The Institute for Religion, Culture and Public Life at Columbia University is happy to announce the Claremont Prize for the Study of Religion, which is dedicated to the publication of first books by early career scholars working in any discipline of the humanities or social sciences. This competition will give scholars the opportunity to travel … Continue reading Call for Applications: Claremont Prize for the Study of Religion, Columbia University

The Macalester College Religious Studies Department invites applications for an Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies (tenure-track) to begin Fall 2020. A PhD is required by time of appointment. The successful candidate will be expected to teach a broad range of courses in classical and modern Islam and in the study of religion more broadly (i.e. … Continue reading Call for Applications: Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies, Macalester College

The Academy Scholars Program identifies and supports outstanding scholars at the start of their careers whose work combines disciplinary excellence in the social sciences or law with a command of the language and history or culture of countries or regions outside of the United States or Canada.  Their scholarship may elucidate domestic, comparative, or transnational … Continue reading Call for Applications: Postdoctoral Fellowship, Harvard University

The Southeast Regional Middle East and Islamic Studies Society (SERMEISS) invites scholars, including advanced doctoral students, to submit paper proposals for its 2020 spring meeting, which will be held March 6-8, 2020 at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. The spring 2020 meeting will focus on “Islam and Law,” and paper proposals should be broadly related … Continue reading Call for Papers: Southeast Regional Middle East and Islamic Studies Society

The Macalester College Department of the Classical Mediterranean and Middle East invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Arabic. Candidates must demonstrate passion and ability for teaching Modern Standard Arabic at all levels, as well as research and teaching interests in the literature, history, cultures, and/or societies of the classical Arab world. Strengths in … Continue reading Call for Applications: Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Arabic, Macalester College

Assistant Professor in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Duties: Teach lower- and upper-division core courses including: Gender, Race, Sex and Societies; Bodies and Borders; Feminist Theory; Feminist Methods; Internship, and Senior Capstone Seminar Publish research in areas of specialization Develop new courses in area of specialization Mentor students Participate in service to the department, college, … Continue reading Call for Applications: California State University, Long Beach: Ass’t Professor, Women’s Studies