Name: Yale Lecture: Sufism in Post-Soviet Central Asia
Start: 2019-01-29T12:00:00-05:00
End: 2019-01-29T13:30:00-05:00
Location: Yale University

January 2019

American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) Fellowships

January 15, 2019

ARCE invites applications to conduct independent humanities research during the 2019-2020 academic year in Egypt. Doctoral, postdoctoral, early career and senior humanities scholars are eligible to apply. Most awards require American citizenship. Researchers make use of national libraries and archives, private collections, museums, archaeological and cultural heritage sites. Fellowships are available from 3-12 months and … Continue reading American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) Fellowships

Harvard Kennedy School Middle East Initiative Research Fellowships

January 15, 2019

Harvard University Cambridge, MA

The Middle East Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School is now accepting applications for the 2019-2020 Middle East Initiative Research Fellowship Program. This program offers one year fellowships for researchers at the pre-doctoral, post-doctoral and junior faculty level for research related to Middle Eastern governance and public policy. All fellowships carry a stipend. Eligible candidates include … Continue reading Harvard Kennedy School Middle East Initiative Research Fellowships

Call for Applications: Law and Society Association Junior Scholars Workshop

January 15, 2019

Washington, DC

The Law and Society Association is pleased to accept applications for the 2019 Junior Scholar Workshop. The workshop will begin mid-day on Tuesday, May 28, and continue through the day on Wednesday, May 29, 2019. The workshop immediately precedes the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association in Washington DC. We invite applications … Continue reading Call for Applications: Law and Society Association Junior Scholars Workshop

Call for Applications: Humboldt University of Berlin: Professor, Islamic Intellectual History

January 15, 2019

Humboldt University Berlin, Germany

The Berlin Institute for Islamic Theology invites applications for a Full Professorship for “Islamic Intellectual History of the Post-Classical Period (1200-1800)” (W3) starting 1st October 2019 and initially limited to a 5-year contract. The successful candidate will focus on the significance of the post-classical intellectual history in his or her research and teaching, especially in … Continue reading Call for Applications: Humboldt University of Berlin: Professor, Islamic Intellectual History

Call for Applications: Washington State University: Postdoc, “Roots of Contemporary Issues”

January 15, 2019

The Department of History at Washington State University seeks to hire a two-year-long teaching postdoc to teach the university’s core undergraduate course, “The Roots of Contemporary Issues” beginning August 2019, pending budgetary approval. “The Roots of Contemporary Issues” is a history course that helps students make sense of our complex world by focusing on the … Continue reading Call for Applications: Washington State University: Postdoc, “Roots of Contemporary Issues”

Call for Applications: Brown University: Visiting Assistant Professor, Iranian Studies

January 20, 2019

Brown University Providence, RI

Middle East Studies at Brown University invites applications for a two-year position as Visiting Assistant Professor in Iranian Studies. The position is open to all disciplines in the humanities and the social sciences. We especially welcome candidates who have wide knowledge of Iranian history and civilizations, thrive in an interdisciplinary environment, are interested in comparative and … Continue reading Call for Applications: Brown University: Visiting Assistant Professor, Iranian Studies

Call for Applications: Texas A&M University-Commerce: Assistant Professor, Islamic World History

January 22, 2019

Assistant Professor of the History of the Islamic World (non-Western) The History Department at Texas A&M University-Commerce invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the History of the Islamic World (non-Western), pending approval of funding, to begin in August 2019. Candidates must have completed all requirements for a PhD in History by August 2019. … Continue reading Call for Applications: Texas A&M University-Commerce: Assistant Professor, Islamic World History

Call for Papers: Symposia Iranica

January 25, 2019

University of Cambridge Cambridge, United Kingdom

Fourth Biennial Conference on Iranian Studies Hosted by the University of Cambridge at St John’s College, Cambridge, UK, 9-10 April 2019 We welcome proposals that engage with any aspect of Iranian studies within the arts, humanities and social sciences. These include but are not limited to prehistory through to the ancient and post-antique, modern, and … Continue reading Call for Papers: Symposia Iranica

Call for Applications: Tarleton State University: Assistant Professor, World History

January 29, 2019

Tarleton State University, a member of the Texas A&M System, invites applications for a nine-month, tenure-track, Assistant Professor of History. The successful candidate will teach four courses in both the fall and spring semesters for the newly organized Department of History, Sociology and Geography. In addition, the successful candidate will engage in campus service, advising, … Continue reading Call for Applications: Tarleton State University: Assistant Professor, World History

Yale Lecture: Sufism in Post-Soviet Central Asia

January 29, 2019 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Yale University New Haven, CT

The Yale Program in Iranian Studies presents: "Excavating Spirituality on the Silk Road: Sufism in Post-Soviet Central Asia" By Dr. Emily Jane O'Dell, Research Scholar in Law and Islamic Law, Yale Law School While the Soviets branded Sufis as radical extremists, Central Asian Republics since the fall of the Soviet Union have reversed course, and … Continue reading Yale Lecture: Sufism in Post-Soviet Central Asia