تاریخ انتشار: ۰۸-۰۸-۱۳۹۳
تاریخ اعـتـبار: ۲۴-۰۸-۱۳۹۳

The Bard Graduate Center in New York City invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in Islamic art and material culture. The BGC is a graduate research institute committed to the study of the cultural history of the material world, drawing on methodologies and approaches from art and design history, economic and cultural history, history of technology, philosophy, anthropology, and archaeology. بیشتر بخوانید

تاریخ انتشار: ۰۸-۰۸-۱۳۹۳
تاریخ اعـتـبار: ۱۱-۱۰-۱۳۹۳

The Program in Middle East Studies at Smith College invites applications from senior scholars to serve as the inaugural occupant of the Janet Wright Ketcham ’53 Chair in Middle East Studies, beginning July 2015. This appointment will be at the associate or full professor level with tenure. We seek a distinguished scholar of the Middle East with a focus on issues in the contemporary Arab world. Scholarly proficiency in Arabic is required; knowledge of other regional languages is desirable. Candidates for this appointment must have a track record of intellectual leadership in the field and a passion for undergraduate teaching.  Applications are encouraged from broadly trained scholars of the region, as well as those with comparative training in Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, Palestine, and/or Turkey. بیشتر بخوانید

تاریخ انتشار: ۰۶-۰۸-۱۳۹۳
تاریخ اعـتبار: ۲۴-۰۸-۱۳۹۳

The Department of Religious Studies at the University of Pittsburgh seeks to appoint a tenure-stream assistant professor of modern/contemporary Islam to begin September 1, 2015, pending budgetary approval. Geographical area and methodological approach are open. Teaching would include introductory courses on Islam (including premodern Islam) and upper-level courses in the candidate’s areas of expertise. We welcome candidates who can develop thematic and comparative courses in broader religious contexts, especially religion and globalization, politics/conflict, gender and sexuality, film, or medicine/science. Preference will be given to candidates whose work complements existing areas of geographic strength in the department or cognate departments, programs, and centers at the University. PhD expected at time of appointment. Applications should include a cover letter indicating teaching and research interests, CV, representative article-length writing sample, sample syllabi, and 3 letters of reference. بیشتر بخوانید

تاریخ انتشار: ۲۹-۰۶-۱۳۹۳
تاریخ اعـتبار: ۰۴-۰۹-۱۳۹۳

The Department of Jewish, Islamic, and Near Eastern Languages and Cultures (JINELC) at Washington University in St. Louis invites applications for a tenure-track position in Islamic Studies at the rank of assistant professor.

A Ph.D. in a core area of Islamic Studies by August 1, 2015, is required. Candidates must have a strong grounding in classical Islamic texts and traditions and a serious interest in their connection to, and interrelations with, other cultures and traditions.

Native or near-native fluency in Arabic is a prerequisite.  The ability to traverse disciplinary boundaries and an understanding of later and contemporary developments in Muslim cultures and societies are highly desirable. بیشتر بخوانید

تاریخ انتشار: ۲۹-۰۶-۱۳۹۳
تاریخ اعـتبار: ۲۴-۰۹-۱۳۹۳

Classical Arabic Literature

Princeton University’s Department of Near Eastern Studies invites applications for an open-rank position in Classical Arabic Literature.  Research expertise may be in any period of Arabic literature before 1800, and may focus on any region where there was significant production of creative literature in Arabic poetry or prose. The successful candidate will, however, be expected to introduce undergraduates to the classics of Arabic literature of the late pre-Islamic and the early Islamic centuries in translation, and to provide training to graduate students reading texts of this period in the original Arabic. بیشتر بخوانید

تاریخ انتشار: ۱۱-۰۶-۱۳۹۳
تاریخ اعـتبار: ۱۰-۰۸-۱۳۹۳

The History Department at Macalester College seeks to fill a full-time position at the Advanced Associate or Full Professor level beginning Fall 2015. PhD required. We prefer a candidate with previous experience as History Department Chair or similar relevant responsibilities. We seek applicants with a specialization in one of the following areas: European History (medieval or modern Europe) or US History (Colonial America/Atlantic World or US Since 1865), particularly candidates who place their work in a global context. Evidence of methodological innovation and creative teaching strategies is highly desirable. بیشتر بخوانید

The Department of History at Rider University seeks applications for a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor level in the history of the Middle East and/or South Asia in any period.  The position begins September 1, 2015.  The successful applicant will be expected to teach undergraduate courses in his or her specialized fields and a world history survey, as well as periodically to offer a research or methods seminar.   PhD required.   Evidence of scholarly potential and commitment to undergraduate teaching is essential; teaching experience preferred. بیشتر بخوانید

تاریخ انتشار: ۱۱-۰۶-۱۳۹۳
تاریخ اعـتبار: ۱۷-۰۸-۱۳۹۳

African, Middle Eastern, or South Asian History

The Department of History at Reed College invites applications for an Assistant Professor of History and Humanities (tenure-track), with a specialization in African, Middle Eastern, or South Asian history.  We encourage applications on any theme or methodology in one or more of these fields.  In addition to teaching courses in one’s own area, the appointee will lecture and lead sections in the College’s interdisciplinary Humanities program (see: بیشتر بخوانید

تاریخ انتشار: ۱۱-۰۶-۱۳۹۳
تاریخ اعـتـبار: ۲۴-۰۹-۱۳۹۳

The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago invites applications for a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor specializing in modern Arabic literature (19th-21st centuries), preferably with expertise in another literature of the Islamic world, expected to begin in Autumn 2015.

The successful applicant will have a research and teaching profile with expertise in at least one, and preferably several, of the following sub-fields of literary studies: religion and literature; the modern novel; modern poetry; narrative prose and narratology, postcolonial theory; gender studies; and media studies. Candidates should have a thorough grounding in Arabic, preferably with additional expertise in another language of the Islamic world. The successful candidate will be expected to teach classes dealing with the modern literatures of the Muslim World for both graduate and undergraduate students. Applicants must hold the Ph.D. in Comparative literature, Near Eastern/Middle Eastern Studies, Islamic Studies, Religious Studies, Gender studies, Media studies, or a relevant field of study by the time of appointment. بیشتر بخوانید

تاریخ انتشار: ۱۱-۰۶-۱۳۹۳
تاریخ اعـتبار: ۲۹-۰۸-۱۳۹۳

Yale-NUS College, a collaboration between the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Yale University, is seeking to hire one or more open rank faculty members in history.  We are particularly interested in candidates who work in the area of the history of the Islamic World (open period).  Other areas under consideration include: Atlantic World (preferably southern hemisphere, period open), or European intellectual history (post-1500, preferably post 1700).

Successful applicants should, regardless of their field of specialization, be enthusiastic about contributing to an interdisciplinary Common Curriculum in the liberal arts, including Historical Immersion.  For more information on the Historical Immersion component of the Common Curriculum, please see http://www.yale-nus.edu.sg/curriculum/common-curriculum/historical-immersion/.  Successful candidates will also be expected to teach Year 1 – ۴ History courses that intersect with their respective areas of specialization.  For more information on the History major, please see http://www.yale-nus.edu.sg/curriculum/major/history/ بیشتر بخوانید