Opportunities

Call for Applications :: Postdoctoral Fellowship on Digital Resource Development and the Middle East, French National Centre for Scientific Research. The French National Centre for Scientific Research is seeing a skilled Postdoctoral Fellow to pursue a part-time research project focused on developing digital resources for research on Morocco, the Middle East, and the Islamic world. Doctoral degree in relevant field required as well as 1-4yrs experience in digital humanities.The salary range is € 2,728 to € 3,881, depending on experience. Applications are currently being accepted. Details.

Call for Applications :: Persian Instructor, Summer Intensive Program at Arizona State University. Arizona State University seeks a faculty associate to teach elementary or intermediate intensive Persian in its 2020 summer Critical Languages Institute. Candidates must have a Master’s degree or higher in philology, linguistics, language teaching or a closely related field by the time of appointment; possess native proficiency in Persian; and have at least one year’s experience teaching Persian at the university level to non-native speakers. The successful candidates will teach Persian 4 hours a day, five days a week, for eight weeks and will contribute to cultural programming. Compensation for the 7-week 2020 program consists of a salary of $8960, housing in Tempe (a taxable benefit), and reimbursement for air/ground travel of up to $500. Applications are accepted until filled. Details.

Call for Submissions :: Pioneer African Women in Law Project. The Pioneer African Women in Law Project (PAWLP) is a digital archive project designed to document in one collection, the lives and contributions of African women pioneers in the different fields of law across Africa. The PAWLP is accepting submissions for their archive. Entries are open to all interested authors. Cross and interdisciplinary submissions are especially welcome. Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis. Details.

Call for Applications :: Research Assistant for book on Islamic Contract Law, Prof. Ilias Bantekas. Professor Ilias Bantekas, Hamad bin Khalifa University (Qatar Foundation) College of Law and Institute of Advanced Legal Studies of the University of London, is looking for a research assistant for a book project on Islamic Contract Law (to be published by Oxford University Press 2022, with 3 other co-authors). The ideal candidate will be fluent in Arabic and English and will possess a thorough knowledge of the primary and secondary sources of Islamic contract law. Applications are accepted until filled. Details.

Call for Applications :: Scotiabank Postdoctoral Fellowship on AI and Regulation, University of Ottowa. The University of Ottawa is seeking a skilled and enthusiastic Postdoctoral Fellow to pursue an innovative research program focused on shaping the regulation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in a global context. Doctoral degree in law or allied field (e.g. ethics, policy, media studies) with training in law or policy preferred. The preference will be for candidates with doctorates awarded in the last 5 years, but all candidates will be considered. The salary range is $45,000, plus benefits. Applications are accepted until filled. Details.

Call for Applications :: Scotiabank Postdoctoral Fellowship on AI and Inclusion, University of Ottowa. The University of Ottawa is seeking a skilled and enthusiastic Postdoctoral Fellow to pursue an innovative research program focused on shaping the regulation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in a global context. Doctoral degree in law or allied field (e.g. ethics, policy, media studies) with training in law or policy preferred. The preference will be for candidates with doctorates awarded in the last 5 years, but all candidates will be considered. The salary range is $45,000, plus benefits. Applications are accepted until filled. Details.

Call for Applications :: Alex Trebek Postdoctoral Fellowship on AI and Healthcare, University of Ottawa. The University of Ottawa is seeking a skilled and enthusiastic Postdoctoral Fellow to pursue an innovative research program focused on the legal and ethical aspects of Artificial Intelligence (AI) applied to the health and health care sector. Doctoral degree in law or allied field (e.g. ethics, policy, media studies) with training in law or policy preferred. The preference will be for candidates with doctorates awarded in the last 5 years, but all candidates will be considered. The salary range is $45,000, plus benefits. Applications are accepted until filled. Details.

Call for Applications :: Alex Trebek Postdoctoral Fellowship on AI and Environmental Health, University of Ottawa. The University of Ottawa is seeking a skilled and enthusiastic Postdoctoral Fellow to pursue an innovative research program focused on the social science aspects of Artificial Intelligence (AI) applied to environmental sustainability. Doctoral degree in law or allied field (e.g. ethics, policy, media studies) with training in law or policy preferred. The preference will be for candidates with doctorates awarded in the last 5 years, but all candidates will be considered. The salary range is $45,000, plus benefits. Applications are accepted until filled. Details.

Call for Applications :: Visiting Assistant Professor in Islamic/Middle Eastern history, Tulane University. The History Department of Tulane University is seeking a one-year Visiting Assistant Professor in Islamic/Middle Eastern history, starting August 2020. Research specialization open, teaching experience required. The teaching load will be 3/3. The successful candidate will be expected to teach in the Fall semester a course on the History of Islam to 1400, an upper-level seminar on the Modern Middle East, and a third course to be determined in consultation with the candidate; and in the Spring semester other courses on the history of Islam and/or the modern Middle East. Candidates will be expected to have PhD in hand or to have defended their dissertation by Sept 1.Applications are accepted until filled. Details.

Call for Applications :: Assistant Lectureship in Middle Eastern Studies, University of Bern. The Faculty of Humanities of the University of Bern isinviting applications for an Assistant Lectureship in Middle Eastern Studies with special emphasis in Social Anthropology, Social or Political Sciences (tenure track position) at the Institute for Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies.Prerequisites for application are a completed PhD and a promising research project aiming for a habilitation. Applicants should have excellent abilities in at least one Middle Eastern language, be engaged in innovative research and be prepared to cooperate with representatives of other disciplines and institutions. Independent teaching duties involve four hours of class per week in the corresponding bachelor’s and master’s Degree Courses.The language of instruction and administration at the University of Bern is German. Applicants are expected to acquire a good working knowledge of German within two years. The appointment will take effect from 1 February 2021. This post is initially limited to four years. An extension of two years is possible after positive evaluations. Details.

Call for Applications :: ACMCU Global Anti-Racism Scholarships, Georgetown University. The Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Chrisitan Understanding will provide funds for scholarships and research travel awards for undergraduates and graduate students working on topics pertinent to Muslim-Christian relations or interfaith relations more broadly, with special emphasis on the legacies of colonialism and slavery and the racialization of ethnic and religious minorities.  The amount of the scholarship and travel awards will be determined on a case-by-case basis, as will applications for renewal of awards for a second year of support. Applications are accepted until filled.  Details.

Call for Applications :: Public Narrative: Leadership, Storytelling, and Action, Harvard Kennedy School. The Public Narrative: Leadership, Storytelling, and Action program is seeking applicants who are looking to strengthen their leadership capacities by utilizing the public narrative method to lead community change through story-telling, This program is for elected public officials, senior leaders in government, NGO and non-profit leaders, leaders of civic, social, and political organizations, individuals leading advocacy groups or other social movements, as well as teachers, artists, leaders in healthcare, public health, and education. Session dates are August 31, 2020 – December 18, 2020 and the program fee is $2,600. Applications are due by July 29, 2020. Details.

Call for Papers :: Journal of Legal Education, Association of American Law Schools. The Journal of Legal Education is partnering with the AALS Section on Teaching Methods and the University of Miami School of Law in organizing a symposium issue devoted to COVID-19’s impact on legal education and the legal profession and the dramatic and immediate changes the pandemic has engendered. The Journal welcomes thoughtful essays and think pieces that document responses to the crisis, offer analyses of how legal education has been changed, and venture predictions about the changes that will remain or be implemented in the future. Papers are due Aug 1, 2020. Details.

Call for Papers :: Islamic Law and the Modern International Legal Order, Association of American Law Schools. The Section on Islamic Law is pleased to announce a call for papers from which one or more presenters will be selected for the section’s program to be held during the AALS 2021 Annual Meeting in San Francisco on the subject of Islamic Law and the Modern International Legal Order. Papers should be between 7500 and 15,000 words in length, not previously published, and relate to the above topic. The selected presenter will have the opportunity, but not the obligation, to publish the article in the Arab Law Quarterly if they so desire. Applicants may be academics or nonacademics at any level and in any relevant discipline. Papers are due Aug 14, 2020. Details.

 

Call for Applications :: Professor of Islamic studies, Lunds University – Centre for Theology & Religious Studies. The Centre for Theology and Religious Studies at Lunds University is seeking applications for a Professor of Islamic Studies position. The appointment includes the planning and conducting of first and second cycle teaching in Islamic studies in the form of lectures, seminars and supervision. Administrative duties are also included in the position. Duties at CMES and MECW, for example, may be included in the position. A person who has demonstrated both research and teaching expertise shall be qualified for employment as a professor. The assessment criteria for appointment as a professor shall be the degree of the expertise required as a qualification for employment. For appointment as a professor there is a requirement for training in teaching and learning in higher education amounting to at least five weeks or that equivalent knowledge has been acquired in some other way.. Applications will be accepted until Sep 30, 2020. Details.