aga Khan University's Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (AKU-ISMC) in London.
Sabbatical Fellowship AY 2023-24
George Washington University, Institute for Middle East Studies
The Institute for Middle East Studies invites applications from full-time faculty at four-year colleges or universities to spend their sabbatical at the Institute, which is part of the George Washington University.
Assistant, Associate or Full Professor of Middle East History
The American University in Cairo
The Department of Arab and Islamic Civilizations (ARIC) at the American University in Cairo (AUC) seeks an open-rank, full-time appointment in Middle East History before 1800, beginning in Fall 2023.
Apply Now: CAORC’s Funded Research Fellowships
The Council of American Overseas Research Centers
The Multi-Country Research Fellowship Program supports advanced regional or trans-regional research in the humanities, social sciences, or allied natural sciences for U.S. doctoral candidates and scholars who have already earned their Ph.D.
Call for Book Proposals: Contemporary Turkey Book Series
I.B.Tauris, an imprint of Bloomsbury
CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS AND BOOK PROPOSALS: I.B.Tauris and the British Institute at Ankara are seeking book proposals for the Contemporary Turkey academic book series.
Tenure-track Professor in Persian Literature and Cultures
Harvard University, Department of Near Eastern Languages
The Harvard University Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations seeks to appoint a tenure-track professor in Persian literature and cultures.
Associate Professor, Islamic Studies and Law
University of Oxford
We are seeking an outstanding scholar and teacher who studies Islamic thought, literature and/or practice in the pre-modern period (up until c. 1800 CE), based on primary sources in Arabic and other languages if appropriate.
Football and Religion: Tales of Hope, Passion and Play (Closing Event)
Aga Khan University’s Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations
Join us on Wednesday 30 November for the closing event of Football and Religion: Tales of Hope, Passion and Play exhibition. The event will include a panel discussion about football and religion with a particular emphasis on women’s football.
Outreach and Program Coordinator
Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Responsible for the development, planning, and implementation of outreach activities and the FLAS Fellowship program for the Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies.
2023 U.S. Faculty Development Seminar on Palestine Travel Fellowships
Palestinian American Research Center
The Palestinian American Research Center (PARC) announces its 14th annual Faculty Development Seminar (FDS) on Palestine competition for U.S. faculty members with a demonstrated interest in, but little travel experience to, Palestine.
Call for Papers: Journal of Islamic Law Special Issue
Program in Islamic Law at Harvard Law School
This special issue is interested in hosting works on such legal encounters broadly from the 18th to the mid-20th century.
2023-2024 Fellowships for U.S. Scholars Conducting Field-Based Research on Palestine
Palestinian American Research Center
The Palestinian American Research Center (PARC) announces its 24th annual U.S. research fellowship competition for research that will contribute to Palestinian Studies.
2023-2024 NEH Fellowships for Scholars Conducting Field-Based Humanities Research in Palestine
Palestinian American Research Center
The Palestinian American Research Center (PARC) announces its 11th National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions (FPIRI) competition for research in the humanities or research that embraces a humanistic approach and methods.
Cultural Histories of Empire
International Society for Cultural History
For its first conference in Asia, the International Society for Cultural History invites paper and panel proposals on the theme of “Cultural Histories of Empire.
Saharanism: Intellectual and Literary Histories of a Desert-focused Imagination
Crown Center for Middle East Studies at Brandeis University
In this virtual Crown Seminar, El Guabli, in conversation with Samia Henni, will explore how racialization, extraction, and emptiness have been central to this powerful desert imaginary, which he calls "Saharanism," in sources as varied as colonial scholarship and today's literature, film, and social media.
Cultural Histories of Empire
International Society for Cultural History
For its first conference in Asia, the International Society for Cultural History invites paper and panel proposals on the theme of “Cultural Histories of Empire.”
Kuwait Chair of Gulf & Arabian Peninsula Affairs, Prof./Prof. of Practice of Int’l Affairs
George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs
The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs invites nominations and applications for a full-time, non-tenure-accruing, contract faculty position as the Kuwait Chair of Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Affairs and Professor/Professor of Practice of International Affairs.
Assistant Professor of History, Modern Middle East - West Virginia University
West Virginia University
The Department of History at West Virginia University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in History with a specialization in the Modern Middle East, beginning August 11, 2023.
Post-Conflict Reconstruction of Cultural Heritage in MENA
Call for Papers: Post-Conflict Reconstruction of Cultural Heritage in MENA
This conference contributes towards a comparative knowledge base on the obstacles to, and enablers of, heritage reconstruction, management of cultural resources, and recovery of societies in post-conflict MENA. It builds upon the growing academic research agenda that has produced timely and thought-provoking debates on the future of the heritage and culture in post-conflict societies in the region.
Conference: 1980s: Representational Pressures, Departures, and Beginnings
Association for Modern and Contemporary Art of the Arab World, Iran, and Turkey
1980s: Representational Pressures, Departures, and BeginningsNovember 3-5, 2022 ** in person ** Live and virtual attendance possible University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Arabic Language Instructor
Drexel University
The Department of Global Studies and Modern Languages at Drexel University, College of Arts and Sciences, invites applications for a non-tenure-track, full time teaching position in Arabic language.