Archive for July 18th, 2026

1. Lecture Series on Chinese Muslims by Marie-Paule Hille

The Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, the University of Tokyo, is hosting a two-part lecture series by Dr. Marie-Paule Hille on July 28, 2026.

The lectures will be held in a hybrid format, combining in-person and online participation. The lecture titles are:

Lecture 1: The Golden Age of a Chinese Sufi Socio-Economic Organisation. From Local Economic History to Interconnected Networks (19th–21st Centuries)

Lecture 2: Writing and Telling Miracles: Esotericism in Xidaotang Hagiographic Culture between Orality and Textuality (Gansu, 1910s–1950s–1980s)

For further details, please visit: https://www.ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/news/news_en20260717160813/

 

 

 

 

2. CFP: Yale/Routledge Volume: Culture, Law and Administration (Yale WHCWG) – August 1, 2026

A spot for an essay (5000-7000 words) just opened in an already commissioned volume (under contract with Routledge). Please see the CFP below. You are welcome to submit a 400-words-abstract and a CV until August 1, 2026. The final paper will be due March 29, 2027. We in particular welcome submissions on ottoman or chinese law/administration. We also welcome submissions that treat hybridity or the transfer of institutions or practices in legal or governemental systems.

Call for Abstracts / Papers: The Yale Whitney Humanities Center Working Group “Cultural Foundations of Law and Public Administration“ publishes an edited volume on Cultures of Good Legislation / Good Administration that will address different cultural contexts (West/Global South/Asia). A hybrid symposium at Yale is also intended to foster the dialogue between the contributors.

The group is mainly interested in theoretical inquiries or empirical case studies of good legislation / good governance in a cultural or decolonized context.

We are in particular looking for essays that inquire in how cultural factors influence governance and legislation. We are also looking for essays that investigate how cultural factors have impacted legislation or cultures of administration, how they limit an evolution of legislative or administrative culture, or how they create distinct advantages for a particular legal or administrative culture.

We are also looking for essays investigating how the cultural predetermination of legislation or administration limits the transferability of legislative or administrative frameworks between different legislative or administrative cultures, in particular as part of the export of Western ideas and institutions in a globalized world (from human rights to administrative principles).

Welcome are both traditional and postcolonial perspectives. We in particular seek for papers that inquire how colonial legal or administrative concepts, institutions or practices embedded in the legislative or administrative frameworks of former colonies create challenges nowadays due to the cultural differences of the colliding legislative or administrative cultures, or how they create advantages.

We welcome general and more theoretical essay, but we are in particular looking for case studies that deal with a specific country or a specific cultural legislative or administrative challenge.

The reason for our inquiry is to understand the cultural determination of legal and administrative cultures. At the same time, we aim at developing a foundation for non-western and non-hegemonial models of Good Legislation and Good Administration.

Topics might include
Non-Western principles of good legislation

• Non-Western principles of good administration
• The principles and discontents of colonial legislation
• The discontents of colonial administration
• The cultural pre-determination of legislation, its potential and discontents
• The cultural pre-determination of administration, its potential and discontents
• The language of good legislation
• Decolonizing good legislation
• Decolonizing good administrative legislation
• Decolonizing good administration
• Decolonizing the language of good legislation
• Other empirical studies on countries of the Global South or Asia on cultural topics pertaining

to good legislation or administration.

• Cultural aspects of legal translation.
• Decolonizing legal translation
• Cultural aspects of Environmental Legislation/Politics & of Sustainable Development

Please submit a four-line abstract, a brief bio including a list of relevant publications, and a 300-400 word extended abstract  to: culturalfoundations@outlook.de

Contact Email

culturalfoundations@outlook.de

 

 

 

 

 

3. Workshop “Small Worlds in a Late Medieval Megalopolis: Patronal, Economic, and Charitable Networks in Constantinople, c. 1261-1341” as Part of the “Mediterranean Seminar 2026 Fall Workshop: The Urban Environment”, Barcelona, 18-19 September 2026

Roman and Helleno-Persian antiquity endowed the Mediterranean with a highly-developed urban character which survived the crises of Late Antiquity and flourished during the medieval revival (characterized by the expansion of Islam, the stabilization of Byzantium, and the emergence of Frankish power).

Deadline for registration: 8 September 2026. Information and program: https://tinyurl.com/47w4fbst

 

 

 

 

 

4. PraeDoc (4 Years) in Social Anthropology with a Focus on Yemen, Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW), Vienna

Qualification: MA in Anthropology, obtained within the last seven years. – Excellent knowledge of English and Arabic, including the ability to work with a wide range of Arabic-language materials. – Strong interest in media and visual anthropology as well as in theoretical debates in anthropology and related disciplines. – Experience with or a strong interest in digital/remote fieldwork methodologies.

Deadline for applications: 31 July 2026. Information: https://oeawnr.onlyfy.jobs/de/job/nvpoi5bi

 

 

 

 

 

5. Postdoc Position (2 Years) in Renaissance Intellectual History and Byzantine-Humanist Knowledge Transfer, University of Southern Denmark, Odense

Qualifications: PhD in Classics, Medieval or Renaissance Studies, Intellectual History, Byzantine Studies, Latin/Greek Philology, or a closely related field. – Documented expertise in both Ancient Greek and Latin. – Strong background in rhetorical theory, or conceptual history. – Experience working with philological, historical, or manuscript-based research. – Excellent written and spoken English.

Deadline for applications: 21 September 2026. Information: https://tinyurl.com/yrf7kxxf

 

 

 

 

 

6. Visiting Assistant Professor (2 Years) of Arabic Studies, Williams College

Specialization is open, with Ph.D. required by the beginning of the appointment. Excellent training and experience teaching all levels of Arabic language to non-native speakers are essential. We are particu-larly interested in candidates who have a record of success in teaching Arabic.

Review of applications will begin on 20 July 2026 and will continue until the position is filled. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/188876

 

 

 

 

 

7. Petition Against Funding Cuts to the Cooperation Programmes with Global South Universities (Focus MENA) of the “German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)”

The “Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development” in Berlin plans to cut the funds for the DAAD’s programmes for university cooperation with the Global South. A petition has now been submitted to stop these cuts; if enough signatures are collected, this will lead to a parliamentary hearing (see below in German, but DeepL will help). Signing up is easy. Feel welcome to sign and share.

Deadline for signing: 18 August 2026. Download of the petition: https://tinyurl.com/2x6hhkw8

 

 

 

 

 

8. 2026 Best Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Scholars Paper Award in Druze Studies

Papers should present original research and demonstrate analytical rigor and engagement with relevant scholarship. – Submissions should follow academic standards appropriate to the author’s discipline. – Papers may be submitted in English or Arabic. – Papers are expected to be of 6,000 to 10,000 words, inclusive of notes and references.

Deadline for submissions: 30 July 2026. Information: https://tinyurl.com/43y7skfp

 

 

 

 

9. Eighth International Winter School: “Migrant Communities in an Age of Resurgent Nativism: Rethinking the Questions of Citizenship and Belonging”, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, Doha, Qatar, 9-14 January 2027

IWS8 aims to engage theoretical and empirical research exploring contemporary transformations in migration, citizenship, and belonging in the context of intensifying nativist politics, restrictive migration governance, and shifting boundaries of inclusion and exclusion across diverse global contexts. We invite submissions from advanced PhD candidates and early career scholars from various social sciences and humanities disciplines worldwide. Accommodation is provided and funding for travel ex-penses is available.

Deadline for applications: 1 August 2026. Information: https://tinyurl.com/2z3kfhzv

 

 

 

 

 

10. Articles on “Literature and the Body: Relations Between Being and Writing” for a Special Issue of “Nesir: Journal of Literary Studies”

This issue seeks to reconsider how literature translates bodily experience into writing and visibility, and how the body, in turn, discloses and shapes literary meaning. It welcomes essays that conceive literature as an ontological threshold, poised between meaning and sensation, writing and life, word and world.

Deadline for submissions: 1 August 2026. Information: https://tinyurl.com/yw2mxhjy

 

 

 

 

11. New Book “Modern Standard Arabic Grammar, Revised and Updated – A Comprehensive Reference and Guide” by Mohammad T. Alhawary, AUC Press, 7 July 2026, 430 Pages

This comprehensive guide to Arabic grammar is an essential resource for the first five years of language learning and beyond, now in a revised edition. Thorough and carefully organized, this book covers all the basic structures and grammar that students need for the first five years of learning Modern Standard Arabic, from beginner through to advanced proficiency levels.

Information: https://aucpress.com/9781649034038/