Six days left to apply for this very cool #envhist postdoc with us here @greenhouseuis.net - it's a great opportunity to join a vibrant and active research environment with much support for career development and a good community.

CfA: International Visiting Fellowship Programme in the History of Knowledge (Lund)

We invite early career/postdoctoral scholars to join us at LUCK during a period of one week between 2 November and 6 November, 2026.

Read more here: newhistoryofknowledge.com/2026/04/13/c...

Stakes of origins: how interactions with states (un)made a family in the interwar eastern Mediterranean Spanning the 1880s to the 1930s, this article examines the experiences of a family in the eastern Mediterranean whose ‘origins’ acquired new legal significance amid state efforts to categorise and ...

New out open access from @contemplevant.bsky.social: "Stakes of origins: how interactions with states (un)made a family in the interwar eastern Mediterranean" by Orçun Can Okan

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants. Deadline: 3 June 2026 Independent Scholars Deadline: 27 May 2026

The British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants is now open for applications, supported by DSIT, @leverhulme.ac.uk and @wellcometrust.bsky.social. Apply now: https://bit.ly/4t0MDRl

Sad to hear of the passing of Dame Averil Cameron, a great historian and first president of @cbrl.bsky.social:

Call for Applications!
The Centre for Lebanese Studies invites PhD students to a two day PHD Retreat in Cambridge 

For more info: 
lebanesestudies.com/events/two-day-phd-retre...

The programme for our Postgraduate and Early Career Researcher Study Day is now up on the SFPS website, and it's looking like a really impressive set of talks! Registration form linked on the site:
sfps.org.uk/2026/04/02/s...

Eid Mubarak from CBRL ✨🌙

May this Eid be filled with warmth, gratitude, and special moments for you and your families.
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On the occasion of Eid Al Fitr, CBRL Amman Institute will be closed on Sunday and Monday, 22-23 March 2026.

We will reopen on Tuesday, 24 March 2026, from 9 AM to 4 PM.

Durham University is hiring an Assistant Professor in Middle East Politics, d/line 7th April... durham.taleo.net/careersectio...

Seeing the Other Empire Journée d'études jeunes chercheurs Seeing the Other Empire: British Travel Writing and Imperial Rivalry in Europe and the Near East, 1783-1914 organisée par Arman Martirosyan et Suheyla-Hacer Sahin ...

Looking forward to: Seeing the Other Empire: British Travel Writing and Imperial Rivalry in Europe and the Near East, 1783-1914, a conference organised at the University of Strasbourg. The call for papers is still open. More information on: search.unistra.fr/agenda/seein...

The Erasure of Palestine Published in Contemporary Levant (Ahead of Print, 2026)

New online from @contemplevant.bsky.social: Ido Fuchs reviews The Erasure of Palestine by Ahmad Al-Bazz www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The 2022 Lebanese parliamentary elections: between traditional and alternative politics This article describes the political and livelihoods situation in Lebanon leading up to the parliamentary elections in May 2022. It examines electoral campaigns and the use of social media and trad...

New ‘field note’ from @contemplevant.bsky.social: Rahaf Zaher, “The 2022 Lebanese parliamentary elections: between traditional and alternative politics,” www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Archaeological sites in conflict zones: an in-depth case study of Tell Dothan, Palestine Tell Dothan, located in the northern West Bank, is a prominent archaeological site with substantial historical and cultural significance. Associated with the ancient city of Dothan referenced in bi...

New online at @contemplevant.bsky.social: "Archaeological sites in conflict zones: an in-depth case study of Tell Dothan, Palestine" by Salah Hussein Al-Houdalieh: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

cc @levant-journal.bsky.social @cbrl.bsky.social

"applicants with published research on questions related to race and legacies of colonialism, and their contemporary impact on the discipline"

📣 Are you an LSE PhD student working on the Middle East and North Africa?

Apply for our new Doctoral Affiliate Scheme for the 2026 calendar year!

Find out more: www.lse.ac.uk/middleEastCentre/doctora...

Applying for funding and grants are a continual part of academic life.

Hear from Dr Pavan Mano @kingsinterhums.bsky.social as he unpacks his real-life experiences with funding throughout his career in Ep 2 of #ConfessionsOfAnECR with Dr Leonie Smith.

🎬 www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjyH...

@abuaardvark.bsky.social

Retired or soon to be retired UK HE or IRO researcher, or 'retired' but still holding PT position up to 0.5FTE?

Awards of £k-£24 k available from @leverhulme.ac.uk to support your research. The deadline is 4pm 29 January 2026.

Blue and grey text on white background. Early Career Fellowships. Three images and current project titles in the arts and humanities, social sciences and sciences. Leverhulme Trust logo and URL media.leverhulme.ac.uk/features.

The Trust's Early Career Fellowships offer a three-year salaried post for researchers at the beginning of their academic career to undertake a significant piece of research. Interested? Apply here: www.leverhulme.ac.uk/early-career... Closing date: 19 February 2026, 4pm

The Making of Modern Syria: History, Politics, Geography 📙

CBRL presents Daniel Neep & panel discussion on Syria’s past & future

🗓️ Fri 6 Feb 2026 | 6 PM UK
📍 The British Academy & online

Chair: Prof. Dawn Chatty | Panellists: Dr Haian Dukhan, Dr Hiba Salem & Dr Ammar Azzouz

… Abdo Hamada, Abeer Ali Hossein & Valentina Napolitano.

Divorce in time of war and displacement, between social anxiety and changing family practices: the case of northwest region of Syria in 2022 This paper expands the research on familial change in the context of war and displacement in Syria. It examines the multiple factors contributing to an actual or perceived increase in divorce rates...

New online at @contemplevant.bsky.social: “Divorce in time of war and displacement, between social anxiety and changing family practices: the case of northwest region of Syria in 2022” by Yasser Alhusien, Mohammad al-Othman, Imad Bark…

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Final days to apply! ⏳

CBRL Workshop Grants 2026–27 support collaborative UK–Levant academic workshops.

💷 Up to £4,000
🎓 Humanities & social sciences
🌍 Hybrid workshops encouraged

⏰ Deadline: Midnight (GMT), Fri 16 Jan 2026

🔗 www.cbrl.ac.uk/news/cbrl-wo...

Calls for research funding from the Royal Historical Society: current programmes - RHS The Society currently invites applications for the following six schemes — open to historians across a range of career stages and backgrounds — with closing dates from 23 January to 6 March 2026. For ...

The Society invites applications for the following three funding programmes, with deadlines 23 to 31 January 2026 bit.ly/3LbxDQb

> RHS Workshop Grants
> Applied History Fellowships, in association with @ihr.bsky.social
> Fellowships, for completion of a History PhD, also with the IHR

#Skystorians

Research Training and Short Courses The IHR offers a wide range of training courses for historians at all career stages, from digital research and oral history to archives and publishing.

Are you a PG research student based outside of London? Did you know that you may be eligible for a bursary of up to £500 to take one of our short courses in 2026? Find out more on our IHR Research Training and Short Courses page: www.history.ac.uk/study-traini... Applications open until 31 Jan 2026

From Empire to Ecology: Environmental, Colonial and Industrial Legacies of the Manchester Ship Canal at University of Liverpool on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - From Empire to Ecology: Environmental, Colonial and Industrial Legacies of the Manchester Ship Canal at University of Liverpool, listed on FindAPhD.com

Please share: Fully-funded PhD opportunity at @livunigeog.bsky.social, supervised by my wonderful colleagues Dr Heather Sangster and Prof. Briony McDonagh and moi: 'From Empire to Ecology: Environmental, Colonial and Industrial Legacies of the Manchester Ship Canal' www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Bukra!

The Faculty of Governance, Economics and Social Sciences at University Mohammed VI Polytechnic are hiring:

• Assistant or Associate Professor of Political Science x2
• Associate or Full Professor of Political Science

Deadline: 15 January 2026

More info here: www.fgses-um6p.ma/jobs?field_t...

Less than one week left to apply! ⏳

CBRL Project Grants 2026–27 are still open for researchers working in or on the Levant and based at a UK HEI or research organisation.

📧 More details:
www.cbrl.ac.uk/news/cbrl-pr...

⏰ Deadline: Midnight (GMT), Friday 9 January 2026

In a new Learning from the Levant episode, Shatha Mubaideen speaks with Gerasimos Tsourapas & Imad El-Anis about eco-humanitarian rentierism and what Jordan’s experience reveals about crises across the Global South.

🎧 Listen here:
soundcloud.com/cbrl_sound/l...