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The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago invites applications for a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor in the History of the Middle East in the Early Islamic Period until the Mongols (i.e., until circa 1258 C.E.) with an expected start date of July 1, 2022 or as soon as possible thereafter.

Qualifications

The successful candidate should have a demonstrated ability and/or potential to carry out original independent research and publication on the social, political, and economic history of early Muslim/Islamic societies; be able to teach a wide range of courses from surveys to advanced seminars; be able to supervise theses and, in time, Ph.D. dissertations; and have a strong command of classical Arabic. Knowledge of an additional relevant language desirable بیشتر بخوانید

از میان علاقمندان به چهار نفر بورسیه دکتری برای چهار سال اعطا می‌شود. بیشتر بخوانید

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علاقمندان به شرکت در سخنرانیهایی درباره ابن عربی از طریق درگاه اینترنتی زیر ثبت نام و به طور رایگان در بحث شرکت کنند:

Monash is starting an open-to-public online seminar series on the medieval Sufi master Ibn Arabi (d.1240), titled “The Hidden Treasure.” It will meet on the first Saturday of every month, and the inaugural seminar will be delivered by Dr. Stephen Hirtenstein (MIAS, UK) on Sept.5. The seminars will be composed of 30-minute presentations by the speaker followed by 30 minutes of question and answer with the audience. See the link for more info and free registration: https://www.monash.edu/arts/Ibn-Arabi-Interreligious-Research-Initiative/news-and-events/events/events/the-hidden-treasure-ibn-arabi-seminar-series2 The following talk will be delivered by Prof. Pablo Beneito (Uni. Murcia, Spain) on Oct.3, and the series will feature other distinguished experts on Ibn Arabi. Please feel free to join, and to share with others who may be interested.