Proposals to MESA 2025 (November 22-25 in Washington, DC) are due February 13, 2025 (Noon EST)!
MESA’s Academic Freedom Initiative will support data collection and analysis as well as dissemination of findings regarding academic freedom in the context of scholarship and teaching in Middle East studies.
MESA has created a new Campus Climate resource page for our members in response to academic freedom-related developments on campuses across North America and beyond.
Royal Society for Asian Affairs invites people for an online panel discussion with Professor Emeritus Jenny White, Associate Professor Sebnem Gumuscu and Dr Bilge Yabanci.
Begins March 13, 2025
The Yale Council on Middle East Studies invites applications for a Post-Doctoral Associate position in Palestinian Studies.
You are invited to submit proposals for chapters for a new volume on the films of Youssef Chahine, ideally for EUP’s Refocus series.
The journal invites submissions for its upcoming Volume II, Issue I, covering the period from December 2024 to April 2025.
Arts & Science is seeking a dedicated Assistant Director to join Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies.
The Humanities Research Fellowship for the Study of the Arab World program, in collaboration with the Archives and Special Collections of the NYUAD Library, invite applications to a limited number of travel awards.
The 41st anniversary of the Mary L. Cornille (GRS ’87) Boston University Graduate Symposium in the History of Art & Architecture invites proposals for papers.
The AbuSulayman Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University is calling for papers to address the phenomenon of cultural destruction.
Dr. John Andrew Morrow invites submissions of studies for publication in a new work delving into the identity and ideology of W.D. Fard, the founder of the Nation of Islam.
The Middle Eastern and North African Studies Program and the Department of Religion invite applications for a full-time, benefits-eligible visiting assistant professor position.
The university invites applications for the intensive Summer Qur'anic Arabic program offered by Prof. Walid Saleh.
The Middle East Studies Association, the Arab Council for the Social Sciences, the Orient Institute in Beirut are organizing a five-day workshop at the American University of Cairo, June 29-July 3. The workshop, which is co-sponsored by AUC, will bring together a select group of doctoral students from North American, German, and Arab universities to discuss the possibilities, critical approaches, epistemological, and practical challenges of undertaking archival and/or ethnographic research in the Arab region.
UDC invites submissions of manuscripts focusing on Freedom of Expression, Campus Politics, Academic Freedom, and the War on Gaza.
The Charles K. and Esther C. Krieger Visiting Scholars Program invites applications for a Visiting Scholar in Religious Studies.
Applications are open for the The Werner Mark Linz Memorial Grant (WMLM) award to support academic research into the history, art history and religions of MENA.
The Department of History is seeking candidates for a one-year position in the History of Islamic Worlds, at the rank of visiting assistant professor.
The Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies and the Middle Eastern Studies Forum at Stanford Global Studies invite qualified candidates to apply for the inaugural Palestinian Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship.
The Department of Anthropology at Özyeğin University, Istanbul, invites applications for a full-time Assistant Professor position in Social/Cultural Anthropology, starting in September 2025.
Our letter expressing concern about recent actions that have exacerbated the climate of repression on campus
The Committee on Academic Freedom received a response from the Interim President of Cornell University in response to our 26 November letter regarding a course proposal developed by Dr. Eric Cheyfitz
The Middle East Studies Association is seeking a full-time, remote employee to coordinate the new Academic Freedom Initiative and to support the related research of the MESA Task Force on Civil and Human Rights. The expected duration of this position is for two years and it is funded by a grant from the Mellon Foundation.
The Department of History invites applications and nominations for a scholar to fill the Edward Said Professorship of Modern Arab Studies and Literature.