New online and open access from @contemplevant.bsky.social: "Tiberias’ Nakba: authority and health in the aftermath of the 1934 flood" by Ahmad Mahmoud: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Join us for our upcoming lecture: [ What Can Jordan’s Bedouin Teach the World About Social Media? ] 👤 Speaker: Dr Geoffrey Hughes Senior Lecturer in Anthropology, University of Exeter 🔸 Wednesday, 15 July 2026 🔸 6:00 PM (Amman) | 4:00 PM (London) 🔸 CBRL Amman Institute & Online via Zoom

New online at @contemplevant.bsky.social: Tigran Sarukhanyan reviews Armenian refugees in French Mandate Syria: statelessness and nation-building in the Middle East by Victoria Abrahamyan, pub. @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

A reminder - because the deadline is Tuesday! - that my great team and I at Staffs are looking for a lecturer/SL in Intelligence Studies, who can also teach Security Studies. 2-year, full-time position.

Rare and attractive job opportunity: Associate Professor in Middle Eastern Politics at the University of Oslo. Deadline 15 September www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Applications for the Postdoctoral Fellowships are open. This fellowship is a three-year award made to an annual cohort of outstanding early-career researchers in the humanities or social sciences. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4xWduAS

An actual academic job! At a UK university! Temporary but full-time! Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Intelligence Studies. Deadline for applications is very soon. Please share widely. Contact me for more info. uk.indeed.com/m/viewjob?jk...

Contemporary Levant in 2025:

Engaging the public in humanities & social sciences feels more important than ever. So we are offering £8k grants for researchers to work with galleries, libraries, archives, museums or performing arts organisations to do this. Please help spread the word! www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...

Very excited to announce that @cbrl.bsky.social/Contemporary Levant have received funding to run a major conference on environmental histories of the Middle East Mandates. CFP coming soon - watch this space!

Applications are invited for a 3-year, non-renewable, Academic Career Development Fellow in the global politics/international relations of the Middle East and North Africa, or of South Asia. For more information and to apply: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/55579/

Jerusalem Quarterly is seeking an Assistant Editor (wfh, paid role). Deadline June 9th, full details available here: www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1659...

New online from @contemplevant.bsky.social: “The application of the Ottoman iskan policy in Syria: Salamiyya and its Ismaʿili population” by Ula Zeir: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Who makes “Made in Jordan”? 🧵 Behind global sportswear and outdoor brands are complex production systems shaped by migrant labour.

Six days left to apply for this very cool #envhist postdoc with us here @greenhouseuis.net - it's a great opportunity to join a vibrant and active research environment with much support for career development and a good community.

CfA: International Visiting Fellowship Programme in the History of Knowledge (Lund) We invite early career/postdoctoral scholars to join us at LUCK during a period of one week between 2 November and 6 November, 2026. Read more here: newhistoryofknowledge.com/2026/04/13/c...

New out open access from @contemplevant.bsky.social: "Stakes of origins: how interactions with states (un)made a family in the interwar eastern Mediterranean" by Orçun Can Okan www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants is now open for applications, supported by DSIT, @leverhulme.ac.uk and @wellcometrust.bsky.social. Apply now: https://bit.ly/4t0MDRl

Sad to hear of the passing of Dame Averil Cameron, a great historian and first president of @cbrl.bsky.social:

Call for Applications! The Centre for Lebanese Studies invites PhD students to a two day PHD Retreat in Cambridge  For more info:  https://lebanesestudies.com/events/two-day-phd-retreat-in-cambridge/

The programme for our Postgraduate and Early Career Researcher Study Day is now up on the SFPS website, and it's looking like a really impressive set of talks! Registration form linked on the site: sfps.org.uk/2026/04/02/s...

Eid Mubarak from CBRL ✨🌙 May this Eid be filled with warmth, gratitude, and special moments for you and your families. - On the occasion of Eid Al Fitr, CBRL Amman Institute will be closed on Sunday and Monday, 22-23 March 2026. We will reopen on Tuesday, 24 March 2026, from 9 AM to 4 PM.

Durham University is hiring an Assistant Professor in Middle East Politics, d/line 7th April... durham.taleo.net/careersectio...

Looking forward to: Seeing the Other Empire: British Travel Writing and Imperial Rivalry in Europe and the Near East, 1783-1914, a conference organised at the University of Strasbourg. The call for papers is still open. More information on: search.unistra.fr/agenda/seein...

New online from @contemplevant.bsky.social: Ido Fuchs reviews The Erasure of Palestine by Ahmad Al-Bazz www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New ‘field note’ from @contemplevant.bsky.social: Rahaf Zaher, “The 2022 Lebanese parliamentary elections: between traditional and alternative politics,” www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New online at @contemplevant.bsky.social: "Archaeological sites in conflict zones: an in-depth case study of Tell Dothan, Palestine" by Salah Hussein Al-Houdalieh: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... cc @levant-journal.bsky.social @cbrl.bsky.social

"applicants with published research on questions related to race and legacies of colonialism, and their contemporary impact on the discipline"

📣 Are you an LSE PhD student working on the Middle East and North Africa? Apply for our new Doctoral Affiliate Scheme for the 2026 calendar year! Find out more: https://www.lse.ac.uk/middleEastCentre/doctoral-affiliates-scheme-2026-2027

Applying for funding and grants are a continual part of academic life. Hear from Dr Pavan Mano @kingsinterhums.bsky.social as he unpacks his real-life experiences with funding throughout his career in Ep 2 of #ConfessionsOfAnECR with Dr Leonie Smith. 🎬 www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjyH...

Retired or soon to be retired UK HE or IRO researcher, or 'retired' but still holding PT position up to 0.5FTE? Awards of £k-£24 k available from @leverhulme.ac.uk to support your research. The deadline is 4pm 29 January 2026.

The Trust's Early Career Fellowships offer a three-year salaried post for researchers at the beginning of their academic career to undertake a significant piece of research. Interested? Apply here: www.leverhulme.ac.uk/early-career... Closing date: 19 February 2026, 4pm

The Making of Modern Syria: History, Politics, Geography 📙 CBRL presents Daniel Neep & panel discussion on Syria’s past & future 🗓️ Fri 6 Feb 2026 | 6 PM UK 📍 The British Academy & online Chair: Prof. Dawn Chatty | Panellists: Dr Haian Dukhan, Dr Hiba Salem & Dr Ammar Azzouz

New online at @contemplevant.bsky.social: “Divorce in time of war and displacement, between social anxiety and changing family practices: the case of northwest region of Syria in 2022” by Yasser Alhusien, Mohammad al-Othman, Imad Bark… www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Final days to apply! ⏳ CBRL Workshop Grants 2026–27 support collaborative UK–Levant academic workshops. 💷 Up to £4,000 🎓 Humanities & social sciences 🌍 Hybrid workshops encouraged ⏰ Deadline: Midnight (GMT), Fri 16 Jan 2026 🔗 www.cbrl.ac.uk/news/cbrl-wo...

The Society invites applications for the following three funding programmes, with deadlines 23 to 31 January 2026 bit.ly/3LbxDQb > RHS Workshop Grants > Applied History Fellowships, in association with @ihr.bsky.social > Fellowships, for completion of a History PhD, also with the IHR #Skystorians

Are you a PG research student based outside of London? Did you know that you may be eligible for a bursary of up to £500 to take one of our short courses in 2026? Find out more on our IHR Research Training and Short Courses page: www.history.ac.uk/study-traini... Applications open until 31 Jan 2026

Please share: Fully-funded PhD opportunity at @livunigeog.bsky.social, supervised by my wonderful colleagues Dr Heather Sangster and Prof. Briony McDonagh and moi: 'From Empire to Ecology: Environmental, Colonial and Industrial Legacies of the Manchester Ship Canal' www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Bukra!

The Faculty of Governance, Economics and Social Sciences at University Mohammed VI Polytechnic are hiring: • Assistant or Associate Professor of Political Science x2 • Associate or Full Professor of Political Science Deadline: 15 January 2026 More info here: www.fgses-um6p.ma/jobs?field_t...

Less than one week left to apply! ⏳ CBRL Project Grants 2026–27 are still open for researchers working in or on the Levant and based at a UK HEI or research organisation. 📧 More details: www.cbrl.ac.uk/news/cbrl-pr... ⏰ Deadline: Midnight (GMT), Friday 9 January 2026

In a new Learning from the Levant episode, Shatha Mubaideen speaks with Gerasimos Tsourapas & Imad El-Anis about eco-humanitarian rentierism and what Jordan’s experience reveals about crises across the Global South. 🎧 Listen here: soundcloud.com/cbrl_sound/l...

🔖 Our Reader Scheme is now open — register for free to access our library and reading room! www.cbrl.ac.uk/kenyon-insti...

We are excited to share that the Kenyon Institute Library has reopened after two years! 📚 We welcomed 40+ guests to celebrate the occasion with talks, archive highlights, and a reception. Huge thanks to the KI team for delivering a fantastic event 👏

#Employment The History Department at the University of Guelph invites applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level in History of the Middle East. mesana.org/resources-an...

A great opportunity for researchers writing up a PhD thesis or recently completed in refugee history broadly defined - a friendly and supportive working environment and this year in … Vienna!

Applications are invited for an assistant professor position in History of the Middle East at the University of Guelph Canada careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-A...

🚨 Applications are now open for the 2026–27 Koch History Centre Fellowships at Oxford! We are seeking 12 historians (9 junior, 3 senior) for a one-year fellowship at Wadham College & the Faculty of History. This year’s theme: “Scarcity and Abundance” Deadline: 17 Dec 2025 Please share widely!

Are you a student, PhD candidate, or postdoc interested in #EnvHist opportunities in or related to Europe? Then our early-career-scholar team is building a network just for you.

Associate Professor in Modern Arabic Literature position at the University of Oxford. Deadline: 5 January www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK674/a...