I am pleased to announce the call for papers for a workshop Edmund Hayes and I are organising as part of the Embodied Imamate project: "The Social Dynamics of Communal Affiliation in Early Islam," to be held between 11–12 June 2026 at Leiden University. www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...

A reminder that the upcoming @imc-leeds.bsky.social (July 2026) submission deadline is on 30 September (only for pre-organized panels!). IMC’s 2026 theme is “Temporalities” (www.imc.leeds.ac.uk/imc-2026/). MEM sponsors IMC panels in the field of medieval Islamic history/studies.

The first lecture of the season will take place on: Wednesday, September 10 | 15:30 CET Robert Hillenbrand (Universities of Edinburgh & St Andrews) “What makes Qum special in the architecture of Ilkhanid Iran?”

We are delighted to announce the autumn program of our online lecture series Material Culture, Art, and Architecture of Pre-Safavid Shīʿism. The series brings together scholars of early Shīʿism with specialists in Islamic material culture, art, architecture, and archaeology.

🎺 Job alert! 🎺 Durham University is advertising for an Assistant Professor in Histories of the Islamicate World (Medieval/Early Modern), permanent and full-time! Great department, lovely colleagues, beautiful historic city! Deadline for applications is 28/09/25! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOJ050/a...

We are so excited to announce the launch of the Shii Studies Network, a space for PhD students researching Shiism to forge personal and professional connections, share their research with and learn from each other, and push the field forward.

Lecturer (Edu) in the History of the Middle East position @soasuni.bsky.social vacancies.soas.ac.uk/job/727934?r...

A throwback to the reception we held earlier this month at the @imc-leeds.bsky.social in Leeds! It was great to see so many familiar faces and meet new potential MEMbers!

Opportunity for a Lecturer in Islamic Studies at Kings College, London www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNW366/l...

Research Fellow in North African Medieval History at UCL www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

I am absolutely thrilled about this recognition and grateful to @OxLifelongLearn for being such an incredible supporter of our work to showcase the 'little people' with huge voices in medieval Islamicate lands. @invisibleeast.bsky.social @mideastmedieval.bsky.social

New article alert! How can we rethink word stress in Classical Arabic? This article looks to an unexpected source: the traditional recitation of metra in Persian metrics. This evidence clarifies controversial patterning in Classical Arabic, with implications for Proto-Arabic word stress, as well

I had a fascinating time presenting my paper alongside fellow peers! Thank you @arezouazad.bsky.social for bringing us together and @mideastmedieval.bsky.social for sponsoring our panel!

Join Invisible East PI @arezouazad.bsky.social & Editorial Fellow Nadia Vidro for a panel tomorrow, with @mideastmedieval.bsky.social, exploring different scribal and epigraphic techniques applied & works produced in the Islamicate world between the 8th & 13th centuries CE. #IMC2025 #medievalmonday

See you there!

Our PI @arezouazad.bsky.social & Editorial Fellow Nadia Vidro will be @imc-leeds.bsky.social next week - why not head over to our panel with @mideastmedieval.bsky.social exploring scribal & epigraphic techniques applied & works produced in the #Islamicate world between the 8th & 13th centuries CE.

Excited about IMC Leeds next week?? Us too! MEM is holding its reception for members and those interested in becoming members on Tuesday, 08 July, 13:00–14:00 Location: University House, Little Woodhouse Room We hope to see you there! www.middleeastmedievalists.com/mem-at-the-i...

One more thing to look forward to at the IMC: Konrad Hirschler's (Universität Hamburg) keynote: Histories of Reading in Medieval Southwest Asia / North Africa (Language: English) Monday, 7 July 2025 9AM Esther Simpson Building: LG08

Session 220: Embodied Imamate II: Tracing Networks Across Islamicate 'Worlds of Learning', featuring Ed Hayes @aramadhan.bsky.social, and @lpecos.bsky.social from our project, and Jeremy Farrell (Leiden)

Our team will be presenting over two panels: Session 120: Embodied Imamate I: Bodies of Knowledge, featuring Aila Santi and Zahra Azhar from our project and Simon O'Meara (SOAS) and George Warner (Institute of Ismaili Studies)

Are you attending the International Medieval Congress in Leeds (@imc-leeds.bsky.social) next month? We've compiled a handy list of all the panels addressing key themes in the medieval Islamic world including the panels we are sponsoring. www.middleeastmedievalists.com/mem-at-the-i...

🚨 CALL FOR POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS ON 'OTTOMAN MOBILITIES AND INTERACTIONS' ⏱ Deadline for applications: 14 July 2025 ➖ The British International Research Institutes (BIRI) invite applications for postdoctoral research fellowships: biaa.ac.uk/grants/postd...

Just over two weeks until the International Medieval Congress (@imc-leeds.bsky.social) in Leeds where we are sponsoring a number of panels! We will be having a reception on Tuesday 8 July between 13:00 and 14:00 in the Little Woodhouse Room of University House. Come by and say hello!

The Great Lakes Adiban Society (GLAS) Ninth Annual Workshop will be held Friday–Sunday, October 10–12, 2025, at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. GLAS welcomes works in progress that would benefit from extensive discussion and feedback, especially for graduate students and early career.

Assistant Professor in Islamic Art (ca. 1500-ca. 1700) of the Safavid and/or Mughal Empires at the University of Cambridge. Deadline for applications is 29 June 2025. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DND932/a...

Teaching Fellow in Arabic & Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Edinburgh. Part-time, temporary cover. Deadline for applications is 17 June 2025. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNE459/t...

Teaching Fellow in Religious Studies (Theory and Method and Islamic Studies) at the University of Edinburgh. Part-time, temporary cover. Deadline for applications is 13 June 2025. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNE978/t...

Position at the Museum of Islamic art in Doha, Qatar for a Curator for Ottoman Lands: careers.qm.org.qa/curator-otto...

There will be a number of panels sponsored by MEM at this year's International Medieval Congress! Will we be seeing you there?

Our lecture series is back! 🥳 Next Tuesday, 20 May, 4:00 pm CEST, on Zoom: Safya Morshed (Manchester), "Rebellion and State Building: The Case of Mughal South Asia (1556-1707)". To attend, just message our team account [email protected] and we'll send you the access details.

Opportunity for a Postdoctoral Research Associate position as part of the ECOMEDS project at King's College London working with Arabic and Hebrew sources. The deadline for applications is 1 June 2025. See further details here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMY931/p...

Fellowship in the History of Islamic Art and Material Culture at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies. The deadline for applications is 20 May 2025. Se further details here: www.oxcis.ac.uk/vacancies-op...

Join us tomorrow, Tues 15 April, at 4:00 pm CEST on Zoom for an exciting paper on political violence in early Ibadi Islam! We're delighted to host Enki Baptiste (Lyon), who just won @mideastmedieval.bsky.social's Dissertation Prize! To register, just email us at [email protected].

The Board of Directors of Middle East Medievalists (MEM) is pleased to request submissions for its biennial prize for best book on the medieval Middle East (ca. 500-1500 CE). The prize will be awarded at the 2025 annual meeting. Books published between April 1, 2023 and March 31, 2025 are eligible.

Post-Doc in Medieval and Modern Numismatics, four years, full time. The deadline for applications is 20 April 2025. See details here: jobs.univie.ac.at University Assistant Post-Doc at the Department of Numismatics and Montary History

Organizing a medievalist panel for MESA 2025 (DC, Nov 22-25)? MEM board of directors is now inviting submissions for MEM sponsored panels at MESA. Submit panel abstracts with individual paper abstracts by Feb 5 to [email protected] MESA submission deadline is Feb 13th!

Deadline alert: Feb 5 Organizing a medievalist panel for MESA 2025 (DC, Nov 22-25)? MEM board of directors is now inviting submissions for MEM sponsored panels at MESA. Submit panel abstracts with individual paper abstracts by Feb 5 to [email protected]

Organizing a medievalist panel for MESA 2025 (DC, Nov 22-25)? MEM board of directors is now inviting submissions for MEM sponsored panels at MESA. Submit panel abstracts with individual paper abstracts by Feb 5 to [email protected] MESA submission deadline is Feb 13th!

"My friend, we’ve food aplenty and a pot bubbling away, As much good talk as you like, and an endless supply of jokes. The wine, when poured, is like a lightning flash on a rainy night."

The Caliphal Finances project is inviting authors to contribute to their Handbook of Fiscal History in the Early Islamic World (7th-10th century)! Abstracts due 15 January 2025. See the linked post for more details. blogs.ed.ac.uk/caliphalfina...

The 2024 issue includes 3 conference reports on Sasanian studies, an interdisciplinary study of Baghdad, and comparative empires. And 3 book reviews on Ibāḍi texts, a translation of Ibn al-Muʿtazz, & Berber Empires

We close out the 2024 issue with a thousand and one thanks to our authors, reviewers, & readers! 618 pages of research articles, thought pieces, pedagogy file, conference reports & book reviews. here is a master thread that describes them all! 🧵⬇️ Share & follow because 2025 is going to bring more!

Check out Stephen Rapp’s pedagogy file on medieval Georgian coins to use in undergraduate classes! This example combines familiar format: “there is no god but God alone, who has no associate; Muhammad is the messenger of God” in Arabic, w/ Georgian margin “Christ, exalt Bagrat, king of the Apʻxaz”

1/2 If you'd like to explore Arabic MS yourself, you can do so on Digital Bodleian. Sheri looked at: MS. Pococke 400, a 14th C. illustrated copy of Kalilah wa-Dimnah: digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/8fac... MS. Marsh 178, an early fragment of the Qur’an: digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/c5eb...

UW announces the publication of its first-ever roundtable! it showcases a variety of perspectives on the Global Middle Ages—its possibilities, perils, & problems—from fields associated w/ Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies.

Your MEMbership in MEM supports all the great work being done at @alusuralwusta.bsky.social Check out what they've been up to this past year and then become a MEMber. www.middleeastmedievalists.com/membership-f...

Since we are new(ish) to Bluesky, we want to make sure you did not miss all of the wonderful articles we published this year! We publish as soon as articles are through peer review and copyediting, so these have rolled out over the past 12 months: 🧵⬇️

New volume of Al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā: The Journal of Middle East Medievalists Vol. 32 (2024) journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/al... @alusuralwusta.bsky.social #openaccess @medievalqabq.bsky.social