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Position opening: Assistant Professor – Historian of Early Islam until 1250, University of Chicago, Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations

Description The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago invites applications for a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor in the History of the Middle East in the Early Islamic Period until the Mongols (i.e., until circa 1258 C.E.) with an expected start date of July 1, 2022 or as soon … Continue reading Position opening: Assistant Professor – Historian of Early Islam until 1250, University of Chicago, Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations

Position opening: Associate Director and Chief Curator, The Oriental Institute, University of Chicago

The Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, seeks applicants for the position of Associate Director and Chief Curator of the Oriental Institute Museum (OIM). The ideal candidate has progressively responsible leadership experience in a museum with staff management, collections care, and special exhibition projects combined with academic qualifications in an ancient Middle Eastern field of specialty. … Continue reading Position opening: Associate Director and Chief Curator, The Oriental Institute, University of Chicago

Graduate Workshop On Ecstatic Sufi Literature, University of Chicago, May 4, 2023 @ 6:00 – 8:30 p.m. EDT

Join us in Swift Hall for a closed workshop with the Moroccan Sufi Shaykh Mohammed Faouzi al-Karkari about the process of inspired writing and the production of ecstatic literature. We will read key excerpts from his philosophical and poetic corpus on the nature of friendship with God (wilāya). Themes to be discussed include the limits … Continue reading Graduate Workshop On Ecstatic Sufi Literature, University of Chicago, May 4, 2023 @ 6:00 – 8:30 p.m. EDT

Call for Papers: Middle East History and Theory Conference (MEHAT), University of Chicago, January 26, 2024

From the organizers: This is just a quick reminder that the deadline for the call for papers for the Middle East History and Theory Conference (MEHAT) at The University of Chicago (Friday, May 4, and Saturday, May 5, 2024) featuring a keynote speaker Prof. Suraiya Faroqhi is fast approaching! Our call for papers closes January … Continue reading Call for Papers: Middle East History and Theory Conference (MEHAT), University of Chicago, January 26, 2024