Middle East Medievalists
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Middle East Medievalists (MEM) is an international professional non-profit association of scholars interested in the study of the medieval Middle East, defined expansively to include all geographies with prominent Muslim political, religious, or social pre
Lectureship in Liberal Arts and Religion/Philosophy (Teaching and Research) at the University of Leeds with scope for focus on the Islamic world www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPY440/l...
Lectureship in Liberal Arts and Religion/Philosophy (Teaching and Research) at University of Leeds
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January 2, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Lectureship in Liberal Arts and Religion/Philosophy (Teaching and Research) at the University of Leeds with scope for focus on the Islamic world www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPY440/l...
Tenure-track Assistant Professor Position in Arabic Literature at the American University of Beirut
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Tenure-track Assistant Professor Position in Arabic Literature at American University of Beirut
An opportunity for an academic position as a Tenure-track Assistant Professor Position in Arabic Literature is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings...
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December 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Tenure-track Assistant Professor Position in Arabic Literature at the American University of Beirut
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Associate/Full Professor and Department Chair, Arabic and Near Eastern Languages at the American University of Beirut
Deadline for applications: 31 January 2026
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Deadline for applications: 31 January 2026
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Associate/Full Professor and Department Chair, Arabic and Near Eastern Languages at American University of Beirut
An academic position as a Associate/Full Professor and Department Chair, Arabic and Near Eastern Languages is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional acad...
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December 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Associate/Full Professor and Department Chair, Arabic and Near Eastern Languages at the American University of Beirut
Deadline for applications: 31 January 2026
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPW865/a...
Deadline for applications: 31 January 2026
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Associate Professor in Modern Arabic Literature position at the University of Oxford.
Deadline: 5 January
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Deadline: 5 January
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Associate Professor in Modern Arabic Literature at University of Oxford
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December 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Associate Professor in Modern Arabic Literature position at the University of Oxford.
Deadline: 5 January
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK674/a...
Deadline: 5 January
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Join our team, @mideastmedieval.bsky.social, @imems.bsky.social & colleagues at #IMC2026.
Explore #fragmentology from methodology applied to manuscripts, case-studies on textile fragments or pieces of relics; Latin to vernacular; early to late medieval; East to West.
#medievalmonday #medievalsky
Explore #fragmentology from methodology applied to manuscripts, case-studies on textile fragments or pieces of relics; Latin to vernacular; early to late medieval; East to West.
#medievalmonday #medievalsky
December 8, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Join our team, @mideastmedieval.bsky.social, @imems.bsky.social & colleagues at #IMC2026.
Explore #fragmentology from methodology applied to manuscripts, case-studies on textile fragments or pieces of relics; Latin to vernacular; early to late medieval; East to West.
#medievalmonday #medievalsky
Explore #fragmentology from methodology applied to manuscripts, case-studies on textile fragments or pieces of relics; Latin to vernacular; early to late medieval; East to West.
#medievalmonday #medievalsky
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as always, you don't need to be a member of @mideastmedieval.bsky.social to read/submit to al-ʿUsur al-Wusta. however, membership dues help keep the journal running. please consider becoming a MEMber today. while you’re at it, check out all the other stuff MEM is up to!
Welcome to Middle East Medievalists
MEM is an international professional non-profit association of scholars interested in the study of the medieval Middle East.
www.middleeastmedievalists.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
as always, you don't need to be a member of @mideastmedieval.bsky.social to read/submit to al-ʿUsur al-Wusta. however, membership dues help keep the journal running. please consider becoming a MEMber today. while you’re at it, check out all the other stuff MEM is up to!
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Thanks to all authors, reviewers, & readers as we close out issue 33!
We published 550 pages in 2025: 7 articles; a thematic dossier w/ 4 more articles; a roundtable; an Arabic edition; a pedagogy file; 7 book reviews; & some short communications.
Here’s a thread to gather some highlights! 🧵
We published 550 pages in 2025: 7 articles; a thematic dossier w/ 4 more articles; a roundtable; an Arabic edition; a pedagogy file; 7 book reviews; & some short communications.
Here’s a thread to gather some highlights! 🧵
Al-ʿUsur al-Wusta
Middle East Medievalists (MEM) is an international professional non-profit association of scholars interested in the study of the Islamic lands of the Middle East during the medieval period (defined r...
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December 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Thanks to all authors, reviewers, & readers as we close out issue 33!
We published 550 pages in 2025: 7 articles; a thematic dossier w/ 4 more articles; a roundtable; an Arabic edition; a pedagogy file; 7 book reviews; & some short communications.
Here’s a thread to gather some highlights! 🧵
We published 550 pages in 2025: 7 articles; a thematic dossier w/ 4 more articles; a roundtable; an Arabic edition; a pedagogy file; 7 book reviews; & some short communications.
Here’s a thread to gather some highlights! 🧵
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"Black Knights compellingly re-frames Arabic epic within a broader global history of race, thus prompting medievalists [...] to reconsider how racial formations, heroic imaginaries, and epic narrative structures intersect across time and space."
Sah-weet.
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Sah-weet.
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MEM Book Prize
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December 1, 2025 at 7:04 PM
"Black Knights compellingly re-frames Arabic epic within a broader global history of race, thus prompting medievalists [...] to reconsider how racial formations, heroic imaginaries, and epic narrative structures intersect across time and space."
Sah-weet.
www.middleeastmedievalists.com/book-prize/
Sah-weet.
www.middleeastmedievalists.com/book-prize/
MEM had a wonderful gathering at MESA DC. it was great seeing so many of you. Congratulations to our book prize winner Rachel Schine and the two runner-ups (honorable mention): Jessica Andruss and James Weaver!
December 1, 2025 at 10:37 PM
MEM had a wonderful gathering at MESA DC. it was great seeing so many of you. Congratulations to our book prize winner Rachel Schine and the two runner-ups (honorable mention): Jessica Andruss and James Weaver!
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Are you attending the 2026 BRAIS conference in London? If so, Embodied Imamate team members Leone Pecorini Goodall and Adam Ramadhan are convening two panels dedicated to the history of early Islam which they are inviting expressions of interest for. The details of each panel are below.
December 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Are you attending the 2026 BRAIS conference in London? If so, Embodied Imamate team members Leone Pecorini Goodall and Adam Ramadhan are convening two panels dedicated to the history of early Islam which they are inviting expressions of interest for. The details of each panel are below.
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Great opportunity to work with our brilliant colleagues of the Caliphal Finances team at Edinburgh! Research Fellow in Coptic and Greek papyrology OR Abbasid History and Historiography, full time, fixed-term until 31 Dec 2027! 👇
Opportunity to join the Caliphal Finances project at the University of Edinburgh run by Marie Legendre.
Deadline for applications: 10 December 2025.
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Deadline for applications: 10 December 2025.
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Caliphal Finances Research Fellow
Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, part of the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures are looking for a Caliphal Finances Research Fellow to join the ERC funded project Caliphal Finances - The...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Great opportunity to work with our brilliant colleagues of the Caliphal Finances team at Edinburgh! Research Fellow in Coptic and Greek papyrology OR Abbasid History and Historiography, full time, fixed-term until 31 Dec 2027! 👇
The Digital Lab for Islamic Visual Culture & Collections has announced an online training session introducing the Islamic art, architecture, and history of al-Andalus, taking place between 1- 4 December 2025.
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Islamic Art, Architecture, & History of Spain Online Course
Islamic visual culture course, history of Islamic art training, cultural heritage professional development, online courses for game developers, online course on Islamic art and architecture, learn his...
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November 24, 2025 at 11:06 AM
The Digital Lab for Islamic Visual Culture & Collections has announced an online training session introducing the Islamic art, architecture, and history of al-Andalus, taking place between 1- 4 December 2025.
digitallabivcc.com/intro-to-al-...
digitallabivcc.com/intro-to-al-...
Opportunity to join the Caliphal Finances project at the University of Edinburgh run by Marie Legendre.
Deadline for applications: 10 December 2025.
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Deadline for applications: 10 December 2025.
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Caliphal Finances Research Fellow
Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, part of the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures are looking for a Caliphal Finances Research Fellow to join the ERC funded project Caliphal Finances - The...
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Opportunity to join the Caliphal Finances project at the University of Edinburgh run by Marie Legendre.
Deadline for applications: 10 December 2025.
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Deadline for applications: 10 December 2025.
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Research Program The Indo-Persian Continuum, c. 11th-17th Centuries, directed by Professor Alka Patel and housed at the Laboratoire d’Archéologie Médiévale et Moderne en Méditerranée offers one 3-year Junior Postdoctoral Fellowship beginning 1 July 2026, and two 3-year Dissertation Fellowships
November 19, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Research Program The Indo-Persian Continuum, c. 11th-17th Centuries, directed by Professor Alka Patel and housed at the Laboratoire d’Archéologie Médiévale et Moderne en Méditerranée offers one 3-year Junior Postdoctoral Fellowship beginning 1 July 2026, and two 3-year Dissertation Fellowships
At the Centre for Near and Middle Eastern Studies, Department of Islamic Studies, University of Marburg, a full-time postdoc position in research and teaching is to be filled for a fixed term of four years starting on 1 March 2026, with the option of extension for a further two years
Qualifizierungsstelle mit dem Ziel der Berufbarkeit auf eine Professur (Postdoc)
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November 19, 2025 at 11:14 PM
At the Centre for Near and Middle Eastern Studies, Department of Islamic Studies, University of Marburg, a full-time postdoc position in research and teaching is to be filled for a fixed term of four years starting on 1 March 2026, with the option of extension for a further two years
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𝑾𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅...
..For example in 10th-century #Baghdad, when letters became evidence of heresy.
Edmund Hayes @unileiden.bsky.social explains what the story of al-Shalmaghānī's (a Shi'i narrator) teaches us.👇
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..For example in 10th-century #Baghdad, when letters became evidence of heresy.
Edmund Hayes @unileiden.bsky.social explains what the story of al-Shalmaghānī's (a Shi'i narrator) teaches us.👇
@medievalists.bsky.social @mideastmedieval.bsky.social
Burn after Reading: Epistolary Heresy in Tenth-Century Baghdad
A police raid, a cache of letters, an inquisition, an execution. Sometimes you have to be careful what you write.
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November 15, 2025 at 8:06 AM
𝑾𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅...
..For example in 10th-century #Baghdad, when letters became evidence of heresy.
Edmund Hayes @unileiden.bsky.social explains what the story of al-Shalmaghānī's (a Shi'i narrator) teaches us.👇
@medievalists.bsky.social @mideastmedieval.bsky.social
..For example in 10th-century #Baghdad, when letters became evidence of heresy.
Edmund Hayes @unileiden.bsky.social explains what the story of al-Shalmaghānī's (a Shi'i narrator) teaches us.👇
@medievalists.bsky.social @mideastmedieval.bsky.social
Jessica Andruss' 'Jewish Piety in Islamic Jerusalem: The Lamentations Commentary of Salmon ben Yeruhim' and James Weaver's 'The Shīʿa in Iraqi Heresiography: The Structure and Transmission of the Material up to al-Ashʿarī (d.324/935)' receive honorable mentions for the MEM book prize.
November 15, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Jessica Andruss' 'Jewish Piety in Islamic Jerusalem: The Lamentations Commentary of Salmon ben Yeruhim' and James Weaver's 'The Shīʿa in Iraqi Heresiography: The Structure and Transmission of the Material up to al-Ashʿarī (d.324/935)' receive honorable mentions for the MEM book prize.
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Congratulations to @rachelschine.bsky.social for winning the Best Book Award from the Middle East Medievalists association for her book, Black Knights: Arabic Epic and the Making of Medieval Race! Brava!!! 🍾🍾🍾
Here's the link, if you haven't already read it: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Here's the link, if you haven't already read it: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Black Knights
A new account of racial logics in premodern Islamic literature. In Black Knights, Rachel Schine reveals how the Arabic-speaking world developed a different form of racial knowledge than their Europe...
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November 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Congratulations to @rachelschine.bsky.social for winning the Best Book Award from the Middle East Medievalists association for her book, Black Knights: Arabic Epic and the Making of Medieval Race! Brava!!! 🍾🍾🍾
Here's the link, if you haven't already read it: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Here's the link, if you haven't already read it: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
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sweeeeeeet 😅😉
MEM book prize goes to @rachelschine.bsky.social for her 'Black Knights: Arabic Epic and the Making of Medieval Race'!
November 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
sweeeeeeet 😅😉
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Includes a roundtable discussing @shannonchakraborty.bsky.social's The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi!
The business meeting marks the official launch of the @alusuralwusta.bsky.social: journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/al....
A huge thanks to @zaydeantrim.bsky.social, @medievalqabq.bsky.social and the editorial board for all of their hard work in bringing this to fruition.
A huge thanks to @zaydeantrim.bsky.social, @medievalqabq.bsky.social and the editorial board for all of their hard work in bringing this to fruition.
Al-ʿUsur al-Wusta
Middle East Medievalists (MEM) is an international professional non-profit association of scholars interested in the study of the Islamic lands of the Middle East during the medieval period (defined r...
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November 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Includes a roundtable discussing @shannonchakraborty.bsky.social's The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi!
The MEM business is currently underway! We'll let you know the highlights as they come in.
November 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The MEM business is currently underway! We'll let you know the highlights as they come in.
Fixed contract Associate Lecturer (Teaching) in Islamic Archaeology position at UCL.
Deadline: 27 November
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK031/a...
Deadline: 27 November
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK031/a...
Associate Lecturer (Teaching) in Islamic Archaeology at UCL
Recruiting now: Associate Lecturer (Teaching) in Islamic Archaeology on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board
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November 13, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Fixed contract Associate Lecturer (Teaching) in Islamic Archaeology position at UCL.
Deadline: 27 November
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK031/a...
Deadline: 27 November
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK031/a...
Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor in Art History at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore with a scope for focus on the Islamic world www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOR950/a...
Deadline: 11 November
Deadline: 11 November
Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor in Art History at Nanyang Technological University
An opportunity for an academic position as a Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor in Art History is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.
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November 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor in Art History at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore with a scope for focus on the Islamic world www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOR950/a...
Deadline: 11 November
Deadline: 11 November
Lecturer in the Study of Islam position at the University of Glasgow www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPG786/l...
Deadline: 13 November
Deadline: 13 November
Lecturer in the Study of Islam (LTS) at University of Glasgow
Explore an exciting academic career as a Lecturer in the Study of Islam (LTS). Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.
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November 5, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Lecturer in the Study of Islam position at the University of Glasgow www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPG786/l...
Deadline: 13 November
Deadline: 13 November
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as always, you don't need to be a member of @mideastmedieval.bsky.social
to read/submit to al-ʿUsur al-wusta. however, membership dues help keep the journal running. please consider becoming a MEMber today. while you’re at it, check out all the other stuff MEM is up to!
to read/submit to al-ʿUsur al-wusta. however, membership dues help keep the journal running. please consider becoming a MEMber today. while you’re at it, check out all the other stuff MEM is up to!
Welcome to Middle East Medievalists
MEM is an international professional non-profit association of scholars interested in the study of the medieval Middle East.
www.middleeastmedievalists.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
as always, you don't need to be a member of @mideastmedieval.bsky.social
to read/submit to al-ʿUsur al-wusta. however, membership dues help keep the journal running. please consider becoming a MEMber today. while you’re at it, check out all the other stuff MEM is up to!
to read/submit to al-ʿUsur al-wusta. however, membership dues help keep the journal running. please consider becoming a MEMber today. while you’re at it, check out all the other stuff MEM is up to!