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#Employment The Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Oxford is seeking applications for the position of Departmental Lecturer (DL) in Classical Arabic Literature. Read more: mesana.org/resources-and-…

Don’t miss your chance to showcase your graduate research on the Middle East. Submit your paper for MESA’s 2025 Graduate Student Paper Prize by August 15. Read more here: mesana.org/awards/categor…

Want to share your graduate research on the Middle East? Submit your paper for MESA’s 2025 Graduate Student Paper Prize! Details here: mesana.org/awards/categor…

#employment Hartford International University invites applications for a full-time or half-time faculty position in Islamic Chaplaincy (open rank) to begin July 1, 2026 mesana.org/resources-and-…

#employment Hartford International University invites applications for a full-time faculty position in Islamic Studies / Co-Director of the Duncan Black Macdonald Center for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations mesana.org/resources-and-…

The Department of History and the Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies at North Carolina State University invite applications to fill the Akram Khater Distinguished Professorship in Arab Migration Studies to beginning August 2026. mesana.org/resources-and-…

CAF-MESA is alarmed by the imminent risk of execution for Ahmadreza Djalali, Iranian-Swedish scholar on death row in Iran. We call for his release, joining global voices demanding justice and his safe return to Sweden. #FreeDjalali #AcademicFreedom mesana.org/advocacy/commi…

MESA calls on the University of Utah to rescind its agreement with Ariel University, which was established in an illegal settlement in the occupied West Bank, in violation of international law. Read full statement here: mesana.org/advocacy/lette…

#Employment The Department of Sociology, Egyptology and Anthropology at the American University in Cairo (AUC) invites applications for an Assistant or Associate Professor of Anthropology with expertise in either Religion and/or the Environment. mesana.org/resources-and-…

#Employment The Middle East Studies Association (MESA) invites applications for a part-time Digital Content Associate to support the MESA Task Force on Civil and Human Rights, with a focus on the Academic Freedom Initiative. Read more: mesana.org/resources-and-…

#Employment The Ohio State University’s Department of Near Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures (NESA) seeks to appoint one (1) 100% Lecturer position (non-tenure track) in Arabic culture mesana.org/resources-and-…

Submit Your Film for MESA’s 42nd Annual Film Festival! Extended Deadline: June 23, 2025 Don’t miss the chance to showcase your work at the biggest Middle East studies conference in North America! Submit here: mesana.org/annual-meeting…

Reminder: Submit Your Dissertation for the 2025 Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Awards by July 1st Submit here: mesana.org/awards/categor…

MESA condemns the new travel ban. We remain committed to defending academic freedom and ensuring inclusive scholarly exchange. Read the full statement and the steps that we are taking response: mesana.org/advocacy/lette…

MESA backs Harvard's lawsuit against Middle East studies funding cuts, and warns of threats to academic freedom. Read Here: mesana.org/news/2025/06/1…

Reminder to submit your narrative films, documentaries, and shorts (both fiction and nonfiction) to the 42nd virtual MESA FilmFest to showcase to an engaged academic audience of professors, students, and librarians! Submit here: mesana.org/annual-meeting…

#Employment The Department of Political Science at The American University in Cairo invites applicants for an assistant professor position in Political Science with an emphasis on the Middle East starting Fall 2025. Read more: mesana.org/resources-and-…

Don’t miss your chance to win the Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Award! If you’re completing your dissertation in Social Sciences or Humanities, submit your work by July 1, 2025! Read more: mesana.org/awards/categor…

The newest issue of MESA’s biannual newsletter, Issues in Middle East Studies, is out now! Members—check your inbox or your myMESA account for the latest edition! Not yet a member? Join MESA for access to insights, latest news and more: mesana.org/membership

#Employment The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, and the Department of Middle East Studies at the University of Michigan, invite applications for a LEO Lecturer I in Arabic Language for the Fall 2025 Term. mesana.org/resources-and-…