Fulbright Program for U.S. Students

Fulbright Program for U.S. Students

Campus deadline: early-September 2014

The program provides grants to approximately 1,900 U.S. students annually for projects in over 140 countries. Types of grants:

• Academic grant - a self-designed program that may include coursework at a foreign university, independent field/library research, or any combination of these.
• Arts grant – a self-designed program to train in the creative or performing arts, usually via classes at an art or music school, training with a professional, or a combination.
• English Teaching Assistantship – a placement as an assistant to an English teacher at the primary, secondary, or university level. Placement is typically part-time and an additional independent project is expected.

Eligibility

To apply for this program through the U-M Ann Arbor campus, applicants must:

• be U-M students, alumni, or staff;
• be U.S. citizens;
• have completed an undergraduate degree by the beginning of the award; and
• demonstrate the language skills necessary to complete the proposed project.
• Enrolled students are required to apply through U-M.

Dar al-Islam Summer Teacher Institute dates & application

Understanding Islam and Muslims: An Institute for Teachers

July 30 - August 9, 2014 in Abiquiu, NM

Dar al Islam is pleased to offer its annual residential Teachers' Institute during the summer of 2014. Islamic faith, practice, history and culture are taught with depth and breadth by university professors and Islamic scholars; additionally, participants will learn about existing resources and curriculum to teach about Islam in social studies, religion or world history classes. Finally, utilizing Institute materials, participants will collaborate on a final project that lends itself to immediate use in their classrooms.

The Teachers' Institute is FREE to those selected to attend!! Participants pay their roundtrip travel expenses to Albuquerque, New Mexico. Dar al Islam will provide books and supplementary teaching materials, on-site room and board, and transportation between our campus in Abiquiu, NM and the Albuquerque International Airport. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis until spaces are filled with priority is given to those submitted by April 1st. While the focus of this Institute is on secondary school teachers, we accept and equally consider applications from other professionals.

For more information about Dar al Islam and the Teachers' Institute, visit us online at www.daralislam.org. If you have any questions, contact us at InstituteDirector@daralislam.org.

Note that after this year, the program will return to its July time slot. The schedule reflects the fact that Ramadan falls in July this year.

Arabic & Persian Summer Institutes at UT Austin

Program highlights

• All levels taught: beginning, intermediate, & advanced
• Ten week program runs June 2 - August 8, 2014 (Arabic testing begins May 29)
• Program includes over 150 contact hours, consisting of 3 - 4 contact hours per day
• Qualifies for the Summer FLAS Fellowship
• Earn 9 - 12 credits of foreign language in only 10 weeks
• Priority application deadline: April 15, 2014

More information can be found at http://cola.connect.utexas.edu/redirect.aspx?linkID=98754&eid=1243570.

Who should apply?

• Current UT students
• Students at other colleges, universities, & high schools
• Community members
• Business professionals, military personnel, teachers
• Anyone interested in the languages & cultures of the Middle East

Ready to apply?
Apply to the Persian Summer Institute: http://cola.connect.utexas.edu/redirect.aspx?linkID=98752&eid=1243570
Apply to the Arabic Summer Institute: http://cola.connect.utexas.edu/redirect.aspx?linkID=98751&eid=1243570

JOB POSTING: Arcapita Visiting Professor (open rank)

Position: Arcapita Visiting Professor (open rank)
Institution: Columbia University
Location: New York, NY
Application Deadline: April 4, 2014

The Middle East Institute and the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies invite applications for an appointment as Arcapita Visiting Professor in Modern Arab Studies for a one-semester position for the fall 2014 or spring 2015 semesters. The position may be filled at the rank of Visiting Assistant Professor, Visiting Associate Professor, or Visiting Professor. They are interested in candidates whose field of research and teaching is in history, culture, or social sciences of the modern Arab world. The incumbent will be expected to teach two courses in this field, to participate in the activities of the Middle East Institute and to give a brown bag lecture and other such public lectures as may be appropriate.

A Ph.D., a record of scholarly publications, and proven teaching experience in English are required by the beginning of the appointment. Experience teaching at a university in the Middle East highly preferred. The position offers competitive remuneration.

For additional information and to submit your application, please visit our Recruitment of Academic Personnel System (RAPS) website at: https://academicjobs.columbia.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=58817

Review of submissions will begin immediately. Deadline for submission for consideration is April 4, 2014 Questions about this position should be addressed to:
Mirlyne Pauljajoute
Middle East Institute
Columbia University
Knox Hall - Mail Code 9640
Suite 301 - 3rd Floor
606 West 122 Street
New York, NY 10027
(or via email mp2584@columbia.edu)
Columbia University is an equal opportunity /affirmative action employer.

Islamic Scholarship Fund

ISF offers many joint and sponsored scholarships with partner organizations, masjids, student/alumni associations and private sponsors that share its mission and vision. Applicants who are associated with any of ISF's joint scholarship programs should make that selection on the online application to be given priority.

Minimum requirements to apply for a scholarship:

• Muslim or active member of the Muslim community
• Enrollment at an accredited university in the U.S. by August 2014
• Majoring in an ISF supported major
• Maintaining a minimum 3.0 Grade Point Average
• A Citizen or Permanent Resident of the U.S.
• An undergraduate (sophomore/junior/senior) or of graduate standing (including PhD)

ISF is now accepting applications for the 2014 academic year. Please visit https://www.scholarselect.com/scholarships/13121-2014-islamic-scholarship-fund to apply.

Islamic Scholarship Fund (ISF) is a 501 C (3) non-profit organization that provides academic scholarships to Muslim students in the United States who pursue college and post graduate degrees in humanities, social sciences, liberal arts and law. ISF’s mission is to address the problem that Muslims are underrepresented in the fields of studies and occupations that make public policy and influence public opinion.

"Politics of Near Future: Possibilities, Prophecies, Prognoses", July 27 to August 1, Heidelberg, Germany

The Cluster of Excellence “Asia and Europe in a Global Context” welcomes applications for its Summer School 2014: Politics of Near Futures: Possibilities, Prophecies, Prognoses. It will take place from July 27 to 31 at Heidelberg University in Germany.

This year’s Summer School will explore historical and contemporary ways of making sense of the future and bringing ideas of worlds-to-come into the spheres of politics, science and cultural production. As the world of the 21st Century is shaking at all ends, deliberations about humanity's possible near futures have regained heightened urgency and importance across the registers of politics, science and religion. The Summer School will study transcultural ideas of human and non-human near futures. That is, futures that are imagined by narrating contemporary potentialities into the future: As prophecy, estimate, prognosis, demographic planning, extrapolation or statistical calculation.

The Summer School addresses graduate students in humanities and social sciences with an interest in transcultural ideas of the end of times and ideas of possible futures. It is designed as an academic programme, which combines insights in the research of renowned experts in the form of lectures with discussions with fellow participants. The invited scholars represent a wide range of backgrounds and share an interest in engaging in critical dialogue across regional and disciplinary boundaries. The keynote lecture will be presented by Akhil Gupta (UC Los Angeles). Further confirmed speakers include Michel Garenne (Institut Pasteur, Paris), Jennie Chapman (University of Hull), Eben Kirksey (University of New South Wales) and from Heidelberg University Anthony Santoro, Sophie Roche, Katja Rakow, Kerstin von Lingen and Daniel Münster. In addition to the academic program, a range of excursions and leisure activities in and around the city of Heidelberg will be offered.

The application form can be found on our website and is to be sent together with a letter of motivation by May 31. For more information see http://www.asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de/en/summerschool/.

Call For Papers: Journal of Shi'a Islamic Studies

As the premier English-language journal on Shi'ism, the Journal of Shi'a Islamic Studies (JSIS) is continuously in search of the latest and best research into Shi'a Islam. Now in its seventh volume, JSIS covers all areas of Shi'a studies, from the historical to the contemporary and from the theological to the philosophical. JSIS has a prestigious advisory board and is covered by the leading relevant indexing services. We do not expect our contributors to hold Shi'a sympathies, only that they display critical analysis and outstanding research.

Interested scholars are invited to submit their essays for the consideration of the Editor, at the address below. Essays undergo a process of blind peer review and should therefore not indicate the identity of the author(s).

The journal is published quarterly, and submissions are accepted on an ongoing basis.

Abstracts and indexing information appear in

• Academic Search Complete
• Arts & Humanities Citation Index
• ATLA Religion Database
• British Humanities Index
• Current Contents Arts and Humanities
• Humanities International Complete
• Index Islamicus
• MLA International Bibliography
• Religious & Theological Abstracts
• The Philosopher's Index
• Project MUSE

Journal Website: http://www.islamic-college.ac.uk/journal

Guidelines for Contributors: http://www.islamic-college.ac.uk/guidelines

Recent Issues (available via Project MUSE): http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_shia_islamic_studies/

ISSN (print): 1748-9423 • ISSN (electronic): 2051-557X

E-mail contributions to: editor@islamic-college.ac.uk

2014 Call for Applications: APSA MENA Workshop in Amman, Jordan

2014 Call for Applications APSA MENA Workshop in Amman, Jordan

The American Political Science Association (APSA) is pleased to announce a call for applications from individuals who would like to participate in a summer workshop series that seeks to explain cross national variations in challenges to old regimes during the early stages of the Arab Spring Movements. The first one-week workshop will be hosted by Birzeit University and the Palestinian American Research Center (PARC), from May 11-16, 2014, at the American Center for Oriental Research (ACOR) in Amman. A follow-up workshop will be held at Lebanese American University in Beirut in September 2014. The organizers, with a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, will cover all the costs of participation for up to 24 qualified applicants. The workshop will be conducted in English.

The deadline for applications is March 14, 2014. Program information and application instructions can be found online at www.apsanet.org/menaworkshops.

The workshop is targeted at Ph.D. students and early career faculty. While the program primarily caters to political scientists, it is also open to scholars from any social science discipline undertaking research relevant to the workshop theme. By bringing together up to 20 scholars from the MENA region, as well as four advanced PhD students from US and European universities, the program aims to support political science research and teaching in the Arab Middle East and North Africa, and strengthen research networks linking US scholars with their colleagues overseas. The 2014 workshops will be the second series in APSA’s annual MENA Workshops program. The first MENA Workshop was held in February, 2014 at the American University in Cairo, Egypt.

The 2014 workshops will be led by Denise DeGarmo (Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, USA), Lourdes Habash (Birzeit University, Palestine), Fred H. Lawson (Mills College, USA), and Ghada alMadbouh (Birzeit University/PARC, Palestine). Participants will explore the dynamics of regime change, using the case studies of the Arab Spring as a topical empirical basis for this exploration. The goal of this program is to engage participants in proposing innovative research questions and deploying non-standard methodologies to enhance their studies of the Arab Spring and its implications concerning regime change.

NEH Seminar: The Late Ottoman and Russian Empires

National Endowment of the Humanities
Summer Seminar for College and University Teachers
The Ottoman and Russian Empires: Citizenship, Belonging and Difference
George Washington University, June 9-27, 2014.

Scholars working and teaching in their own areas are historiographies are encouraged to apply. Projects need not be comparative (involve Russian comparison for the Ottomanists or vice versa). Our project seeks to bring together scholars who otherwise might not have considered a comparative aspect to their work. Among the themes appropriate for the seminar are those focused on studies of local, regional and national identities, governance, state and societal institutions and practices, or missionary activities.

The seminar is open to fourteen NEH Summer Scholars, teachers of US undergraduate students, drawn from different disciplines and two full-time graduate students. Deadline for applications is March 4, 2014. Those interested in applying could start by completing a cover letter expressing their intention to apply and have till March 4th to submit their full application. For more information about the seminar and how to apply please consult https://ottoman-russian-seminar.columbian.gwu.edu/.

Summer 2014 Internships at the Middle East Institute

The Middle East Institute in Washington, DC is currently seeking applicants for its summer internship program.

The Middle East Institute offers an array of internship opportunities to engage with a wide cross-section of professional interests and talents. The Publications interns, for instance, work alongside a Managing Editor to produce The Middle East Journal — the oldest, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to Middle East research — while the Programs and Communications interns organize events which bring together experts from around the world to discuss the most current issues facing the Middle East. Moreover, the Middle East Institute works to ensure that the interns are compensated for their contributions through free language classes, daily travel reimbursement, subscriptions to the Journal, and programming dedicated to professional growth, such as the Intern Development Series.

Available internships:

• Center for Turkish Studies
• Development
• Languages
• Library
• Programs and Communications
• Publications
• Research Assistantships

To apply:

Please include the following in PDF format: cover letter, résumé, fi ve-page writing sample, college transcript (offi cial or unoffi cial), and one professional and two academic references (contact information only; no letters, please).

Application deadline (Summer 2014 term): March 14

Send applications and questions to Alexandra BetGeorge: internships@mei.edu

For more information: http://www.mei.edu/internships-0

Summer Language Institute in Pittsburgh: Persian Language Instructor Position

The University of Pittsburgh seeks an instructor of Beginning Persian (Farsi) to teach in an intensive Summer Language Institute in Pittsburgh. Candidates must have a master's degree or higher in second-language acquisition, linguistics, or a closely related field; possess native or near-native proficiency in the target language; be a U.S. citizen or authorized to work in the United States; and have documented experience teaching the target language to adults. Preference will go to candidates who have taught in intensive language programs. Successful candidates will teach June 9 through August 1, 2014.

Applications must be received by March 5, 2014.

Candidates should send a letter in English explaining their interest in and qualifications for an eight-week, intensive beginning Persian or Arabic program; a CV; contact information for two references–one of whom should be able to comment on the applicant’s teaching experience; and student evaluation results, if available. Materials should be sent by email to: Veronica Dristas (Global Studies Center, University of Pittsburgh) dristas@pitt.edu.

Telluride Association: Five year room/board scholarship, applications deadline March 3

Telluride House is a merit-based residential scholarship committed to establishing a vibrant community supporting democratic ideals of governance, a stimulating intellectual environment, and a commitment to public service.

Housemembers (all on room and board scholarship at the House) range from freshman to Ph.D students, and are joined in residence by faculty fellows from several fields. By living with a commitment to our self-governing community, Telluride House strives to foster the moral and intellectual growth of its members.

We are soliciting applications for the Spring 2014 application cycle, and we are looking for outstanding incoming undergraduate and graduate students to apply. Applications are due on Monday, March 3, at 5:00 PM. For additional information, please go to http://telluride-house.org/index.shtml.

Call for Applications: MA/MSc degree in Int'l & World History

Call for Applications:

MA/MSc in International and World History at Columbia University and the London School of Economics

Application Deadline: March 3, 2014

The MA/MSc program in International and World History seeks talented applicants for its fall 2014 entry. This unique two-year program offers students an opportunity to work with preeminent historians at Columbia University and the London School of Economics to explore the transnational forces that have shaped and continue to remake our world: migration, trade, technological revolutions, epidemic disease, environmental change, wars and diplomacy.

Students spend the first year in New York and the second year in London and receive degrees from both institutions. Immersed in the vibrant intellectual communities of two of the world's great cities, the program enables graduates to develop life-long contacts on both sides of the Atlantic--using Columbia and LSE as launching pads for a wide range of careers in government, journalism, NGOs, international organizations, think tanks, consulting, and further academic pursuits.

This year the program will offer substantial fellowships and financial aid opportunities for promising candidates. For more about the program and funding opportunities, visit worldhistory.columbia.edu or find us on social media:

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Please direct any further questions to: worldhistory@columbia.edu. Apply Here: http://worldhistory.columbia.edu/admissions/apply/

ASMEA Research Grants 2014

The Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA) is pleased to offer research grants of up to $2,500 to qualified professors and students engaged in the study of the Middle East and Africa.

To stimulate new and diverse lines of discourse about the Middle East and Africa, the Research Grants program seeks to support research on topics that deserve greater attention. The topic areas and sub-topics are intended as a guide for participants in the program and constitute the types of subjects that ASMEA intends to support in this program. Applicants may submit paper proposals on any topic as long as it is relevant to the six broad areas outlined, and constitutes new and original research.

To apply for the ASMEA Research Grant:

• Applicants must be engaged in ongoing study of the Middle East or Africa and be enrolled in a Ph.D. program (with M.A. complete), or; serve in a post-doc capacity and seeking an academic career, or; serve as a visiting/assistant/associate/full professor teaching two or more courses per semester at an accredited institution. Applicants may be affiliated with any academic discipline.
• Applications must be accompanied by a paper proposal that represents new and un-published research and is relevant to the qualifying research areas designated by ASMEA.
• Applicants must submit a brief letter of reference from their department chair. Students also must submit proof of enrollment and expected graduation date.

Applications will be accepted only from ASMEA members. To join ASMEA and learn more about membership with ASMEA, click here.

Applications will be accepted only via the ASMEA website.

Successful applicants will be required to present their research at the Seventh Annual ASMEA Conference on October 30-November 1, 2014 in Washington, D.C. and provide ASMEA the right of first refusal for potential publication in the peer-reviewed Journal of the Middle East and Africa.

The application deadline is March 15, 2014.

Applicants may use grants to cover any costs associated with conducting research for the specified proposal.

Submit your paper proposal before applying for the research grant.

Download the 2014 Research Grant Flyer.

Summer Arabic in Oman

ALIM: Arabic Language In Muscat

Intensive Arabic Study

Recognized as the premier program in the region, CIL offers more full-time native Omani instructors (8), more classes (7 proficiency levels), and more contact hours per week (30) than any other. Operating since 2008, our Muscat-based study abroad programs are the only ones approved by the Omani government for visiting foreign university students. CIL provides not only intensive Arabic study but also lectures on interesting topics, weekend excursions to the interior, and cultural events such as camel racing.

Levels:

Seven proficiency levels, from Beginner to Advanced

Instruction:

MSA skills (reading, writing, listening), media literacy, conversation, and grammar; Peer Facilitators (Omani language partners)

Textbooks:

Al Kitaab fii Taalum Al-Arabiyya, other international textbooks, authentic media material, and CIL-developed materials

Schedule:

30 hours per week of classes and conversation

Assessment:

Written and oral assignments and language assessments

Class Size:

Typically 6 to 9 students

Programs, Dates, and Costs

Program dates

• Session One: May 25 - June 19, 2014 (four weeks -- students can add Session Two)
• Session Two: June 22 - August 7, 2014 (six weeks**)
• Session Three: August 10 - 28, 2014 (three weeks)

Seven proficiency levels, from Beginner to Advanced

Program site:

Center for International Learning, Muscat, Oman

Accommodations:

Fully-furnished shared flats in Muscat’s bustling Al Khoud Souk

Transportation:

Weekday round-trip private bus transportation

Cultural activities:

Lectures, visits to Muscat sites, events with Omani students

Excursions:

Weekend excursions to Omani villages, Bedouin desert camping, turtle reserve

Cost:

• Session One (4 weeks): $4,850 ($3,350 with partial scholarship)
• Session Two (6 weeks**): $6,370 ($4,870 with partial scholarship)
• Session Three (3 weeks): $2,730 (partial scholarship not available)
• Sessions One and Two (10 weeks): $8,710 ($7,210 with partial scholarship)

NOTES: **Session Two is a 6 week program spread out over 7 weeks due to the Eid Al Fitr holiday. Not included: Airfare, meals, books, visa, insurance.

2014 IIIT Summer Institute for Scholars

Call for Papers – “Islamic Law and Ethics”

The International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) invites abstract submissions for its 7th Summer Institute for Scholars, which will be held between June 16 and June 21, 2014, at its headquarters in Herndon, Virginia, USA. The Summer Institute is an annual meeting dedicated to the study of contemporary approaches to Islamic thought, that brings together senior and young scholars in order to present papers and participate in panels and informal discussions focused on topics related to a particular theme.

The theme of this year’s program is “Islamic Law and Ethics”. While the scope of Islamic Jurisprudence (fiqh) covers, broadly speaking, two areas of human-God (‘ibadat) and human-human (mu’amalat) relations, ethics (akhlaq) undergirds the entire value system of the Shari’ah. Throughout its history Islamic jurisprudence has been guided by the Shar’i normative system that has enabled jurists at different times to provide fresh rulings by engaging the ethical foundation of these norms and apply them to the changed circumstances of everyday life of Muslim societies. The growing fatawa literature bears testimony to the ever expanding horizons of human needs to be guided by the spiritual and moral values embedded in Islamic revelation. With the development of secular ethics that generally denies a role to religious ethics to guide moral life of the people today, scholars need to reexamine the fundamental aspects of Islamic ethics – both in theory and in application, and the ways in which Muslim jurists in the past have incorporated essentially ethical dimension of Islamic jurisprudence in their legal methodology. Whether the jurists promote ijtihad al-’aqli (reason based investigation) or ijtihad al-shar’i (revealed text based investigation); or whether they support maqasid-based (objectives-based) ijtihad, they have, explicitly or implicitly, attended to the ethical values that are enshrined in the Qur’an and the Sunnah.

This year’s theme, then, invites abstracts that investigate this critical relationship between legal and ethical dimensions of Islamic jurisprudence, by exploring the legal-ethical rationale (‘illa) and the objective circumstantial evidence (mawdu’), to establish the framework of Islamic moral thought and practice in the Shari’ah. The academic objective of the program is to show with evidence scriptural ethics in Islamic religious thought that is operative in the new fields of problem resolution, touching the innovative fields of education in humanities and social sciences, as well as in applied sciences in the fields of medicine, engineering, business, environmental studies, and technology in general.

Topics for submissions for this Summer Institute may include:

• Relationship between legal and ethical in the Islamic revelation;
• The contours of legal-ethical methodology (usul al-fiqh) in Islamic jurisprudence;
• Moral/universal discourse of Maqasid methodology in Islamic jurisprudence;
• Religious-Scriptural Ethics in Muslim Religious Thought;
• Rational-Religious Ethics in Muslim Religious Thought;
• Ethics of jurisprudence of Muslim minorities (fiqh al-aqalliyyat)
• Applied ethics in Islamic Juridical Thought;
• Social Justice and Islamic Legal/Ethical Order;
• Case Studies of Applied Ethics in Various Fields (political and social ethics; biomedical ethics, environmental ethics, business ethics, ethics of technology, banking and finance.

Deadline for abstracts is March 15, 2014. Decisions will be made by late March. Final papers are due on May 15, 2014. Funding is contingent on full paper submission. Abstracts should not be longer than 500 words. Final paper should be at least 6,000 words, and not exceed 10,000 words.

The Institute will convene on June 16, and will conclude on June 21, 2014. Participants should expect to arrive to Herndon, VA, on June 15 and depart on June 22.

IIIT will publish selected papers in an edited volume, within one year after the Seminar.

IIIT will cover travel cost (from continental US and Canada), will provide hotel accommodation for scholars with accepted papers, and will pay each scholar a per diem of $100 for participation.

Inquiries and abstracts should be addressed to Ermin Sinanović, Director of Research and Academic Programs, via email at ermin@iiit.org.

This call for papers can also be accessed at http://iiit.org/Research/SummerInstituteforScholars/SummerInstituteforScholars2014/tabid/375/Default.aspx

2014 Summer Students Program in Islamic Studies

The International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) is pleased to announce its 2014 Summer Students Program in Islamic Studies, which will run for five weeks between Monday, May 19, and Tuesday, June 24, 2014. The program is designed for graduate students and exceptional senior undergraduates, majoring in the humanities or social science disciplines, and who have a particular interest in developing their knowledge and research skills in the core areas of Islamic studies such as methods in the study of Islam, the Qur’an, the Sunnah, Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence), Islamic History and Civilization, and Contemporary Islamic Thought. The program also provides in-depth analysis and discussions – in seminar format – on subjects related to contemporary Islamic reform movements, Islamic banking and finance, faith-based entrepreneurship, Islam and science, and Islam in America. Summer Students Program is a residential program, taught by world-class faculty, drawn from top institutions in the US and around the world.

During the course of the program, students would complete a total of 200 hours of directed research, instruction, and administrative work at the IIIT and would receive a certificate of completion from the Institute. Shenandoah University has agreed to offer credit hours to students who are interested in transferring credits to their home institutions. Top performing students may qualify for a one-year, non-resident research fellowship with the IIIT that would allow them to continue their research, and to present papers at academic conferences throughout the year.

Accommodation for out-of-area students will be provided by the IIIT at a local hotel on a shared basis. In addition, IIIT will pay each student a scholarship of $1,000 to cover their living and other expenses, which will be paid in two installments. Students should have their own health insurance coverage. IIIT does not provide health – or any other form – of insurance to students. The program will be held at IIIT office in Herndon, VA. Transportation to and from Herndon is each student’s responsibility. The Institute will not cover transportation costs.

The applicants should fill in the online application form and submit it with their updated C.V and a recent transcript no later than April 15, 2013. Official transcripts should be sent to the following address:

Director of Research and Academic Programs
International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT)
500 Grove St., Suite 200
Herndon, VA 20170

For additional information please visit: http://iiit.org/Education/SummerStudentsProgram/2014SummerStudentsProgram/tabid/374/Default.aspx

JOB POSTING: Arcapita Visiting Professor (open rank)

Position: Arcapita Visiting Professor (open rank)
Institution: Columbia University
Location: New York, NY
Application Deadline: April 4, 2014

The Middle East Institute and the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies invite applications for an appointment as Arcapita Visiting Professor in Modern Arab Studies for a one-semester position for the fall 2014 or spring 2015 semesters. The position may be filled at the rank of Visiting Assistant Professor, Visiting Associate Professor, or Visiting Professor. We are interested in candidates whose field of research and teaching is in history, culture, or social sciences of the modern Arab world. The incumbent will be expected to teach two courses in this field, to participate in the activities of the Middle East Institute and to give a brown bag lecture and other such public lectures as may be appropriate.

A Ph.D., a record of scholarly publications, and proven teaching experience in English are required by the beginning of the appointment. Experience teaching at a university in the Middle East highly preferred. The position offers competitive remuneration.

For additional information and to submit your application, please visit our Recruitment of Academic Personnel System (RAPS) website at: https://academicjobs.columbia.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=58817

Review of submissions will begin immediately. Deadline for submission for consideration is April 4, 2014 Questions about this position should be addressed to:
Mirlyne Pauljajoute
Middle East Institute
Columbia University
Knox Hall - Mail Code 9640
Suite 301 - 3rd Floor
606 West 122 Street
New York, NY 10027

via email:mailto:mp2584@columbia.edu

Columbia University is an equal opportunity /affirmative action employer.