MESA Undergraduate Education Award

Deadline: August 1

Assistant, Associate or Full Professor in Anthropology (Fall 2026)

The Department of Sociology, Egyptology and Anthropology (SEA) at the American University in Cairo (AUC) is seeking to recruit an Assistant or Associate Professor of Anthropology with expertise in either the Anthropology of Religion and/or the Anthropology of the Environment.

Assistant Professor in the History of Arab Migration, Mobility and Diaspora

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.

Official Launch of the Tokat Institute for Advanced Islamic Studies

We are delighted to announce the official launch of the Tokat Institute for Advanced Islamic Studies—a non-partisan academic institution dedicated to the rigorous and expansive study of the Islamic intellectual tradition.

Associate or Full Professor in Islamic Studies

HIU is looking for an engaged, dedicated, and ambitious person to join our esteemed faculty. We invite applications for a full-time faculty position in Islamic Studies (open rank) which carries a simultaneous appointment of Co-Director of the Duncan Black Macdonald Center for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations.

Digital Content Associate, MESA Academic Freedom Initiative

The MESA Academic Freedom Initiative seeks data collection, organization, and analysis regarding campus climate and academic freedom issues since October 7, 2023.

K.D. Thompson

Professor Thompson received an ASMEA (Association for the Study of Middle East and Africa) Research Grant of  $2500 for “How to Be a Good Muslim in a Swahili Marriage: Gendering Marriage Advice through Writing and Orality,” which was presented at the Eighteenth Annual ASMEA Conference, November 1 – 3, 2025, Washington, D.C. She was accepted …

Aili Mari Tripp

Professor Tripp had an article accepted for publication by the International Journal of Feminist Politics on the “Instrumentalizing Women’s Rights in the United Arab Emirates.” Another piece, “Women Confronting Algerian Politics: Plus ça change,” was published by MENA Politics: Newsletter of the Middle East and North Africa Politics Section of the American Political Science Association, …

Lisa Bhungalia

Congratulations to Lisa Bhungalia who was awarded the Glenda Laws Award from the Association of American Geographers!  This award recognizes outstanding contributions to geographic research on social issues. It is named in memory of Glenda Laws, a geographer who brought energy and enthusiasm to her work on issues of social justice and social policy.

The 2026-2027 Fulbright U.S. Student Program competition

UW-Madison campus deadline is 10:00am CDT, Thursday, September 11, 2025.