Call for Papers: Maqāṣid and Ethics: Foundations, Approaches, and Applied Fields, December 6-8, 2021, Doha, Qatar

From the organizers: Abstracts and research papers are to fulfill the following: -fiqhī or uṣūlī topics should address modern ethical concerns. -Papers addressing the ethical theory of a specific scholar should avoid delving into biography and restrict analysis to the ethical theory itself. -Papers on applied ethics should include a theoretical foundation on which the … Continue reading Call for Papers: Maqāṣid and Ethics: Foundations, Approaches, and Applied Fields, December 6-8, 2021, Doha, Qatar

Discussion: “Law, Gender & Popular Culture Representations of Female Legal Professionals in Contemporary Arab Popular Culture” by the Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities, December 9, 2021 @ 8:00 – 10:00 am

By bringing together perspectives from legal, media, and literary studies, this hybrid round table will explore and discuss how Arab popular culture (film, television, and literature) imagines gender, law, and women in the legal profession. To participate online please register at https://bit.ly/30dAAbe. By attending the event you confirm that you have read and agreed to … Continue reading Discussion: “Law, Gender & Popular Culture Representations of Female Legal Professionals in Contemporary Arab Popular Culture” by the Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities, December 9, 2021 @ 8:00 – 10:00 am

Position opening: Postdoctoral Research Associate, The Sharmin and Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani Center, Princeton University

The Sharmin and Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies at Princeton University invites applications for a postdoctoral research associate or more senior researcher position(s) in the relevant fields of Iran and the Persian Gulf studies in the 19th - 21st century. Anticipated to start in September 2022, the position is open to … Continue reading Position opening: Postdoctoral Research Associate, The Sharmin and Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani Center, Princeton University

Seminar: “Skin and Blood? Blackness and Arabness in Middle Eastern Perspectives by Rachel Schine (NYU AbuDhabi) & Peter Webb (Leiden University),” Princeton University, December 14, 2021 @ 12:00 – 1:30 PM

From the organizers: Please join us for our next seminar of the virtual series entitled “Race, Race-thinking and Identity in the Middle Ages and Medieval Studies” A SEMINAR SERIES We aim to move beyond simplistic either-or binaries – race/not race, race/religion, race/ethnicity, US/Europe – to develop nuanced paradigms for racialization and its interaction, overlap, and interdependence … Continue reading Seminar: “Skin and Blood? Blackness and Arabness in Middle Eastern Perspectives by Rachel Schine (NYU AbuDhabi) & Peter Webb (Leiden University),” Princeton University, December 14, 2021 @ 12:00 – 1:30 PM

Call for Applications: American Druze Foundation Fellowship at Georgetown University

American Druze Foundation Fellowship at Georgetown University The Georgetown University Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS) is pleased to partner with the American Druze Foundation (ADF) to offer the ADF Fellowship in Druze and Arab Studies at CCAS. The purpose of the ADF Fellowship is to promote research on the Druze and Arab minorities with … Continue reading Call for Applications: American Druze Foundation Fellowship at Georgetown University

Call for Proposals: Unfreedom in the Premodern World: Comparative Perspectives on Slavery, Servitude & Captivity. Dublin, 23rd-24th June 2022

Unfreedom in the Premodern World: Comparative Perspectives on Slavery, Servitude & Captivity. Dublin, 23rd-24th June 2022 by Niall O Suilleabhain Unfreedom in the Premodern World: Comparative Perspectives on Slavery, Servitude & Captivity. Dublin, 23rd-24th June 2022 The global history of slavery and dependency has flourished in recent years, as scholars have deployed new theories and methodologies … Continue reading Call for Proposals: Unfreedom in the Premodern World: Comparative Perspectives on Slavery, Servitude & Captivity. Dublin, 23rd-24th June 2022

Call for Applications: Faculty Leave Fellowship, The Crown Center for Middle East Studies at Brandeis University, 2022-2023

The Crown Center for Middle East Studies at Brandeis University is accepting applications for a one-year faculty leave residential fellowship for scholars of the contemporary Middle East. The fellowship is open to all disciplines—particularly politics, economics, history, religion, sociology, or anthropology—for the 2022-2023 academic year. Successful applicants must be tenure track or tenured professors (or … Continue reading Call for Applications: Faculty Leave Fellowship, The Crown Center for Middle East Studies at Brandeis University, 2022-2023

Position opening: Open Rank Tenure Track Position, Islamic Art History,Pomona College, July 1, 2022

Pomona College – Islamic Art History The Department of Art History at Pomona College invites applications for an open rank tenure track position in Islamic art history beginning July 1, 2022. The field of specialization is open and includes any area of Islamic art and architectural history from the early Islamic period to the present. … Continue reading Position opening: Open Rank Tenure Track Position, Islamic Art History,Pomona College, July 1, 2022

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