Archive for 2016

AMI Research Seminar by Dr Mohammadreza Kalantari 19/01/2017

Activist Najeeb Rajab to remain in custody

Bahrain Watch Annual Bulletin: 2016 in Review

Panel: “Beyond Karbala: Theorizing Shiʿi Materiality”, German Association for the Study of Religion, Marburg, 13-16 September 2017

This panel invites to think about how theoretical assumptions and academic approaches towards Shiʿi materiality can be made fruitful to contribute to a broader understanding of Shiʿism, and account for non-binary views. While doing so the panel tries to assess Iranian and non-Iranian forms of Shiʿi materiality alike.

Deadline for abstracts: 22 January 2017. Information: Christian Funke (christian.funke@ithrw.uni-hannover.de) and Robert Langer (robert.langer@uni-bayreuth.de).

1.From Malacca to Manchester: Curating Islamic Collections Worldwide (23–24 Feb., Manchester, UK)

https://networks.h-net.org/node/7636/discussions/158367/conference-malacca-manchester-curating-islamic-collections

 

 

 

2. Panel: “Beyond Karbala: Theorizing Shiʿi Materiality”, German Association for the Study of Religion, Marburg, 13-16 September 2017

This panel invites to think about how theoretical assumptions and academic approaches towards Shiʿi materiality can be made fruitful to contribute to a broader understanding of Shiʿism, and account for non-binary views. While doing so the panel tries to assess Iranian and non-Iranian forms of Shiʿi materiality alike.

Deadline for abstracts: 22 January 2017. Information: Christian Funke (christian.funke@ithrw.uni-hannover.de) and Robert Langer (robert.langer@uni-bayreuth.de).
 

 

3. Visiting Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York

Candidates with expertise in Islam in any period or region are encouraged to apply, although the Classical Period is preferred. Knowledge of relevant languages is required. Familiarity with the discipline of Religious Studies is desirable, as is knowledge of the social, political, and historical study of Islamic civilizations. Completion of Ph.D. is expected prior to or shortly after the date of hire.

Deadline for application: 30 January 2017. Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/8720
 

4. Associate Professor of Islamic History, University of Oxford

The successful candidate will have an outstanding record of publication and research. With a record of successful undergraduate teaching and the ability to lecture to a mixed audience, you will demonstrate a high degree of expertise in the Arabic language and the ability to instruct students in the use primary sources in Arabic. Candidates must have a doctorate in the field of Islamic History.

Deadline for application: 10 February 2017. Information: www.ox.ac.uk/about/jobs/academic/index/ac22979j/

 

5. McGill Visiting Assistant Professor of International Studies (Focus on Middle East Studies), Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut

This fellowship is a one-year appointment for a recent Ph.D. (within the past five years) who has either received a bachelor’s degree from a non-North American university or else has lived for a substantial period outside the United States.

Deadline for application: 1 February 2017. Information: https://trincoll.peopleadmin.com/postings/1229

 

6. Andrew Rippin Best Paper Prize, International Qur’anic Studies Association

In honor of Andrew Rippin, the IQSA will award a prize to the best paper delivered at the 2016 Annual Meeting in San Antonio by a graduate student or early career scholar. The prize winner will receive $250 and an expanded and edited version of the paper will qualify for publication in the Journal of the International Qur’anic Studies Association 2 (2017).

Deadline for abstracts: 5 January 2017. Information: https://iqsaweb.wordpress.com/2016/12/19/andrew-rippin-best-paper-prize/

 

7. Articles for the Canadian Journal for Middle East Studies

The Canadian Journal for Middle East Studies, CJMES is a print and online academic journal published by Institute for Middle East Studies, Canada. We are interested in articles that focus on the Middle East in a wide range of contexts, and encourage articles from humanities and social science perspectives.

Deadline for articles: 30 March 2017. Information: www.imesc.org/index.php?cmd=view_event&id=13

 

8. The Department of Near Eastern Studies at the University of California, Berkeley seeks applications for The Daryabari Professor of Iranian Studies (at the rank of tenured associate professor or tenure track assistant professor), with an expected start date of July 1, 2017.

Applications are encouraged from scholars with rigorous training in the history and culture of Iran (broadly defined), a strong record of distinguished research and publication, and demonstrated excellence in teaching (at both undergraduate and graduate levels). Since the successful candidate will be leading departmental and campus efforts to build a vibrant interdisciplinary program of Iranian studies, a strong interest in, commitment to, and capacity for program building are also necessary. Period of specialization within Iranian Studies is open. Preference will be given to individuals focusing on ancient Iranian studies. Preference will also be given to applicants with a strong interdisciplinary emphasis.

Minimum Basic Qualification: Ph.D. or equivalent degree in a relevant field of Iranian Studies, completed by the application date; demonstrated excellence in research and teaching.

Additional qualifications: mastery of relevant primary source languages, to be met by the appointment start date.

Preferred qualifications: commitment to program building; and willingness to actively participate in the NES Department and affiliated interdisciplinary programs.

Documents Requirements

Applicants should submit: 1) a cover letter that includes current and future research plans and teaching philosophy; 2) a current C.V.; 3) a writing sample (no more than twenty-five pages); and 4) three letters of reference. When applying, applicants will be asked to provide contact information for referees, and must then request letters through the application system. Additional writing and teaching materials will be solicited for finalists. All letters will be treated as confidential per University of California policy and California state law.

Please refer potential referees, including when letters are provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service or career center), to the UC Berkeley statement of confidentiality ([ http://] http://apo.berkeley.edu/evalltr.html   ) prior to submitting their letters.

Applications must be received by March 3, 2017. Please direct inquiries to: nes@berkeley.edu.

Where to apply: https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/apply/JPF01240

 

 

 

9. ISOA course of “Heritage of Islamic Persian Architecture”

ISOA is a private academic art center which holds training courses in order to familiarize professors and students of all around the world with different fields of Islamic art. On July 2-11, 2017 ISOA is going to hold a ten day course on “Heritage of Islamic Persian Architecture”. This Program is going to be held in five cities of Tehran, Isfahan, Kashan, Yazd and Qom and is going to accomplish the following programs:

Learning philosophical bases of Islamic architecture

Introducing and discussing various texts of Islamic architecture

Visiting museums and the great masterpieces of Islamic architecture in Iran

Getting acquainted with the Islamic- Iranian culture (through visiting Bazars, mosques, religious centers and etc.)

For more detailed information see http://www.isoacourses.com/

 

 

 

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1.The Department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Edinburgh announces ESRC MSc/PhD studentships commencing September, 2017.

We invite applications from those who meet EU/UK eligibility criteria for our various 2+3, 1+3 (One and two-year MSc  + PhD) programmes and for our 3-year PhDs.

The deadline for completed submissions/applications is 20 January, 2017.

For further information on our various MSc programmes and the application process, contact Professor Andrew Newman, a.newman@ed.ac.uk

For information on eligibility, see http://www.socsciscotland.ac.uk/studentships/eligibility

 

 

 

2. Persian Calligraphy – Nasta`liq

Centre for Iranian Studies, SOAS, London

Monday 16 January – Monday 27 March 2017
MBI Al Jaber Seminar Room, MBI Al Jaber Building
21 Russell Square, London WC1B 5EA

This ten-week course is suitable for all levels, from beginners to advanced. Although, previous knowledge of Persian language is not necessary for beginners, familiarity with the alphabets is an advantage. This is an exercise-based course on the writing techniques of the Nasta’liq script which is constantly engaged with Persian language and literature. You will also learn about the theory and history of Islamic calligraphy. The course will start with a general introduction to most Islamic calligraphy styles and traditional tools and materials. The letters’ shapes as the basic elements in calligraphy will be explored in detail through the course and advanced compositions and juxtaposition of forms will be covered at elementary and upper levels.

The course is held every Monday 6:30-8:30pm at the London Middle East Institute from 16 Jan – 27 March 2017.

See: http://us10.campaign-archive1.com/?u=60db293bb683b57ee889a9d54&id=420bd4a103&e=40ac9d62d2

 

 

 

3. CALL FOR PAPERS: BRISMES Annual Conference 2017

Movement and Migration in the Middle East: People and Ideas in Flux

IMES, University of Edinburgh | 5-7 July 2017

In collaboration with Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Edinburgh, the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies invites proposals for its 2017 Annual Conference on the theme of ‘Movement and Migration in the Middle East: People and Ideas in Flux’.

We particularly encourage proposals for papers and panels that take up the theme in innovative ways, exploring not only migration of people but movement and exchanges in relation to ideas, culture, language, borders, and social and political groups. In addition, we warmly invite proposals on any topic related to Middle Eastern Studies, regardless of their fit with the conference’s main theme.

The deadline for paper and panel proposals is 17.00 GMT, 27 January 2017. Please apply via the conference website, at http://www.brismes.ac.uk/conference/ More information at: http://www.brismes.ac.uk/conference/cfp2017/

 

 

 

4. Open Access materials:

 

Open Access Resources from ISAM – Center for Islamic Studies [Turkey]
ISAM – Center for Islamic Studies makes available some very useful databases on their library’s website: http://www.isam.org.tr/index.cfm?fuseaction=objects2.detail_content&cid=907&cat_id=5

Of particular importance are:

1. Salnames: http://isamveri.org/?url=salname
2. Ottoman articles: http://ktp.isam.org.tr/?url=makaleosm/findrecords.php
3. Ottoman treatises: http://ktp.isam.org.tr/?url=risaleosm

Open Access Manuscript Collection: Sakıp Sabancı Museum’s Arts of Book and Calligraphy Collection

http://www.digitalssm.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/Kitapvehat
“Sabancı University Sakıp Sabancı Museum’s Arts of Book and Calligraphy Collection includes copies of the Koran, prayer books, calligraphic compositions in the kıt’a form, calligraphic albums, calligraphic panels, hilyes, imperial firmans and berats bearing the royal tuğra (imperial cipher) by renowned calligraphers dating from the late 14th to 20th centuries, and calligraphy tools and equipment.”

 

 

 

5. Conference: “Gender and Muslim Spaces: Community and Academic Perspectives”, Muslims in Britain Research Network, University of Leeds, 29 March 2017

The question of gender inclusion among British Muslims is currently a high profile debate. This conference aims to unpack the many facets of this debate from a range of methodological, theoretical and community perspectives.

Deadline for abstracts: 30 January 2017. Information: http://middleorient.com/?p=7960

 

6. Four Scholarships for Guest Doctoral Students in Sociology, Religious Studies, History, Philosophy or Theology, University of Erfurt

The scholarships start on 1 April and 1 October 2017 and are granted for either 6 or 12 months. Requirements are: knowledge of German, English and other relevant languages; acceptance for the position of doctoral candidate at another university and secured funding of the PhD project from another source; cooperation within in the interdisciplinary context of the Max Weber Center and in particular the Kolleg Research Group.

Deadline for application: 18 December 2016. Information: www.uni-erfurt.de/fileadmin/public-docs/Max-Weber-Kolleg/6-pdfs/kfg/kfg-research-program-2014_17-eng.pdf

 

7. Pears Foundation PhD Scholarships at the Middle East and North Africa Centre, University of Sussex (MENACS)

These scholarships provide full funding for UK/EU or International students whose research falls into one of the Centre’s main areas of study: Middle Eastern, Israeli and North African Studies. There are no restrictions as to time period or subject area.

Deadline for application: 26 January 2017. Information: www.sussex.ac.uk/study/phd/fees-and-scholarships/scholarships/view/710
 

 

8. Assistant Professor in Middle Eastern History, Seton Hall University, New Jersey

PhD is required; teaching experience and publications focusing on the period since 1800 are advantageous.

Deadline for application: 1 January 2017. Information: http://jobs.shu.edu/mob/cw/en-us/job/492696/assistant-professor-history

 

9. Master’s Program in Middle Eastern Studies, Stockholm University

This is a two-year interdisciplinary program that provides deepened knowledge of the languages and cultures of the Middle East and North Africa, as well as area studies as a scientific discipline. Bachelor’s degree within the main field of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures, or equivalent, and knowledge of English are required.

Deadline for application: 15 January 2017. Information: www.su.se/asia/english/middle-eastern-cultures-and-languages/courses-and-programmes/master-s-programme-in-middle-eastern-studies

 

10. Mellon-Sawyer Postdoctoral Fellowship in Comparative Revolutions 2017-2018

The Mellon Sawyer Seminar at Brandeis University invites applications for a one-year postdoctoral fellowship for 2017-2018. The position will hold the title of Mellon-Sawyer Postdoctoral Fellow in Comparative Revolutions with the rank of Lecturer. The theme for this seminar is “Misplaced Dreams and Forgotten Revolutions: Conceptualizing Twentieth Century Revolutions in Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Middle East.”

Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the seminar will situate revolutionary movements from Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Middle East in comparative dialogue with one another in order to reconceive revolutionary theories, practices, and programs.

Applications will be received online at https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/8688. Please submit a cover letter, CV, a writing sample of no more than thirty pages, and three letters of recommendation.

The committee will start reviewing applications on January 15, 2017 and will continue until the position is filled. All candidates must have received their Ph.D. after June 30, 2013 and must have finished all requirements for the Ph.D. by September 1, 2017.

If you have any questions, contact Greg Childs (gchilds@brandeis.edu) or Naghmeh Sohrabi (sohrabi@brandeis.edu)
 

 

11. LMEI, 4 lectures, January, 2017

A series of four lectures on Four Central Asian Shrines: Islamic Architecture in Society by Robert D. McChesney, Emeritus Professor, Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, New York University in which he will examine the architectural development of four major Central Asian shrines found today in Afghanistan and Uzbekistan and relate the development to their social and political contexts.

January 12, 13, 16 and 17

7.00pm, Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS, University of London
Russell Square WC1H 0XG

Admission Free – All Welcome

https://www.soas.ac.uk/art/islac/

 

 

 

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Call for Papers

Shii Studies: The State of the Art

International Conference held at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton NJ

December 7-9, 2017

The undersigned are pleased to invite paper proposals for a conference on “Shii Studies: The State of the Art.” The conference is part of a larger endeavor aimed at fostering the scholarly exploration of all aspects of Shiism: the “Shii Studies Research Program”, funded by the Carnegie Foundation. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to, the history of the study of Shiism (proto- and early Shiism; Zaydism; Twelver Shia; Isma’iliyya); the history and / or current status of Shii manuscript repositories; future perspectives for research on Shiism; trends, past and present, in scholarship on Shiism; the status of Shii Studies in academic curricula.

The conference will be held at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ, December 7-9, 2017.

The deadline for the submission of paper proposals is March 1, 2017. Successful applicants will be notified by April 1, 2017. Their travel expenses (economy) as well as accommodation and board will be covered through the “Shii Studies Reseach Program”.

Selected papers will be published in a special issue of the peer-reviewed Shii Studies Review (Brill, Leiden), vol. 3, devoted to the topic “Shii Studies: The State of the Art”.

Hassan Ansari (afarhang1349@ias.edu)
Sabine Schmidtke (scs@ias.edu)

1.32nd Annual Middle East History and Theory Conference, University of Chicago, 5-6 May 2017

This year’s conference has the broad theme of “Center and Periphery,” which raises a number of possible issues: How are center and periphery defined? How is the hierarchy of center and periphery maintained through economic, political and social power? In what ways do shifting fortunes upset that hierarchy for individuals, communities, and nations? Etc.

Deadline for abstracts: 10 February 2017. Information: mehatconference@gmail.com

 

 

2. Panel: “Reassessing Religion in the Gulf” at the “Annual Meeting of the German Association for the Study of Religions (DVRW)”, Philipps-Universität Marburg, 13-16 September 2017

We welcome papers analyzing Islam or religious plurality in one of the Gulf states as well as contributions focusing on the Khaleeji presence in other parts of the World.

Deadline for abstracts: 19 December 2016. Information: Danijel Cubelic (danijel.cubelic@zegk.uni-heidelberg.de )
 

 

3. Section: “Islam in World Affairs: Politics and Paradigms” at the “11th Pan-European Conference on International Relations”, European International Studies Association, Barcelona, 13-16 September 2017

The section addresses the role of Islam in world affairs. It seeks to explore the empirical experiences and ideational perspectives of the Islamic civilisation on world affairs with regards to statecraft, governance, transnational movements, Islamic State phenomenon, and Islamic contributions to the field of International Relations.

Deadline for abstracts: 10 February 2017. Information: https://goo.gl/j9vyj2

 

4. Two PhD Positions Arabic Studies and New Testament Studies, University of Leipzig

These two PhD positions are part of a Junior Research Group (limited to 3 years, salary according to TVL E13) at the Alexander von Humboldt Chair for Digital Humanities and will start on 1 April 2017.

Deadline for application: 20 January 2017. Information: www.orient.uni-leipzig.de/aktuelles/newsdetails/artikel/7/phd-position-arabic-and-islamic-studies-in-a-junior-research-group-at-the-alexander-von-humboldt-ch/

 

5. Three Open-rank Positions on the Professorial Scale at Zayed University, Campus Abu Dhabi-Dubai

A) Arabic Language, Literature, and Culture

B) History of the Middle East

C) International Relations with a background in the Arab Gulf/Middle East

Information: www.zu.ac.ae; click on ‘Employment’ to be directed to the recruitment website.

 

6. Articles for Journal “Cyber Orient”

This issue aims to bring together the state of the art research dealing with the multifaceted social, cultural, and political aspects of the internet and new media in the Middle East.

Deadline for full papers: 30 March 2017. Information: www.cyberorient.net/detail.do?articleId=3682
 

 

7. NEH Summer Institute for College and University Teachers: “Islam in Asia: Traditions and Transformation”, Honolulu, Hawaii, 12 June – 7 July 2017

The Institute will explore Islam as an evolving system of thought and practice in South and Southeast Asia, including its impacts on social dynamics, the arts and politics. Participants will receive a stipend of $3300.

Deadline for application: 1 March 2017. Information: www.asdp-islaminasia.org/
 

 

8. ADAB AS AN INTERDISCIPLINARY PURSUIT”

to be held at Columbia University in the City of New York on April 13-15, 2017

 

In Arabic, adab encompasses multiple fields of knowledge, resisting compartmentalization and circumscription. Adab points to both our modern sense of literature, as well as a much longer prose heritage attesting modes of proper

comportment, courtly edification, and eloquence, cultivated through embodied,

contingent ways of living with the authority and fragility of oral and written texts in

Arabic over time. In retrospect, we could narrate a disciplinary porosity in Arabic giving way in the modern period to the disciplines we teach within and between. Adab occupies a privileged position in these epistemic shifts, interleaved with its sometimes-antagonists — ‘ilm, shi‘r, din, tasliyah (to mention but a few) — even as the meanings and practices of adab themselves change over time. How do authors and readers inhabit different discourses and understandings of adab? How is textual authority in Arabic generated through competing disciplinary senses of interpretation and citation? How does this all relate to literary form? And when isn’t it adab anymore?

 

We invite papers on the changing contours of adab over time, and in particular encourage the work of scholars approaching adab and the disciplines comparatively; materially; philologically; genealogically; affectively; in reference to the politics of statecraft and patronage; in conversation with practices of reading and translation; through the history of the book, and crafts and technologies of print, media, transmission, distribution, digitalization, and encryption; in the shadow of the building and loss of libraries and archives; biographically, attentive to the intellectual formations of udaba’ old and new; and geographically – be that in relation to the itineraries of authors, cities, and nations; or through a perspective rooted in a longer durée, looking to trade, pilgrimage routes, and the sea. Inclusive of the European concept of literature, this adab symposium interrogates knowledge constructions old and new, bridging into discussions of war, the body, agency, hegemony, and issues of nation and narration, gender, race, class, globalization, neoliberalism, and empire.

Scholars working in all periods of Arabic literature, criticism, and theory, as well as historians and other humanists, are invited to submit abstracts of no more than 200-300 words to Muhsin al-Musawi (ma2188@columbia.edu) and Elizabeth M. Holt (holt@bard.edu) by December 31, 2016. Participants are encouraged to secure outside funds for travel and accommodation. The Journal of Arabic Literature will publish a special issue on Adab and the Disciplines.

 

Conference Organizer:

Muhsin al-Musawi (Columbia University)

Conference Co-organizers:

Elizabeth M. Holt (Bard College)

Tarek El-Ariss (The University of Texas at Austin)

Mohammad Salama (San Francisco State University)

Nizar Hermes (The University of Virginia)

Sponsored by the Middle East Institute, the Department of Middle East, South Asian, and African Studies, the Arabic Studies Seminar, and the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society at Columbia, along with Brill Academic Publishers.

 

 

 

9. Vanderbilt University – Mellon Assistant Professor of Asian Art

http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=54228

 

 

 

10. MAJOR VOICES IN CONTEMPORARY PERSIAN LITERATURE (1980) ONLINE. Now available at www.utexas.Academia.edu/MichaelHillmann: Major Voices in Contemporary Persian Literature–Literature East & West 20 (1980), 351p, which consists of twenty-seven sections mostly presenting translations of poetry and prose and plot summaries of novels. In five online units, including: in Major Voices.1-99.pdf, “Persian Is Sugar” by Mohammad ‘Ali Jamâlzâdeh and Jamâlzâdeh’s “Introductory Note”; in Major Voices.99-166.pdf, “The Umbrella” and “The Beggar” by Gholâmhosayn Sâ’edi and Sâ’edi’s “Introductory Note,” and Ali Mohammad Afghani’s Ahu Khanom’s Husband (1961)–A Plot Summary; in Major Voices.167-244.pdf, “Preface” to An Investigation of Educational Problems on Iran by Samad Behrangi; in MajorVoices.244-303.pdf, Jalâl Âl-e Ahmad’s The Cursing of the Land–A Plot Summary, and Prince Ehtejâb by Hushang Golshiri with Golshiri’s “Introductory Note”; and in Major Voices.304-351.pdf, Rezâ Barâheni: A Case Study of Politics and the Writer in Iran, 1953-1977; and the volume’s concluding bibliography.

 

Also available at www.utexas.Academia.edu/MichaelHillmann:

 

• Forugh Farrokhzâd: A Quarter-Century Later (1988), a collection of papers and translations from a 1987 conference by the same name. featuring esays by Leonardo Alishan, Hamid Dabashi, Karim Emami, and Farzaneh Milani.

 

• Advanced Persian Reading (2012), an advanced Persian reader/textbook using all of Jalâl Âl-e Ahmad’s Sangi bar Guri [A Stone on a Grave], divided into twenty lessons, as the sole course text.

 

• Persian Carpets (1984), a cultural introduction to the subject.

 

• A Lonely Woman: Forugh Farrokhzad and Her Poetry (1987), a biographical and culture introduction to the poet that does not include critical analysis of her poetry qua poetry.

 

 

 

11. SUMMER ACADEMY FOR PHDs and MA Students, ISLAMIC PROPHETISM, Aix (France) Deadline January4, 2017

Call for PhD (and advanced MA) students in Islamic Studies (or History, etc.), on the condition that they master French language at a communication level, and that they are registered in a European University, to participate in a French-Speaking Summer Academy on Islamic Prophetism:

académie d’été “Prophétologies islamiques: discours et représentations”,

29 juin-5 juillet 2017, Aix-en-Provence,

organisé​e​

par le programme Islamologie du Labex RESMED :

​ http://www.labex-resmed.fr/prophetologies-musulmanes-discours ​

Accommodation, travel and food will be taken care of. Half the students will be registered in European Universities and half in Universities of the Arab-Muslim world.

Deadline for application is January 4.

 

 

12. Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Iranian Studies in the Council for Middle East Studies at The MacMillan Center, Yale University

The Yale Program in Iranian Studies (at the Yale MacMillan Center’s
Council on Middle East Studies) accepts applications for the
newly-established Ehsan Yarshater Fellowship in Iranian and Persian
studies for 2017-18 (renewable for one year).

The Post-Doctoral Associate will teach one course during the year,
either in the Fall or the Spring semester, pursue his/her own research, and participate in the activities of the Iranian Studies Program and  Council on Middle East Studies. Post-doctoral Associates are expected to be in residence from August 2017 to May 2018. Applicants in all fields of humanities and social and political sciences who have recently received their PhDs or are in the early stages of their academic career may apply. Requirements include a viable research project and teaching an undergraduate seminar in the field of specialization.

*We will begin accepting applications immediately with review beginning on January 15, 2017 and continuing until the selections are final. *

Yale University is an equal opportunity employer. Applications from
women, members of minority groups, protected veterans, and persons with disabilities are particularly encouraged.

To apply, send a one-page statement, CV, synopsis of your research
project, and a draft of a syllabus of a course you propose to teach at
Yale. You’ll also need to have three letters of recommendation submitted
on your behalf.

All information from the applicant should be submitted electronically
through Interfolio: http://apply.interfolio.com/39665
<http://apply.interfolio.com/39665>.

Please contact Whitney Doel by email, whitney.doel@yale.edu
<mailto:whitney.doel@yale.edu>, for any questions related to the
application process.  You may visit the Program in Iranian Studies here:
http://iranianstudies.macmillan.yale.edu/

*/Whitney Doel/*
Visiting Scholars and Academic Resources Coordinator
The MacMillan Center
34 Hillhouse Avenue, Room #145
New Haven, CT 06520-8206
(p) 203-432-9394