The Middle East Beyond Borders Graduate Student Workshop aims to foster an interdisciplinary community of scholars working on the past and present of the Middle East. It takes as its founding premise the idea that the “Middle East” as an object of inquiry must fundamentally engage notions of boundaries, mobility and transformation. Our goal is to … Continue reading Middle East Beyond Borders Graduate Student Workshop
The British Association for Islamic Studies (BRAIS) and De Gruyter are delighted to announce the fourth round BRAIS – De Gruyter Prize in the Study of Islam and the Muslim World. This international prize will be awarded annually to the best doctoral thesis or unpublished first monograph based on a doctoral thesis. English-language submissions on … Continue reading Call for Applications: BRAIS – De Gruyter Prize in Islamic Studies
The Asian Studies program of Hamilton College invites applications for a tenure track position in any discipline on Islam in Asia, including Iran/Persia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia, to begin July 1, 2019. Mastery of a relevant Asian language is expected. Ph.D. by the time of appointment is preferred, but ABDs nearing completion of the … Continue reading Call for Applications: Hamilton College: Assistant Professor, Asian Islam
"State Authority, Administrative Structures and Its Reflection on Coinage" (winter term 2018/2019) - Prof. Stefan Heidemann Bi-weekly, Wednesday, 4.00 to 6.00 pm CET First session: Wednesday, October 31, 2018 Last session: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 This webinar is part of the "Webinar Initiative in Islamic Material Culture" jointly organized by the Universität Bonn (Bethany Walker), … Continue reading Online Course on Islamic Coins
School of Historical Studies, Opportunities for Scholars 2019-2020. The Institute is an independent private institution founded in 1930 to create a community of scholars focused on intellectual inquiry, free from teaching and other university obligations. Scholars from around the world come to the Institute to pursue their own research. Candidates of any nationality may apply for a single … Continue reading Fellowship with the School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study
4th National People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference We are excited to announce the Fourth National People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference will be held March 21-24, 2019, at American University Washington College of Law. The Conference will feature distinguished keynote speakers, plenary sessions, concurrent panel discussions, works-in-progress workshops, and shorter incubator sessions to discuss … Continue reading Call for Papers: People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference
Call for Papers: “Law as Resistance” Open panel(s) for the 14th Annual Conference of the Italian Society for Middle Eastern Studies (SeSaMO) Turin, 31 January–2 February 2019 CfP for a panel for the 14th Annual Conference of the Italian Society for Middle Eastern Studies (SeSaMO) on "Law as Resistance" (Turin, 31 January–2 February 2019) organized by Roberta … Continue reading Call for Papers: Italian Society for Middle Eastern Studies (SeSaMO) Conference
The Center for the Theory and History of the Image invites applications from outstanding junior and senior researchers in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences for three one-year NOMIS Fellowships beginning September 1, 2019. Since 2005, eikones has served as a center for graduate and postgraduate research on images. The center is dedicated to the … Continue reading Call for Applications: University of Basel: Postdoctoral Researcher, Theory and History of the Image
The Law, Authority and Learning in Imami Shiite Islam project (http://www.lawalisi.eu an ERC advanced award) at the University of Exeter is now recruiting three postdoctoral research fellows: ONE one-year fixed term post focussing on early Islamic legal developments (up until 15th century, with a focus on Imami Shii law) with a preference for those working … Continue reading Call for Applications: University of Exeter: Postdoctoral Fellows, Shīʿī Islamic Studies
The Department of Art at Wellesley College (http://www.wellesley.edu/art) invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor specializing in the art, architecture, and/or material culture of the Islamic world before 1500. The successful candidate will develop a curriculum attentive to the intersections of Islamicate arts with the arts of the Western Medieval and Byzantine worlds. We seek … Continue reading Call for Applications: Wellesley College: Assistant Professor, Islamic Art
We are pleased to announce the Sixth Conference of the School of Mamluk Studies which will be held at Waseda University in Tokyo from June 15 to 17, 2019. The conference will be conducted in two parts, and will be preceded by a three-day intensive course on Mamluk archival material from June 12 to 14, 2019, to be … Continue reading Call for Papers: School of Mamluk Studies, Tokyo Conference
The Sharmin and Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies at Princeton University invites applications for a postdoctoral or more senior research position in the history, politics, economics, religion, and/or culture of Iran and the Persian Gulf region in the 20th and/or 21st century, starting in September 2019. This full-time twelve-month position may … Continue reading Call for Applications: Princeton University: Postdoctoral Researcher, Modern Iran
The Department of History at Boise State University invites applications for a tenure-track position beginning August 2019. We seek to appoint a faculty member with expertise in Middle Eastern History. All research specializations, geographic areas, and secondary fields will be considered. A strong commitment to teaching and evidence of scholarly potential are expected. The successful … Continue reading Call for Applications: Boise State University: Assistant Professor, Middle Eastern History
The Institute on the Formation of Knowledge at the University of Chicago invites applications for two-year Postdoctoral Researchers at the Rank of Instructor, to begin on July 1, 2019. Postdocs will join a community of leading scholars from across the university to study the process of knowledge formation and transmittal from antiquity to the present … Continue reading Call for Applications: University of Chicago: Postdoctoral Researcher, History of Knowledge
Rare Book School’s Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography invites applications for its (2019-2020) fellowship cohort. The deadline is November 1, 2018. Continuing the work of the Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in Critical Bibliography (2012–17), this scholarly society works to advance the study of texts, images, and artifacts as material objects through … Continue reading Mellon Fellowships in Critical Bibliography
The American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT) is pleased to announce 2019-2020 fellowship programs for students and scholars based in the U.S. and Canada: ARIT / National Endowment for the Humanities Advanced Fellowships for Research in Turkey cover all fields of the humanities, including prehistory, history, art, archaeology, literature, and linguistics as well as interdisciplinary … Continue reading American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT) Fellowships
The Department of International Studies at American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates seeks a full-time faculty member specializing in Middle Eastern and World History beginning in Fall 2019. Candidates must be willing to teach a range of courses in their field as well as survey courses in world history. The ability to … Continue reading Call for Applications: American University of Sharjah: Professor, Middle Eastern History
Submissions are solicited for a one-day symposium on "The Qurʾān and Ethiopia: Context and Reception," which will be held at The Catholic University of America (Washington, DC) on Monday, April 8, 2019. Connections between the Qurʾān and Ethiopia are vast and varied. On the one hand, Ethiopia provides an important historical context (among many others) … Continue reading Call for Papers: The Qurʾān and Ethiopia: Context and Reception
