"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...

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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...

FELLOWSHIP! @bethmardutho.bsky.social is seeking a research assistant for a project on Syriac printing culture in Europe from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. Knowledge of Latin is a must. Interested students or recent graduates can DM us for details. #fellowship bethmardutho.org

The December 2025 edition of CBRL’s newsletter is out now! 📬 Catch up on our latest news, research, and upcoming events across the Levant. Check it out! 📰 Read here: mailchi.mp/cbrl/cbrl-de...

Have you booked your spot yet? 👀 Don’t miss tomorrow’s online lecture, 6 PM Amman time - 3 PM London time. 📲Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

🏆🏆🏆Calling all Masters and Ph.D. students, you still have time to apply for the 2025 Gorgias Book Grant - your chance to win $500 of our titles! What are you waiting for? #awards #mastersdegree #PhD #phdlife #winbooks www.gorgiaspress.com/awards

New York University Abu Dhabi - Humanities Research Fellowship for the Study of the Arab World: memorients.com/news/new-yor...

The November 2025 edition of CBRL’s newsletter is out now! 📬 Catch up on our latest news, research, and upcoming events across the Levant. Check it out! 📰 mailchi.mp/cbrl/cbrl-no...

CBRL invites applications for Workshop Grants! 📑 🔹 Deadline: Friday - 16 Jan 2026 For more details and to apply: www.cbrl.ac.uk/news/cbrl-wo...

What does an ethical future for digital heritage look like? 🌍 Join Dr. Bijan Rouhani (Oxford, EAMENA) for “Beyond Digitisation” — a lecture on AI, ethics & sustainability in heritage. 🔹 19 Nov 2025 🔹 6 PM Amman | 3 PM UK 🔹 Online ( Zoom)

New online and open access at @contemplevant.bsky.social: "Entangled roots: co-governance and the politics of reforestation in contemporary Lebanon" by Paul Esber: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #Lebanon #environment #reforestation

TWO DAYS LEFT to apply! POMEPS is pleased to announce a Call for Papers: Political Movements in North Africa and the Sahel after the Arab Uprisings. The deadline to apply is Friday, Nov. 7th, COB. For more information on how to apply: pomeps.org/call-for-pap...

A FEW DAYS LEFT to apply! POMEPS is pleased to announce a Call for Papers: Political Movements in North Africa and the Sahel after the Arab Uprisings. The deadline to apply is Monday, Nov. 3rd. For more information on how to apply: pomeps.org/call-for-pap...

Cyprus is included in the @cbrl.bsky.social research areas so take a look & see if you can apply!

CBRL invites applications for Project Grants 2025! 📝 🔹Deadline: Friday - 09 Jan 2026 Learn more and apply: www.cbrl.ac.uk/news/cbrl-pr...

Call for Tender 📢 We’re seeking a creative web designer or design team to co-create the Surfacing Zarqa digital exhibition. 🔸 Deadline: 31 Oct 2025 ▪️ More details: www.cbrl.ac.uk/news/call-fo...

Ep. 4 of Learning from the Levant 🎙️ Prof. Yasir Suleiman speaks on how language, identity & place intersect in the Arab world — from Jerusalem’s street signs to the symbolic power of Arabic. Listen here 👉 on.soundcloud.com/xolcXcSHH0R8...

📢 Call for nominations: CBRL 2025 Dissertation Prizes! 🔸 Levantine Archaeology/History 🔸Contemporary Levantine Studies Departments can nominate 1 UG + 1 Master’s dissertation (2024–25). 🔹 Deadline: 30 Nov 2025 🔹 Details: www.cbrl.ac.uk/news/call-fo...

RHS Funding opportunity: Postgraduate and Early Career Research Support Grants. Grants of up to £1000 for graduate and early career historians to undertake research projects bit.ly/4nWLNlI Closing date for the next round: 5 December 2025

New online and open access from @contemplevant.bsky.social: "Weaponising sectarian emotions: Iran’s mobilisation strategy during the Syrian conflict (2012–2024)" by Seyed Ali Alavi: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Dear colleagues and friends, We are pleased to announce the opening of a call for papers for a new Forum on Palestine: Agrarian Questions Unsettled, recently launched by the Journal of Peasant Studies and guest-edited by Fadia Panosetti, Taher Labadi, and Ahmed Heneiti.

On 17–18 Sep, CBRL Amman hosted a workshop with the University of Jordan and @bristoluni.bsky.social on the role of pharmacists in tackling substance use disorders in Jordan, identifying the top research priorities, and launching a new academic network. Read More: www.cbrl.ac.uk/news/the-rol...

📢 The Social History Society Book Prize 2026 is now open for nominations! Now in its 8th year, the prize celebrates the best books in social history & cultural history✨ More information here: socialhistory.org.uk/2025/09/24/b...

The September 2025 edition of CBRL’s newsletter is out now! 📬 Catch up on our latest news, research, and upcoming events across the Levant. Check it out! 📰 mailchi.mp/cbrl/cbrl-se...

New online from @contemplevant.bsky.social: “Rethinking Wendy Pearlman’s ‘silencing fear’ in the rules of Hafez and Bashar al-Assad: an affective perspective”: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

JOB: parental leave cover, September 2025-April 2026, Middle East and Ottoman history: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOQ256/l...

New online and open access from @contemplevant.bsky.social : “You have your Gibran and I have my Gibran: representations of Kahlil Gibran, a century after The Prophet” by Ibrahim Abraham: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

We're experiencing an unbelievable deluge of submissions. At our journal we got ~200 per year in 2020. Last year it was 600. This year it's 800 with several months to go. So that's why we're slower to get stuff out for review.