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AHRC project: premodern contact btwn England & Islamic Worlds. Led by Lubaaba Al-Azami & Samera Hassan. Book: https://bit.ly/3ZEIy6L OA Journal: https://rb.gy/wlrcie. Website: https://memorients.com/
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🏆 The 2026 BIAJS Book Prize competition is now open!

We invite submissions focused on topics relating to the ancient and medieval periods for a prize of £1,000 to be announced at our July conference

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Correction: BIAJS Book Prize call
BIAJS Book Prize 2026 We are pleased to announce that the 2026 BIAJS Book Prize competition is now open. The book prize initiative was launched in 2018 to recognise and promote outstanding scholars…
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January 28, 2026 at 2:56 PM
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Lecturer in Early Medieval History (King's College London)

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Lecturer in Early Medieval History (King's College London) | MEMOs
Early Medieval (600-1150), King's College London
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January 28, 2026 at 11:16 AM
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Departmental Lecturer in Pre-Modern Chinese Literature and Culture (University of Oxford)

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Departmental Lecturer in Pre-Modern Chinese Literature and Culture (University of Oxford) | MEMOs
Pre-Modern Chinese Literature and Culture (University of Oxford)
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January 28, 2026 at 11:16 AM
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Associate/Full Professor & Department Chair, Arabic and Near East (American University of Beirut)

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Associate/Full Professor & Department Chair, Arabic and Near East (American University of Beirut) | MEMOs
Associate/Full Professor and Department Chair, Arabic and Near Eastern Languages
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January 28, 2026 at 11:15 AM
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SUNY Cortland - Postdoc, Latin America OR Caribbean/Atlantic World OR Colonial America:

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SUNY Cortland - Postdoc, Latin America OR Caribbean/Atlantic World OR Colonial America | MEMOs
SUNY Cortland - PRODiG+ Post Doc HISTORY Fellowship - Latin America (any period/region) OR Caribbean/Atlantic World OR Colonial America
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January 28, 2026 at 11:15 AM
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Assistant Professor of English (Shakespeare) - SUNY New Paltz

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Assistant Professor of English (Shakespeare) - SUNY New Paltz | MEMOs
SUNY New Paltz, Assistant Professor of Shakespeare
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January 28, 2026 at 11:15 AM
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Stetson University - Visiting Assistant Professor of Ancient or Medieval History

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Stetson University - Visiting Assistant Professor of Ancient or Medieval History | MEMOs
Stetson University (Florida, USA), Visiting Assistant Professorship
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January 28, 2026 at 11:14 AM
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Today’s new blog is by MEMOs Deputy Editor Samera Hassan and gives an enlightening insight into theological, cross-cultural encounters between Islam and Christianity during the Ottoman Empire in 1617!

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An Audience with the Sultan's Shaykh | MEMOs
A conversation between Vani Effendi and Sir Thomas Baines shows a willingness to understand theological differences between Islam and Christianity in 1676
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January 26, 2026 at 4:25 PM
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eicathomefinn.bsky.social Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 9d
Just a few of the historical treats that await #Skystorians in person or online in the week of 26 January at the IHR: Robert Bickers speaks on Charles Archer in Shanghai and Hong Kong, the Long 18th-centuryists appreciate Penelope Corfield's work and women rebel in the medieval Mediterranean. 1/2
On the margins and at the heart of empire: Charles Archer in Shanghai and Hong Kong
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January 23, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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PhD Studentship: Knowledge Orders before Modernity, King's College London:

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PhD Studentship: Knowledge Orders before Modernity, King's College London | MEMOs
King's College London -- PhD Studentship
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January 22, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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Assistant Professor in Celtic, University of Cambridge:

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Assistant Professor in Celtic, University of Cambridge | MEMOs
Assistant Professor of Celtic, Uni of Cambridge
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January 22, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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Lecturer in Medieval Studies, Birkbeck, University of London:

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Lecturer in Medieval Studies, Birkbeck, University of London | MEMOs
Medieval Lecturer, Birkbeck
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January 22, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Postdoc/Post-Professional Fellowship in Islamic Art:

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Postdoc/Post-Professional Fellowship in Islamic Art | MEMOs
MIT, Islamic Art and Architecture
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January 22, 2026 at 9:59 AM
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Simon Fraser University - Hellenisms Past & Present, Local & Global, Postdoctoral Fellow:

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Simon Fraser University - Hellenisms Past & Present, Local & Global, Postdoctoral Fellow | MEMOs
Hellenisms Past & Present, Local & Global, Postdoctoral Fellow
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January 22, 2026 at 9:59 AM
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The University of Hong Kong - Korean Studies (Assistant or Associate Professor):

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The University of Hong Kong - Korean Studies (Assistant or Associate Professor) | MEMOs
Associate Professor or Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Korean Studies
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January 22, 2026 at 9:58 AM
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Stanford University - 2026-2028 Ho Center for Buddhist Studies at Stanford Postdoctoral Fellowship:

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Stanford University - 2026-2028 Ho Center for Buddhist Studies at Stanford Postdoctoral Fellowship | MEMOs
Buddhist Studies at Stanford Postdoctoral Fellowship
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January 22, 2026 at 9:58 AM
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In today's MEMOries offering, Al-Ghazali is employed in debunking the claims of Quakers in an eighteenth century English translation of a medieval Arabic text

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Al-Ghazali vs. the Quakers: An Early Modern Anglican Response to Mysticism in ‘Hayy ibn Yaqthan’ | MEMOs
That Hayy could be warned against as a guide to religious experience suggests lesser boundaries of orthodoxy and heresy in relation to Christianity and Islam.
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January 19, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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('long 17C historians' 🤣) #earlymodern
January 13, 2026 at 1:30 PM
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Dr Nat Cutter examines early modern Morocco leather-bound books in today's MEMOries post.

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Morocco Leather and Material Understandings of the Maghreb in Early Modern Britain | MEMOs
Morocco leather, at first known by other names including ‘Barbary hides’, ‘Barbary skins’, and ‘red’ or ‘yellow Morocco’, was sold in Britain as early as 1596
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January 13, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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Also this application deadline coming up January 15th for a free school on Arabic-Islamic Astrolabes, taking place in March in Frankfurt: 👇 🔭 #HistSTM #MedievalSky bsky.app/profile/karl...
karlgalle.bsky.social Karl Galle @karlgalle.bsky.social · Dec 11
Call for applications, free school on Arabic-Islamic Astrolabes at the Institute for the History of Arabic-Islamic Sciences in Frankfurt; March 23 workshop for experts, March 24-26 classes for advanced students. Classes in English, details below; apply by January 15th, 2026. #HistSTM #MedievalSky
Poster for the spring school, with some details. Participants will learn (1.) how to use a standard astrolabe, (2.) hos to read most of the inscriptions, (3.) history of astrolabes in the Arabic-Islamic tradition, (4.) identifying fake astrolabes, and more. One-page information sheet repeating some of the information on the poster, but with a few more details about applying.
January 6, 2026 at 6:54 PM
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Our first MEMOries blog post of 2026 sees Dr Maria Shmygol introducing us to Antonio de Sosa, whose captivity narratives tells us much about 16th century Algiers.

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Antonio de Sosa (c. 1538-1587) and the Topographia of Algiers | MEMOs
Antonio de Sosa's 'Topographia of Algiers' offers a captivating glimpse into his captivity in Algiers and its rich history.
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January 5, 2026 at 3:58 PM
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I have many things to look forward to in 2026, not least speaking at the symposium "1725-2025: Historical and Contemporary Links Between Scotland and South Asia”, organised by @tgifatima.bsky.social and Sheelalipi Sahana at @iashedinburgh.bsky.social in April. The CfP is now live, check it out!
tgifatima.bsky.social Dr. Fatima Z. Naveed @tgifatima.bsky.social · Jan 1
🚨 CfP Alert! 🚨

Thanks to the generosity of the Susan Manning Workshop Fund at @iashedinburgh.bsky.social, my colleague and I are delighted to be organising a symposium, "1725-2025: Historical and Contemporary Links Between Scotland and South Asia.”

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January 2, 2026 at 7:58 AM
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There is still one week left to submit your abstracts!

We welcome submissions for 20 min papers from PGRs and ECRs working on any aspect of early modernity. Please see the CFP below for further details, and get in touch if you have any questions!
December 29, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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University of Guelph - Assistant Professor, History of the Middle East

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University of Guelph - Assistant Professor, History of the Middle East | MEMOs
Assistant Professor, History of the Middle East (Canada)
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December 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Northwestern University - Keyman Modern Turkish Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship

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Northwestern University - Keyman Modern Turkish Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship | MEMOs
Northwestern University, Buffett Institute for Global Affairs, Keyman Modern Turkish Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship
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December 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM