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Carnegie Corporation of New York, one of the funders of the Arab Social Science Monitor (ASSM), will be hosting a panel discussion for the launch of the first Arab Social Science report, “Social Sciences in the Arab World: Forms of Presence” on Monday, March 28, 2016 at 5:00 PM (New York time) at the organization's headquarters in New York.

Following the publication of their articles in the Fall 2015 issue of the Arab Studies Journal, Jadaliyya interviewed our New Paradigms Factory (NPF) fellows Abir Saksouk-Sasso and Nadine Bekdache about their ACSS-funded research.

During the 2nd Annual Conference of the Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship and the Arab Studies Institue, the Arab Council for the Social Sciences (ACSS) will be organizing a panel titled "The University and Beyond: Power, Ethics and Academic Freedom" on Saturday March 12, 2016 at 4:15 PM.

Abstract applications are open to the Development Research Conference on Development Research in a Post-2015 World. Abstracts are welcome from all disciplinary backgrounds. Application deadline is March 21, 2016.

The Mohammed Arkoun Foundation for Peace Between Cultures announces the international competition for the Mohammed Arkoun’s Prize, 2016 edition.

The Arab Council for the Social Sciences seeks a full-time Data Entry Analyst to contribute to the data management for the Arab Social Science Monitor (ASSM) project. The position is full-time and based at the ACSS offices in Beirut, Lebanon.

The Department of Sociology, Anthropology & Media Studies at the American University of Beirut (AUB) invites applications for a full-time, open rank position in Sociology.

Ayca Alemdaroglu (Northwestern) and Daniele Cantini (MLU Halle, Orient-Institut Beirut) are inviting scholars to submit proposals to a MESA 2016 Panel exploring the formation of youth subjectivities in a number of institutional contexts at the intersection of the market and the state in the Middle East.

The Department of Education at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences of the American University of Beirut is organizing an education forum titled "Why the Civic Role of Arab Universities Should be Re-considered" on Friday, February 5, 2016 at AUB West Hall at 6:00 PM.

Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism (SEN) would like to invite contributions to a panel on nationalism at the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) conference taking place on November 17-20, 2016, in Boston.

The Institut français du Proche-Orient (Ifpo) - Beirut is holding a reading seminar on the intersection between psychiatry and anthropology on January 28, 2016 at the institute at 6:00 PM.

ACSS member Karim Makdisi (American University of Beirut, Issam Fares Institute of Public Policy and International Affairs) and historian and journalist Vijay Prashad (Trinity College) have authored a new book titled "The Land of Blue Helmets: The United Nations and the Arab World."

The Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship at the American University of Beirut announces the availability of fellowships in civil society and citizenship research in and on the Arab region.

The Century Foundation, a progressive, non-partisan New York-based think tank, is seeking a full-time researcher in Beirut. The researcher’s primary duties will involve managing a new TCF research project into regional security architecture and prospects for political reform (the Arab regional security and politics project, funded by the Carnegie Corporation).

The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) at Zayed University invites applications for a full-time faculty position (open rank) in Political Economy, with a background in Political Science, Anthropology, Sociology or related disciplines.

The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) at Zayed University invites applications for a full-time faculty position (open rank) in Political Science, with a specialization on the Middle East.

The UNESCO Office in Beirut is looking for a Project Officer for an EU-funded regional programme on the "Networks of Mediterranean Youth" (NETMED-Youth).

The Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism (SEN) Journal is looking for a Social Media Editor to join its Editorial Board. This is an unpaid volunteer position. The successful candidate is expected to work at their own time convenience while being in regular contact with the Editors-in-Chief of the journal.

L’Institut d’études de l’islam et des sociétés du monde musulman (IISMM) et le GIS Moyen-Orient Mondes musulmans du CNRS organisent en 2016 la quatrième édition du Prix de thèse sur le Moyen-Orient et les mondes musulmans.

In its Fall 2015 issue, the Arab Studies Journal (ASJ) featured the work of four of our fellows in a special section called "New Paradigms Factory."

Call for papers for a panel on the constructions of the self adopted by displaced people from Middle Eastern countries in the Mediterranean region.

Colombia Internacional invites the academic community to participate in its next call for articles. This special issue aims to contribute to the academic debate on Migratory Crises and Political Conceptions of Human Movement, coordinated by Prof. Ángela Iranzo (Universidad de los Andes).

On November 20, 2015, the Board of Trustees of the American University of Beirut (AUB) voted to reinstate tenure after a 30-year hiatus.