The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations’ Washington, DC Summer Internship Program offers undergraduate and graduate students a ten-week professional, academic, and career opportunity internship in the nation’s capital. The program features a demanding mix of professional involvement, intellectual challenge, career exploration, and cultural encounters designed to provide interns with a rich and varied experience during …
International bestselling novelist Alaa Al Aswany, currently a visiting professor at Dartmouth College, is offering online creative writing classes in Arabic beginning in April. Interested students may register by visiting AlaaAlAswany.com/courses. The following are the classes (creative writing workshops held in New York are in English): Fiction Reading 5 weeks • 15 class hours Mondays, April …
The Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) 2019 competition is open! The deadline for students to submit their complete applications is 10:00 am, Thursday, March 21, 2019. Letters of support and language evaluations must be submitted BEFORE the student can submit their application. There are no exceptions to the campus deadline and no changes are allowed to the application …
Early Modern Bodies Graduate Early Modern Student Society Third Annual Symposium Friday, April 26, 2019 University of Wisconsin – Madison Call for Papers Submission Deadline: Friday, February 1, 2019 Early modern people were urgently concerned with bodies: human bodies, celestial bodies, divine bodies, administrative bodies… Problems of corporeality and cohesion shaped debates on every pressing …
Founded in 1946, the Middle East Institute is the oldest Washington-based institution dedicated solely to the study of the Middle East. It is a non-partisan think tank providing expert policy analysis, educational and professional development services, and a hub for engaging with the region’s arts and culture. MEI offers a diverse range of internships across …
Columbia University is now accepting applicants for its Islamic Studies MA program. The deadline for Fall admissions is Friday February 15, 2019. For more information about the program and to apply, visit: http://www.mei.columbia.edu/ma-program
AFRICAN 277 TA POSITION DETAILS Course: African 277: An Introductory Survey | Spring 2019 Course Description: This course is designed to be a multidisciplinary introduction to the cultures and history of Africa. Cross-listed with African Cultural Studies, Afro-American Studies, Anthropology, Geography, History, Political Science, and Sociology Instructor: Matt Brown, Department of African Cultural Studies Lecture schedule: …
Here’s a great opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students who would like to be part of this new MESP initiative. If you have pertinent knowledge of the Middle East and would be willing to work with MESP and IRIS Outreach in spreading a positive image about the Middle East in elementary, middle and high schools in Madison …
The Wisconsin School of Business announces a scholarship opportunity for undergraduates to attend the Middle East Institute annual conference, to be held on November 7-8, 2018, in Washington, D.C. The mission of the MEI is to provide nonpartisan, expert information and analysis on the Middle East. The MEI Annual Conference typically attracts an audience of …
The American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS) calls for applications for its year-long mentoring program. This program responds to needs communicated through the AIMS Graduate Student Association (GSA). Noting that some graduate students often have little to no contact with regional specialists at their home institutions, the AIMS mentoring program seeks to provide greater opportunities …