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MESA seeks a new editor for the International Journal of Middle East Studies for a five-year term beginning July 1, 2019. Review of applications begins August 1, 2018.
Applications are invited for the 2018 Undergraduate Research Workshop to be held during the MESA 2018 meeting in San Antonio. Application Deadline: June 1, 2018.
The IIE Scholar Rescue Fund provides fellowships to professors, researchers, and public intellectuals who face threats to their lives and careers in their home countries.
Call for conference chairs to organize panels for the 8th Hamad bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art to be held in Doha, November 7-9, 2019. Deadline: June 1, 2018.
Rethinking the "Arab Spring" and Its Aftermath in the Maghreb, April 27-28, 2018, Aga Khan University, Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations.
Job opening at Bryn Mawr College: Instructor or Lecturer in Middle Eastern History. Review begins April 23, 2018.
Opportunities for Scholars 2019-2020 at the Institute for Advanced Study. Application deadline: October 15, 2018.
1st International Conference on Social Responsibility of Educational Institutions in Developing Countries (ICSEDC), August 24-25, 2018.
Job opening at UCLA: Librarian/Curator for Middle Eastern, Islamic, and Jewish Studies. Application Deadline: May 22, 2018.
Fourth Annual Conference of the Iranian Studies Initiative: Slavery and Sexual Labor in the Middle East and North Africa, October 19-20, 2018 at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Submission Deadline: May 1, 2018.
Conceptions and Configurations of the Arabic Literary Canon Workshop, June 17-21, 2019 at the Columbia University Global Center in Paris. Submission Deadline: June 18, 2018.
The Matador Review seeks submissions for its Summer 2018 publication. Deadline: May 31, 2018.
Job opening at University of Denver: Assistant Professor of African Studies.
Job opening at the University of Arizona: Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Professor of Persian Language. Review begins immediately and continues until filled.
April 24, 2018-Ancient Oman: Archaeological Digs and Historical Discoveries in the Sultanate of Oman. Presented by the Library of Congress and the Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center.
Job opening at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz: Junior Professor (m/f) in “Geography of Social Media and Digital Cultures“. Application Deadline: May 1, 2018.
Job opening at Connecticut College: Visiting Assistant Professor of Arabic Studies. Review begins April 6, 2018.
May 7, 2018-Water in the Middle East and North Africa: A Nexus of Cooperation and Conflict. Conference at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Seeking contributions to handbook on Teaching IR in the Arab World. American University of Beirut, Arab Council for the Social Sciences.
Job opening at LSE Middle East Centre: Research Officer to produce independent research on one or more of the Kuwait Programme’s themes. Application Deadline: April 23, 2018.
Job opening at Bard College: Visiting Assistant Professor of Arabic (two-year appointment). Applications accepted until filled.
In the Last Days of the City, a film by Tamer El-Said will open in New York City on 4/27 at MoMA and in Los Angeles on 5/4 at the Laemmle Monica.
International Institute of Social History (IISH) in Amsterdam, new fellowship programme named the Prince Dr Sabbar Farman-Farmaian Fellowships for scholars who wish to use the IISH collections for the study of social and economic historyof 18-20 century of Iran, whether from a regional, national, or comparative and transnational perspective. Application Deadline: May 13, 2018.
MiReKoc International Summer School 2018 in collaboration with Hasan Kalyoncu University, June 19-30 in Istanbul and Gaziantep. Application Deadline: April 27, 2018.
July 15-17, 2018-Workshop on Authoritarianism and Democratic Breakdown, Hoover Institution Library & Archives at Stanford University. Applications due by April 5, 2018.