Center for Arab Studies at U of Houston is Accepting MA and PhD Students
University of Houston
The Arab American Education Foundation Center for Arab Studies is accepting students at both the MA and PhD levels.
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CfA: Global Geographies of the Holocaust: Mapping Jewish Refugee Resettlement (USHMM Research Workshop, due 7/17/26)
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center invites applications for the Moskowitz/Rafalowicz International Research Workshop.
CfP: The Question of Palestine Now
Palestinian & Arab Studies Program
PAS Program invites proposals for the first PAS graduate student conference, “The Question of Palestine Now,” which will be held in Berkeley, California, from October 9-10, 2026.
Editor - Full Time
Arab Center Washington DC
ACW invites applications for a publications Editor position.
10th meeting of the International Society for Arabic Papyrology
Leiden University
The International Society for Arabic Papyrology (ISAP) invites submissions for its tenth congress, to be held in Leiden from 22 to 25 March 2027.
Clothing and Dress in Times of Mass Violence – CfP
International Journal of Fashion Studies
This Special Issue of International Journal of Fashion Studies invites submissions on clothing and dress in times of mass violence.
Full-Time Arabic Lecturer
University of Pennsylvania
The Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures invites applications for a position at the rank of full-time Lecturer in the Arabic Language Program starting in Fall 2026.
Call for Papers: Islam, Ethics and Environment
North American Association of Islamic and Muslim Studies (NAAIMS)
The 55th Annual Conference of the North American Association of Islamic and Muslim Studies invites paper submissions around the annual theme “Islam, Ethics and Environment”
Call for Papers – Druze Studies Journal (2026 Issue)
The University of Kansas
DSJ invites submissions for its 2026 issue, seeking original research on Druze history, society, culture, faith, and politics.
Two positions (Turkish Politics and Political Theory)
Bilkent University
The Department of Political Science and Public Administration invites applications for two open rank (Assistant/Associate/Full Professor) positions in Turkish Politics and in Political Theory (with a specialization in contemporary political theory).
Dissertation Award
Tokat Institute for Advanced Islamic Studies
The institute invites applications for its Annual PhD Dissertation Award competition.
Visiting Lecturer in Modern Hebrew (Fall 2026)
Brown University
The Program in Judaic Studies invites applications for a Visiting Lecturer in Modern Hebrew Language for the Fall 2026 semester.
Part-Time Lecturer in Modern Arabic Literature
Tufts University
The Department of International Literary and Cultural Studies invites applications for a part-time lecturer position to teach Modern Arabic Literature.
Monterey Summer Symposium 2026
Middlebury Institute of International Studies
The Monterey Initiative in Russian Studies invites applications for the Monterey Summer Symposium 2026.
MESA’s First Virtual Research Workshop Call for Proposals
MESA
Information on submitting proposals to participate in MESA's First Virtual Research Workshop to be held in June 2026. The deadline to submit is January 9, 2026.
Conference: Mainstreaming the Margins and Marginalizing the Mainstream in Contemporary Egyptian Culture
American University in Cairo & CEDEJ
The conference invites attendees to think about repositioning Egypt, and the region more broadly, as a place of knowledge production; a place from which theory emerges, not just be applied or localised.
Assistant Director for Research, Middle East Initiative
Harvard Kennedy School
MEI seeks a quantitatively-oriented social scientist with deep knowledge of the Middle East to join their team as an Assistant Director for Research.
Cfp (deadline extended): Global Chinese Migration and the Belt and Road
American University of Sharjah
The workshop invites paper proposals on Chinese migration and expanding presence in the Gulf, the Middle East, and Africa.
Freedom of Speech, Trump and Campus Repression: The Case of Badar Khan Suri
Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (ACMCU)
Join the panel discussion on April 14 at 4pm in the HFSC Social Room at Georgetown University or virtually.