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Call for Applications: Graduate Student Research Workshop

“new directions in the study of the arab world”.

The NYU Abu Dhabi Humanities Research Fellowship for the Study of the Arab World program invites applications for its third Graduate Student Research Workshop to be hosted on March 4-6, 2024 at NYU Abu Dhabi.

The workshop provides the opportunity for current advanced doctoral candidates who are currently in the writing stage to present, discuss, and receive valuable feedback on their research. Accepted applicants will pre-circulate an English-language chapter of their project and orally present a short overview of the project, raising questions or challenges to be discussed with the group.

Applications are encouraged for projects that range broadly across the arts, humanities, and social sciences related to the study of the Arab world, broadly defined, its rich literature and history, its cultural and artistic heritage, and its manifold connections with other cultures.

The Humanities Research Fellowship for the Study of the Arab World program will cover travel costs to and from Abu Dhabi, accommodation, and meals during the three-day workshop.

Conveners: Erin Pettigrew and Nathalie Peutz

Applications for the 2024 workshop are now closed.

Applicants are asked to apply via Interfolio and to upload all required documents including one letter of recommendation from their dissertation advisor (see below). The advisor will receive an email prompt inviting them to upload the letter of recommendation by September 4, 2023 . We strongly recommend applicants read through our FAQ before beginning their application.

Eligibility and Requirements

The Humanities Research Fellowship for the Study of the Arab World program welcomes applications from international doctoral students who finished with their qualifying exams and are in the writing stage of their dissertations with the opportunity to present and thoroughly discuss their Ph.D. projects related to the Arab world.

Participants will read and discuss each other’s work in addition to presenting their own. NYUAD-based scholars in a variety of disciplines will offer feedback on the students’ projects and questions related to research, writing, and professional development. The workshop is also an opportunity to meet, learn from, and develop relationships with colleagues in the field.

Participants will be required to prepare a 10-minute presentation of their research project, which will be followed by 10 minutes of commentary from an assigned discussant, and a 35-minute open discussion. They will also be expected to have read each participant’s paper (dissertation chapter) and be prepared to provide comments on these papers during the workshop.

The Graduate Student Research Workshop accepts up to twelve graduate students each year and takes place on the campus of New York University Abu Dhabi.

Travel costs to and from Abu Dhabi, accommodation, and meals during the three-day workshop are fully covered. Due to the ongoing pandemic, NYUAD reserves the right to adapt the conference format and structure and host the event online or in a hybrid format if necessary.

Applications are due by September 4, 2023 and must be submitted through Interfolio.

Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, a two-page statement about the research, a one-page work plan with the projected date of completion of the degree, an abstract of the chapter that would be presented, and a letter of recommendation from the dissertation advisor. Application materials must be submitted in English.

Applications follow a competitive review process that is led by the workshop’s conveners and includes both internal and external expert reviewers.

We do not accept applications other than from those currently in the process of earning their PhD.

We expect applicants to be in the process of completing a PhD and in the dissertation writing stage at the time of the workshop.

Due to the diversity of workshop participants and respondents, the workshop will be conducted in English. Applicants may be writing their dissertation in languages other than English but we kindly request submission of application materials and workshop chapter in English.

We do not accept supplementary materials with applications; any supplementary materials that are received will not be considered in the review of applications.

Applicants will be notified in mid-October 2023.

We have a large (and very strong) pool of candidates, and reviews are performed by an international panel of scholars. The process is such that it is not possible for us to provide individual feedback.

Typically, the Humanities Research Fellowship for the Study of the Arab World hosts up to twelve graduate students each year.

The workshop focuses on the Arab world broadly defined, which also includes the MENASA region.

Call for Applications

Applications for our 2024 Graduate Student Research Workshop are now closed.

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NYU Abu Dhabi invites doctoral students in the humanities and social sciences to apply for a year-long dissertation writing fellowship .  The program is designed for students whose dissertations will be advanced works-in-progress during the fellowship year. Fellows are expected to contribute to NYUAD's intellectual community through research and related activities, sharing their work with NYUAD faculty and students, and participating in scholarly networks engaged within the university.  Applications are due January 15, 2020.   

The American University of Sharjah (AUS) invites applications from current doctoral students and recent graduates engaged in leadership-related scholarship to conduct research at AUS in spring 2020.  Accepted applicants will be hosted by the Said T. Khoury Chair of Leadership Studies in the School of Business Administration at AUS in the UAE. The newly formed department seeks to develop a well-established knowledge platform in the region for the generation, dissemination, and promotion of impactful leadership studies, practices, and insights.

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Humanities Research Fellowships for the Study of the Arab World

The NYUAD Institute has embarked on a multi-year research fellowship program in the Humanities. This program aims to help create an energetic, multi-faceted research environment for the Humanities and the study of the Arab world at NYUAD's campus. To this end, both distinguished scholars and promising scholars are invited to apply for residential fellowships at the Institute. Fellows contribute to NYUAD's intellectual community through research and research-related activities, including sharing their work in progress with NYUAD faculty and students and participating in scholarly networks engaged in ongoing research centered at the Institute.

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CfA: Humanities Research Fellowship for the Study of the Arab World

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The NYU Abu Dhabi Research Institute invites scholars who wish to contribute to the vibrant research culture of NYUAD’s Saadiyat campus to apply for a residential fellowship during Academic Year 2023-2024. The Institute welcomes applications from scholars working in all areas of the Humanities related to the study of the Arab world, its rich literature and history, its cultural and artistic heritage, and its manifold connections with other cultures. We particularly welcome interdisciplinary research applications.

Deadline:  October 3, 2022

Application for AY2023-24 are Closed

Find out more about the Eligibility and Requirements

Eligible applicants will have received documents attesting to the completion of their PhDs by September 1, 2023. Successful candidates will be asked to submit these documents prior to the start of the Fellowship.

Distinguished scholars with an outstanding scholarly accomplishment, including an internationally recognized publication record; mid-career scholars with strong publication records and exceptional scholarly promise; as well as early-career scholars, with a strong record of scholarly accomplishment, who wish to turn their doctoral dissertations into book manuscripts publishable with major academic presses are encouraged to apply.

All fellowships will be offered to scholars who demonstrate an interest in playing an active role in the intellectual community of NYUAD, in particular by exchanging ideas with other fellows, faculty, and students. The fellowships are open to scholars of all backgrounds and nationalities.

Applications are due by October 3, 2022 and must be submitted through Interfolio .

Scholars who received their PhDs within the last five years are required to submit the following documents:

Curriculum vitae (up to 4 pages) Project proposal (circa 3-5 pages, including references) One-page tentative outline of the structure of the project (if the project is a book, provide an outline of chapters; otherwise, give an outline of the components of the project and their progress to date) Abstract of doctoral dissertation Title page, table of contents, and excerpt of doctoral dissertation (maximum 50 pages) Abstract of publication, if available Three letters of reference (to be submitted directly by the referees through the application portal; please see the application for more information)

Scholars who received their PhDs more than five years ago are required to submit only the following documents:

Curriculum vitae (up to 4 pages) Project proposal ( circa 3-5 pages, including references ) One-page tentative outline of the structure of the project (if the project is a book, provide an outline of chapters; otherwise, give an outline of the components of the project and their progress to date) Names and contact information for three references

CfA: Graduate Student Research Workshop

• Workshop Information

The NYU Abu Dhabi Humanities Research Fellowship for the Study of the Arab World program invites applications for its third Graduate Student Research Workshop to be hosted in spring 2024 at NYU Abu Dhabi. We welcome applications from international doctoral students with the opportunity to present and thoroughly discuss their Ph.D. projects related to the Arab world.

Deadline: September 4, 2023

Applications Now Closed

The Humanities Research Fellowship for the Study of the Arab World program welcomes applications from international doctoral students with the opportunity to present and thoroughly discuss their Ph.D. projects related to the Arab world that are currently in the writing stage.

Applications are due by September 4, 2023 and must be submitted through  Interfolio .

Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, a two-page statement about the research, a one-page work plan with the projected date of completion of the degree, an abstract of the chapter that would be presented, and a letter of recommendation from the dissertation advisor. Application materials must be submitted in English.

CfA: Travel Grant

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The Humanities Research Fellowship for the Study of the Arab World program, in collaboration with the Archives and Special Collections of the NYUAD Library, is awarding a limited number of travel awards to scholars interested in research within the Arab Heritage and Gulf Crossroads collections along with the relevant thematic holdings of the NYUAD Library.

Deadline: December 30 , 2023

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These travel grants may be used for research for Ph.D. dissertations, MA and undergraduate theses, publications, and other research projects.

Applications are due by December 30, 2023 and must be submitted through our website .

1- Resume: a maximum of 2 pages that include current and past positions, education and degrees, relevant awards and honors, up to 5 publications, other relevant professional activities and accomplishments, and level of competence in relevant foreign languages. 2- Research proposal : a maximum of 4 double-spaced pages that include (1) the title of the project; (2) a brief description of the project, including scope, objective of the research, methodology, and possible conclusions or results; and (3) relation of the NYUAD Library holdings to your research. 3- List of three references and their contact information.

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Saqer Almarri

Noura Al Obeidli

Eli Dollarhide

Ibrahim Gemeah

Jessica Gerschultz

Peter Kitlas

Marwa Koheji

Henri Lauzière

Burak Sayim

Alexandra Schultz

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Marcel Kurpershoek

Anne-Lise Tropato

In affiliation with the Humanities Research Fellowship for the Study of the Arab World and supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Ministry of Heritage and Tourism-Sultanate of Oman, and the Penn Museum (University of Pennsylvania), the Bat Archaeological Project (BAP) is conducting a new series of archaeological surveys and excavations targeting human-environment interaction at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Bat, Oman. Previous research by BAP (2007-present) suggests that a web of settlements and related archaeological sites in the Bat region worked cooperatively to thrive in a challenging, hyper-arid landscape. These cooperative behaviors strategically engaged with diverse localized resources, while simultaneously and organically creating culturally meaningful spaces.

This project is a multi-year investigation into the Umm an-Nar period (UaN; ca. 2800-2000 BCE) cultural landscape of the Bat and its surroundings in the Sharsah Valley of northwestern Oman. Employing the tools of the environmental humanities, the project studies the cultural processes and socio-ecological strategies practiced by the UaN in the Sharsah Valley, ad-Dhahirah Region, northwestern Oman. The resulting reconstruction of an ancient cultural landscape will re-situate the critically understudied Omani interior in ongoing debates on connectivity and human environment interaction in prehistoric societies and build a case study for a persistent, thriving cultural landscape in an arid environment.

Grant Project Director: Eli Dollarhide Bat Archaeological Project (BAP) Directors: Jennifer Swerida and Charlotte Cable

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The history of cultural and intellectual exchanges between the Ottoman, Persian, Arab, European, and American worlds has become an increasingly important area of research in the last decades. Studies on the multi-directional flow and dynamic networks of these encounters and transactions have significantly improved our understanding of the shared history of these regions over time.

Based on the rigorous study of published and unpublished primary sources, this institutional platform for the study of cultural exchange aims to foster original and interdisciplinary research that will develop and deepen our knowledge of the plethora of multi-directional processes and forms of religious, intellectual, and cultural exchange, as well as the practices of scholarship involved in these exchanges.

As such, it will enhance our understanding of the historical connection between these areas and the global dimension of cultural and intellectual networks and knowledge transfer in general. In addition, we hope that it will generate both a platform and a hub for the study of connected histories of the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas, thereby contributing to world-class scholarship in this area.

Project Directors: Jan Loop (University of Copenhagen), Alastair Hamilton (the Warburg Institute) & Süphan Kirmizialtin (NYUAD)

Because of its location in the area where Classical Arabic originated and the relative isolation of inner Arabia, the idiom of what is now often known as Nabaṭī poetry shows an astounding resemblance to the very earliest classical Arabian poetry. It also presents vernacular features and vocabulary that is new or changed since the classical days. Over the roughly seven centuries of its known existence, Nabaṭī poetry developed its own artistic conventions and infinitely rich desert vocabulary. The same is true for the narrative tradition.

Hence the need for a dictionary of this type of Arabian (oral) poetry and narratives. In order to firmly establish its links with early poetry in Classical Arabic such a dictionary needs to explain the lexical items with reference to classical equivalents, if any. At a later stage the Arabic, transliterated into Latin characters in order to reflect the dialectal pronunciation, needs to be accompanied by an Arabic (Nabaṭī/vernacular) – Arabic (Modern Standard Arabic) version: this will assist the vocabulary’s understanding by students from the Arabian region itself. If presented in digital online format, this version may attract comments and contributions ‘from the field’ such as were collected from informants on research visits before the pandemic brought this practice to a halt.

Project Director: Marcel Kurpershoek Student Research Assistant: Imane Larhlimi

The project is creating a database of artistic representations of falcons and falconry, serving research of the history and culture of falconry worldwide. It seeks to provide scholars and practicing falconers with knowledge and awareness of falconry's rich cultural traditions. They have found expression in the visual arts from different times and places. In addition, it aims to support scholarly publications and dissemination of knowledge and imagery of falconry traditions to the general interested audience.

Project Director: Reindert Falkenburg

It is estimated that more than 80% of businesses are family-owned and run in the Middle East and North Africa. This interdisciplinary project of NYUAD and the Tharawat Family Business Forum will bring together scholars from the Humanities and Social Sciences at NYUAD to compile, document, and analyze the history of selected regional family businesses to understand better past challenges and decision-making, as well as commercial legacies.

This understanding will not only offer significant insights into historical transformations of business cultures and socio-economic environments in the GCC as well as the MENASA region but also help family businesses address current and future challenges.

The goal of the joint project is thus to explore the plethora of contributions family businesses have made to the social and cultural landscape of the GCC and MENASA region as a global economic crossroads, seeking to capture the rich stories of the development of family businesses, the challenges they have overcome in the past and are facing today, and the many ways in which their stories intersect with the stories of the cities and countries they are connected to.

Project Directors:  Farida El Agamy (Tharawat Family Business Forum) & Martin Klimke (NYUAD)

"Knowledge Futures" is an interdisciplinary project aimed at exploring the intersections of  knowledge production, digital methods of inquiry, artificial intelligence, and the study of the Arab world. In collaboration with the Humanities Research Fellowship program, the project aims to foster collaborative inquiry among scholars and researchers across the campus and in our regional community. The project will prioritize an examination of how data and knowledge are produced and used in the Arab world, as well as the methods and platforms that are used in research and teaching. The project will center critical discussions on ethics in a digital society, and on the role of technology in shaping the future of the Arab world and the ways we produce knowledge about it and in it. The project will focus on open data and open scholarship, promoting the free and open exchange of knowledge and ideas.

Project Directors:  Süphan Kirmizialtin (NYUAD) & David Joseph Wrisley (NYUAD)

Recognizing Religions is a joint initiative between NYU Abu Dhabi, Australian Catholic University, and ‘The European Qur’an. Islamic Scripture in European Culture and Religion 1150-1850 (EuQu)’ (University of Copenhagen).

The project aims to study and discuss the impact that encounters, interaction, and mutual recognition of Jews, Christians, and Muslims, as well as non-Abrahamic religions, had on their historical development and their understanding of themselves and others. Particularly, we are interested in concepts that Jews, Christians, and Muslims entertained about themselves and about any other cultural or religious group and how these concepts changed over time.

In this context, ‘recognition’ involves cultural change by the exchange. It does not merely describe the act of attentively observing and distinguishing another as different from or similar to one’s own group. It also involves a recursive adaptation of self-definition and identity, facilitated by real and imaginary encounters, both peaceful and belligerent.

The interest is in how recognition functions in real world encounters between cultural groups and how it changes over time; how recognition employs media that communicate knowledge within and across cultural and geographical boundaries; how it uses true and false information about the other; and how it is affected by philosophical, theological, and ethical ideas openly or implicitly shared across cultural and geographical borders.

Project Members: Taneli Kukkonen, Jan Loop and Christopher Ocker, Reindert Falkenburg, Tamar Herzig, Sina Rauschenbach, Marina Rustow, Ethan Shagan, Charles Stang and Martial Staub

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Call for applications for Graduate Student Workshop at NYU Abu Dhabi

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The NYU Abu Dhabi Research Institute invites applications for its first Graduate Student Workshop to be hosted March 6-9, 2022 at NYU Abu Dhabi. Doctoral students with a Ph.D. project related to the Arab world and that are currently in the writing stage are invited to apply. The application deadline is December 10, 2021.

The Institute welcomes applications from international doctoral students with the opportunity to present and thoroughly discuss their Ph.D. projects related to the Arab world that are currently in the writing stage.

Participants will read and discuss each other's work in addition to presenting their own. NYUAD-based scholars in a variety of disciplines will offer feedback on the students' projects and questions related to research, writing, and professional development. The workshop is also an opportunity to meet, learn from, and develop relationships with colleagues in the field.

The Humanities Research Fellowship for the Study of the Arab World program will cover travel costs to and from Abu Dhabi, accommodation, and meals during the three-day workshop.

Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, a two-page statement about the research, a one-page work plan with the projected date of completion of the degree, a dissertation chapter or the abstract of the chapter that would be presented, and two letters of recommendation, one of which must be from the dissertation advisor. Application deadline: December 10, 2021.

Learn more about the eligibility criteria and required materials here .

*Due to the ongoing pandemic, NYUAD reserves the right to adapt the conference format and structure and host the event online or in a hybrid format if necessary.

Summer Dissertation Writing Program 2023

The 2023 Summer Dissertation Writing Program application period is now closed.

Doctoral students in any discipline and in the advanced stages of dissertation writing are eligible to apply to summer intensive dissertation-writing workshops held at the Berlin, London, Madrid and Washington, D.C. institutes. Each site will be able to host an average of six doctoral students for a period of six weeks. Students from all fields and disciplines are welcome to apply to these workshops.

The Berlin, London, Madrid, and D.C. workshops will be held Monday, June 5  to Friday, July 14 . Applicants must be available for the entire program to be considered. The deadline for Summer 2023 Dissertation Writing Program Applications is Thursday,   March 2, 2023.

Only students at an advanced stage in their dissertation writing will be eligible for these workshops. We strongly recommend that students submit an application once they have completed two or more chapters and plan to defend in the following fall or early spring semester.

Participants in the summer dissertation workshop will have travel and dormitory housing provided.  A flat rate per diem subsidy, set at $50 per day, will also be provided to defray other costs. On-site participants will share office space and have modest administrative support during the course of the program. Participants in the dissertation workshops will be required to commit to work intensively and exclusively on the writing of their dissertations. They are also required to be in full-time residence without the interruption of family or friends. 

A faculty advisor will be on-site to provide general advice (and moral support). The structure of each workshop will be determined by the needs of the group. Students can expect to participate in weekly workshop-style discussions led by the advisor, as well as one-on-one meetings at least once a week. Students are expected to be in the final write-up stages and thus not need any topic-specific research support.

Important Notes:

• This program is intended for students who aim to file their dissertations no later than the end of the following fall or early spring.
• The dates provided are those of the program itself. Participants must check into the dormitory on the Saturday before the program begins (but no earlier).
• Participants must be in attendance for the entire duration of the program, and be in residence at the Institute during the week. It will not be possible for participants to travel during weekdays.
• Students should choose a city where they have no previous experience. Former GRI fellows can expect to be placed in a site where they have not held a fellowship.
• Housing is intended for workshop participants only. Overnight guests are not permitted. 
• Students are ineligible for any future GRI fellowships after attending a summer dissertation workshop.

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Global Writing and Speaking Fellowship

​​The NYU Shanghai Global Writing and Speaking Fellowship enables accomplished individuals with a passion for teaching to provide academic support and enrichment to the students who make up NYU Shanghai's multicultural student body.

Learn more about this 10-month teaching and professional-development fellowship.

Info Sessions

Info Sessions for the Writing and Speaking Fellowship will be held at the following times:

• Monday, November 27, 2023, 9:00 AM (Beijing Time) / Sunday, November 26, 2023, 8:00 PM (Eastern Standard Time)
• Tuesday, December 12, 2023, 9:00 PM (Beijing Time) / Tuesday, December 12, 2023, 8:00 AM (Eastern Standard Time)

Interested in joining an info session? Please sign up no later than 24 hours in advance before each session. We will email you a Zoom link prior to the start of the session.

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Regular Deadline: 11:59 PM, January 7th, 2024 (Beijing time, GMT+8)

Please email  [email protected] if you have any questions.

The NYU Shanghai Global Writing and Speaking Fellowship enables accomplished individuals with a passion for teaching to provide academic support and enrichment to the students who make up NYU Shanghai’s multicultural student body.

Fellows’ primary responsibility is to provide academic tutoring and support. In addition, Fellows develop their leadership, project management, and intercultural communication skills by collaborating with NYU Shanghai departments or programs to provide curricular and/or operational support. This might include mentoring student groups, developing support for students pursuing careers/graduate school, or launching new initiatives that contribute to intellectual life on campus. Fellows are immersed in a pioneering model of international higher education. Fellows are also invited to complete an independent writing project over the course of the academic year, with mentorship from a member of the NYU Shanghai Faculty.

The Fellowship is designed for high-achieving young professionals from a variety of disciplines with an interest in education, leadership, and cross-cultural communication. Fellows have a demonstrated dedication to student learning and achievement and an interest in teaching. For more information please see the biographies of current Fellows  here .

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• Three letters of reference (two should be from faculty or research supervisors). Letter writers can still submit recommendation letters after the application deadline, but please encourage recommenders to submit as early as possible.
• Transcript (Bachelor’s and, if applicable, Master’s - Unofficial transcripts are accepted during the application phase; official transcripts will be required if admitted).
• Five-page sample of recent academic writing (may be an excerpt from a longer paper).
• Essay responses with regard to teaching, English as a second language, professional development, etc. (Please see details in the Job Description).

Fellows hone professional skills through a rigorous training and orientation program prior to the start of the fall term, as well as ongoing professional development throughout the year. By working closely with faculty members, fellows have the opportunity to deepen their knowledge in a particular subject area and develop their skills as teachers. During the program, fellows are given dedicated time to pursue a personal project with faculty mentorship. Projects can range from research to creative writing to program initiatives that help meet a need in the university.

Fellows have gone on to pursue a variety of educational and professional paths. For example, some have attended graduate programs at institutions such as NYU, Columbia University, Harvard University, UC Berkeley, and Yale University. Others have been inspired by their experience and have chosen to pursue careers in higher education administration at NYU and beyond.

• Under the regulation of Chinese Laws, candidates should be Chinese citizens or native speakers of English. The definition of the term "native English speakers" will be delimited according to the specific regulations of the relevant Chinese authorities, and insurance of relevant legal documents for the Fellowship, if admitted, is subject to the local Chinese Immigration Policies.
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3rd Annual Graduate Student Research Workshop: Call for Applications

WHEN March 4-6, 2024 WHERE NYU Abu Dhabi WHO Humanities Research Fellowship for the Study of the Arab World Program By Invitation Interested scholars please contact [email protected]

The NYU Abu Dhabi Humanities Research Fellowship for the Study of the Arab World program invites applications for its 3rd Annual Graduate Student Research Workshop to be hosted in person from March 4-6, 2024 at NYU Abu Dhabi. The theme of this year’s workshop is “New Directions in the Study of the Arab World.”

We welcome applications from international doctoral students who are currently in the writing stage with the opportunity to present and thoroughly discuss their PhD projects. Applications are encouraged for projects that range across the arts, humanities, and social sciences related to the study of the Arab world, broadly defined, its rich literature and history, its cultural and artistic heritage, and its manifold connections with other cultures.

Application Information

The deadline for application submissions is September 4, 2023 . We will notify successful applicants by mid-October 2023.

Applicants should submit the following materials in English through Interfolio:

• a curriculum vitae
• a two-page statement about the research
• a one-page work plan with the projected date of completion of the degree
• an abstract of the chapter that would be presented
• a letter of recommendation from your dissertation advisor

For more details, please visit our website .

Successful applicants will be notified by mid-October 2023. For questions, please contact:  [email protected] .

Convened by

• Erin Pettigrew , Associate Professor of History and Arab Crossroads Studies; Global Network Associate Professor of History, NYUAD
• Nathalie Peutz , Associate Professor of Arab Crossroads Studies and Anthropology; Network Associate Professor of Anthropology, NYUAD

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