SCORE
@rebellionuhh.bsky.social
Emmy Noether research group, 'Social Contexts of Rebellion in the Early Islamic Period (SCORE)', Hamburg. https://www.aai.uni-hamburg.de/voror/forschung/score.html. "Rebels and Rulers in the Early Islamicate World" (EUP, Dec 2024, OA!). Shared account.
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SCORE studies the social history of rebellion in the early Islamic period, focusing on 4 'groups': tribal leaders (ashrāf), pro-ʿAlids, Khārijites, and non-Muslims (esp. Armenians). Funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and based at Hamburg University. www.aai.uni-hamburg.de/score
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! 👇
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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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An important 'time out' by a very clear thinker. Much of what Shoemaker claims about the Hijaz on the eve of Islam is conclusively disproved by material evidence, which grows by the year. I have a surprise, too, from my last survey mission (May 2025) between Taif-Mecca and Medina
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Scepticism as method in the study of Quranic origins: A review article of Stephen J. Shoemaker, Creating the Qur’an: A Historical-Critical Study (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2022) | Bull...
Scepticism as method in the study of Quranic origins: A review article of Stephen J. Shoemaker, Creating the Qur’an: A Historical-Critical Study (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2022) - Volu...
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November 16, 2025 at 9:08 AM
An important 'time out' by a very clear thinker. Much of what Shoemaker claims about the Hijaz on the eve of Islam is conclusively disproved by material evidence, which grows by the year. I have a surprise, too, from my last survey mission (May 2025) between Taif-Mecca and Medina
shorturl.at/8IG8f
shorturl.at/8IG8f
Today!
Massimiliano Borroni (Venice), 'Late Frost and Fiscal Timetables: The Mosul Revolt of 259 AH', 4:00 pm CET on Zoom.
Register by emailing [email protected].
Massimiliano Borroni (Venice), 'Late Frost and Fiscal Timetables: The Mosul Revolt of 259 AH', 4:00 pm CET on Zoom.
Register by emailing [email protected].
Our lecture series on rebellion continues tomorrow, Tues, 18 Nov, 4:00 pm CET, on Zoom! Massimiliano Borroni will discuss his work on climate, revolt, and fiscality in a talk on 'Late Frost and Fiscal Timetables: The Mosul Revolt of 259 AH'!
Register by emailing [email protected]! 👇
Register by emailing [email protected]! 👇
November 18, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Today!
Massimiliano Borroni (Venice), 'Late Frost and Fiscal Timetables: The Mosul Revolt of 259 AH', 4:00 pm CET on Zoom.
Register by emailing [email protected].
Massimiliano Borroni (Venice), 'Late Frost and Fiscal Timetables: The Mosul Revolt of 259 AH', 4:00 pm CET on Zoom.
Register by emailing [email protected].
Our lecture series on rebellion continues tomorrow, Tues, 18 Nov, 4:00 pm CET, on Zoom! Massimiliano Borroni will discuss his work on climate, revolt, and fiscality in a talk on 'Late Frost and Fiscal Timetables: The Mosul Revolt of 259 AH'!
Register by emailing [email protected]! 👇
Register by emailing [email protected]! 👇
November 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Our lecture series on rebellion continues tomorrow, Tues, 18 Nov, 4:00 pm CET, on Zoom! Massimiliano Borroni will discuss his work on climate, revolt, and fiscality in a talk on 'Late Frost and Fiscal Timetables: The Mosul Revolt of 259 AH'!
Register by emailing [email protected]! 👇
Register by emailing [email protected]! 👇
Today! Nargiz Mammadli, 'The Political Background of Heresy Executions in Medieval Islam: The Case of Imadaddin Nasimi (d. 1417)'! 21 Oct, 4:00 pm CEST, on Zoom.
Email [email protected] to join!
Email [email protected] to join!
⚔️ Interested in rebellion? ⚔️
Our lecture series resumes tomorrow, Tues, 21 Oct, 4:00 pm CEST on Zoom, with a talk by Nargiz Mammadli on 'The Political Background of Heresy Executions in Medieval Islam: The Case of Imadaddin Nasimi (d. 1417)'!
Register by emailing [email protected]! 👇
Our lecture series resumes tomorrow, Tues, 21 Oct, 4:00 pm CEST on Zoom, with a talk by Nargiz Mammadli on 'The Political Background of Heresy Executions in Medieval Islam: The Case of Imadaddin Nasimi (d. 1417)'!
Register by emailing [email protected]! 👇
October 21, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Today! Nargiz Mammadli, 'The Political Background of Heresy Executions in Medieval Islam: The Case of Imadaddin Nasimi (d. 1417)'! 21 Oct, 4:00 pm CEST, on Zoom.
Email [email protected] to join!
Email [email protected] to join!
⚔️ Interested in rebellion? ⚔️
Our lecture series resumes tomorrow, Tues, 21 Oct, 4:00 pm CEST on Zoom, with a talk by Nargiz Mammadli on 'The Political Background of Heresy Executions in Medieval Islam: The Case of Imadaddin Nasimi (d. 1417)'!
Register by emailing [email protected]! 👇
Our lecture series resumes tomorrow, Tues, 21 Oct, 4:00 pm CEST on Zoom, with a talk by Nargiz Mammadli on 'The Political Background of Heresy Executions in Medieval Islam: The Case of Imadaddin Nasimi (d. 1417)'!
Register by emailing [email protected]! 👇
October 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
⚔️ Interested in rebellion? ⚔️
Our lecture series resumes tomorrow, Tues, 21 Oct, 4:00 pm CEST on Zoom, with a talk by Nargiz Mammadli on 'The Political Background of Heresy Executions in Medieval Islam: The Case of Imadaddin Nasimi (d. 1417)'!
Register by emailing [email protected]! 👇
Our lecture series resumes tomorrow, Tues, 21 Oct, 4:00 pm CEST on Zoom, with a talk by Nargiz Mammadli on 'The Political Background of Heresy Executions in Medieval Islam: The Case of Imadaddin Nasimi (d. 1417)'!
Register by emailing [email protected]! 👇
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Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
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JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
September 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
Excited to share that our doctoral researcher Natalie @kontny-wendt.bsky.social will present her research on the proposgraphy of Zaydi rebellion in the inaugural session of the @shiistudiesnet.bsky.social seminar series! Get in touch with the Network to listen to her talk on 20 Oct! 👇
The first session in our seminar series will be taking place on 20 October featuring @kontny-wendt.bsky.social and Ebrahim Mansoor. Further information can be found here: www.shiistudies.net/events/semin....
Shii Studies Seminars I: Natalie Kontny-Wendt & Ebrahim Mansoor
www.shiistudies.net
September 15, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Excited to share that our doctoral researcher Natalie @kontny-wendt.bsky.social will present her research on the proposgraphy of Zaydi rebellion in the inaugural session of the @shiistudiesnet.bsky.social seminar series! Get in touch with the Network to listen to her talk on 20 Oct! 👇
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A reminder that the upcoming @imc-leeds.bsky.social (July 2026) submission deadline is on 30 September (only for pre-organized panels!). IMC’s 2026 theme is “Temporalities” (www.imc.leeds.ac.uk/imc-2026/).
MEM sponsors IMC panels in the field of medieval Islamic history/studies.
MEM sponsors IMC panels in the field of medieval Islamic history/studies.
Call for Papers: IMC 2026 - 'Temporalities' | International Medieval Congress
www.imc.leeds.ac.uk
September 8, 2025 at 11:14 AM
A reminder that the upcoming @imc-leeds.bsky.social (July 2026) submission deadline is on 30 September (only for pre-organized panels!). IMC’s 2026 theme is “Temporalities” (www.imc.leeds.ac.uk/imc-2026/).
MEM sponsors IMC panels in the field of medieval Islamic history/studies.
MEM sponsors IMC panels in the field of medieval Islamic history/studies.
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#Catchoftheday
#OpenAccess on
#MENAdoc:
"The Greek orthodox waqf in Lebanon during the Ottoman period" by Souad Abou el-Rousse Slim
Beiruter Texte und Studien 113
[Würzburg : Ergon, 2007]
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#ottomanempire #greeks #lebanon
#OpenAccess on
#MENAdoc:
"The Greek orthodox waqf in Lebanon during the Ottoman period" by Souad Abou el-Rousse Slim
Beiruter Texte und Studien 113
[Würzburg : Ergon, 2007]
dx.doi.org/10.25673/112...
#ottomanempire #greeks #lebanon
September 5, 2025 at 8:40 AM
#Catchoftheday
#OpenAccess on
#MENAdoc:
"The Greek orthodox waqf in Lebanon during the Ottoman period" by Souad Abou el-Rousse Slim
Beiruter Texte und Studien 113
[Würzburg : Ergon, 2007]
dx.doi.org/10.25673/112...
#ottomanempire #greeks #lebanon
#OpenAccess on
#MENAdoc:
"The Greek orthodox waqf in Lebanon during the Ottoman period" by Souad Abou el-Rousse Slim
Beiruter Texte und Studien 113
[Würzburg : Ergon, 2007]
dx.doi.org/10.25673/112...
#ottomanempire #greeks #lebanon
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We’ve crossed the halfway point on this fundraiser for a Syrian PhD student! 🥳 So excited!
Just 4 donations of $75 and he’ll have money needed to submit an open-access article: a requirement for graduation in his program. Who’s got $75 out there today? It might be you!
Just 4 donations of $75 and he’ll have money needed to submit an open-access article: a requirement for graduation in his program. Who’s got $75 out there today? It might be you!
This refugee student is in the final months of his dissertation after a long journey out of war. Helping him helps assure the future of Syria.
There's a lot of darkness in the world right now, but this is how we bring the light. No amount is too small (or too large lol)! 🙏 💖
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There's a lot of darkness in the world right now, but this is how we bring the light. No amount is too small (or too large lol)! 🙏 💖
givebutter.com/fgQG3V
Help a Refugee Student Finish his PhD, Save Endangered Heritage!
By Stephennie Mulder
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September 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
We’ve crossed the halfway point on this fundraiser for a Syrian PhD student! 🥳 So excited!
Just 4 donations of $75 and he’ll have money needed to submit an open-access article: a requirement for graduation in his program. Who’s got $75 out there today? It might be you!
Just 4 donations of $75 and he’ll have money needed to submit an open-access article: a requirement for graduation in his program. Who’s got $75 out there today? It might be you!
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We are delighted to announce the autumn program of our online lecture series Material Culture, Art, and Architecture of Pre-Safavid Shīʿism. The series brings together scholars of early Shīʿism with specialists in Islamic material culture, art, architecture, and archaeology.
September 3, 2025 at 12:04 PM
We are delighted to announce the autumn program of our online lecture series Material Culture, Art, and Architecture of Pre-Safavid Shīʿism. The series brings together scholars of early Shīʿism with specialists in Islamic material culture, art, architecture, and archaeology.
⚔️ Our online lecture series on rebellion in the pre-modern Islamicate world resumes next month (21 Oct)! Tuesdays, 4-5:30 pm CET, on Zoom. Check out the new programme here: www.aai.uni-hamburg.de/voror/forsch....
To attend, simply email us at [email protected]! 👇
To attend, simply email us at [email protected]! 👇
September 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
⚔️ Our online lecture series on rebellion in the pre-modern Islamicate world resumes next month (21 Oct)! Tuesdays, 4-5:30 pm CET, on Zoom. Check out the new programme here: www.aai.uni-hamburg.de/voror/forsch....
To attend, simply email us at [email protected]! 👇
To attend, simply email us at [email protected]! 👇
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Daisy Livingston delves into the archival history of one of the most powerful polities in Cairo: the ‘Mamluk’ sultanate of Cairo.
🎧 Dive into her insights during an interview with Jen Hoyer: https://edin.ac/4n7lsRz
📚 Explore Daisy’s book:
🎧 Dive into her insights during an interview with Jen Hoyer: https://edin.ac/4n7lsRz
📚 Explore Daisy’s book:
Managing Paperwork in Mamluk Cairo
Managing Paperwork in Mamluk Cairo
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September 1, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Daisy Livingston delves into the archival history of one of the most powerful polities in Cairo: the ‘Mamluk’ sultanate of Cairo.
🎧 Dive into her insights during an interview with Jen Hoyer: https://edin.ac/4n7lsRz
📚 Explore Daisy’s book:
🎧 Dive into her insights during an interview with Jen Hoyer: https://edin.ac/4n7lsRz
📚 Explore Daisy’s book:
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Good morning! Here’s how you make the world just a bit better today!
This refugee student is in the final months of his dissertation after a long journey out of war. Helping him helps assure the future of Syria.
There's a lot of darkness in the world right now, but this is how we bring the light. No amount is too small (or too large lol)! 🙏 💖
givebutter.com/fgQG3V
There's a lot of darkness in the world right now, but this is how we bring the light. No amount is too small (or too large lol)! 🙏 💖
givebutter.com/fgQG3V
Help a Refugee Student Finish his PhD, Save Endangered Heritage!
By Stephennie Mulder
givebutter.com
August 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Good morning! Here’s how you make the world just a bit better today!
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Over at @invisibleeast.bsky.social our member Teresa Bernheimer contributed a "Document of the Month" with her piece on "Scribal Building Blocks and Funerary Inscriptions in 9th-Century Egypt". Check it out:
In August's “Document of the Month”, Teresa Bernheimer of @lmumuenchen.bsky.social examines a template #tombstone carved for “someone, daughter of someone, the someone”: bit.ly/scribalbuildingblocks
#documents #epigraphy #medievalsky #skystorian
#documents #epigraphy #medievalsky #skystorian
Document of the Month 8/25: Template Funerary Inscriptions
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August 26, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Over at @invisibleeast.bsky.social our member Teresa Bernheimer contributed a "Document of the Month" with her piece on "Scribal Building Blocks and Funerary Inscriptions in 9th-Century Egypt". Check it out:
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🎺 Job alert! 🎺
Durham University is advertising for an Assistant Professor in Histories of the Islamicate World (Medieval/Early Modern), permanent and full-time!
Great department, lovely colleagues, beautiful historic city! Deadline for applications is 28/09/25!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOJ050/a...
Durham University is advertising for an Assistant Professor in Histories of the Islamicate World (Medieval/Early Modern), permanent and full-time!
Great department, lovely colleagues, beautiful historic city! Deadline for applications is 28/09/25!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOJ050/a...
Assistant Professor in Histories of the Islamicate World (Medieval/Early Modern) at Durham University
Discover Assistant Professor in Histories of the Islamicate World (Medieval/Early Modern) jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.
www.jobs.ac.uk
August 22, 2025 at 12:12 PM
🎺 Job alert! 🎺
Durham University is advertising for an Assistant Professor in Histories of the Islamicate World (Medieval/Early Modern), permanent and full-time!
Great department, lovely colleagues, beautiful historic city! Deadline for applications is 28/09/25!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOJ050/a...
Durham University is advertising for an Assistant Professor in Histories of the Islamicate World (Medieval/Early Modern), permanent and full-time!
Great department, lovely colleagues, beautiful historic city! Deadline for applications is 28/09/25!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOJ050/a...
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We are so excited to announce the launch of the Shii Studies Network, a space for PhD students researching Shiism to forge personal and professional connections, share their research with and learn from each other, and push the field forward.
August 25, 2025 at 7:06 AM
We are so excited to announce the launch of the Shii Studies Network, a space for PhD students researching Shiism to forge personal and professional connections, share their research with and learn from each other, and push the field forward.
🎺 Job alert! 🎺
Durham University is advertising for an Assistant Professor in Histories of the Islamicate World (Medieval/Early Modern), permanent and full-time!
Great department, lovely colleagues, beautiful historic city! Deadline for applications is 28/09/25!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOJ050/a...
Durham University is advertising for an Assistant Professor in Histories of the Islamicate World (Medieval/Early Modern), permanent and full-time!
Great department, lovely colleagues, beautiful historic city! Deadline for applications is 28/09/25!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOJ050/a...
Assistant Professor in Histories of the Islamicate World (Medieval/Early Modern) at Durham University
Discover Assistant Professor in Histories of the Islamicate World (Medieval/Early Modern) jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.
www.jobs.ac.uk
August 22, 2025 at 12:12 PM
🎺 Job alert! 🎺
Durham University is advertising for an Assistant Professor in Histories of the Islamicate World (Medieval/Early Modern), permanent and full-time!
Great department, lovely colleagues, beautiful historic city! Deadline for applications is 28/09/25!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOJ050/a...
Durham University is advertising for an Assistant Professor in Histories of the Islamicate World (Medieval/Early Modern), permanent and full-time!
Great department, lovely colleagues, beautiful historic city! Deadline for applications is 28/09/25!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOJ050/a...
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Come join our brilliant colleagues @csmc-hamburg.bsky.social and apply for a PhD in Manuscript Cultures with a fully funded 3-year scholarship! Deadline for applications: 30 September! 👇
Do your PhD in Manuscript Cultures with us!
Our Grad School invites applications for full PhD scholarships (3 years, 1300 EUR/month + allowances) in the Scholarship Programme of the German Academic Exchange Service @daadworldwide.bsky.social
Apply by 30 Sep!
More info here👉 uhh.de/csmc-scholar...
Our Grad School invites applications for full PhD scholarships (3 years, 1300 EUR/month + allowances) in the Scholarship Programme of the German Academic Exchange Service @daadworldwide.bsky.social
Apply by 30 Sep!
More info here👉 uhh.de/csmc-scholar...
August 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Come join our brilliant colleagues @csmc-hamburg.bsky.social and apply for a PhD in Manuscript Cultures with a fully funded 3-year scholarship! Deadline for applications: 30 September! 👇
Come join our brilliant colleagues @csmc-hamburg.bsky.social and apply for a PhD in Manuscript Cultures with a fully funded 3-year scholarship! Deadline for applications: 30 September! 👇
Do your PhD in Manuscript Cultures with us!
Our Grad School invites applications for full PhD scholarships (3 years, 1300 EUR/month + allowances) in the Scholarship Programme of the German Academic Exchange Service @daadworldwide.bsky.social
Apply by 30 Sep!
More info here👉 uhh.de/csmc-scholar...
Our Grad School invites applications for full PhD scholarships (3 years, 1300 EUR/month + allowances) in the Scholarship Programme of the German Academic Exchange Service @daadworldwide.bsky.social
Apply by 30 Sep!
More info here👉 uhh.de/csmc-scholar...
August 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Come join our brilliant colleagues @csmc-hamburg.bsky.social and apply for a PhD in Manuscript Cultures with a fully funded 3-year scholarship! Deadline for applications: 30 September! 👇
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#CfP Conference: "The Materiality of Jewish-Arabic Relations" (BMFTR-project "Beyond Conflict and Coexistence: An Entangled History of Jewish-Arab Relations) - deadline: 15 September 2025.
August 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
#CfP Conference: "The Materiality of Jewish-Arabic Relations" (BMFTR-project "Beyond Conflict and Coexistence: An Entangled History of Jewish-Arab Relations) - deadline: 15 September 2025.
Job alert! 🎯
4 days until the deadline: research fellow in North African medieval history, full-time, based at UCL's Institute of Archaeology. 👇
4 days until the deadline: research fellow in North African medieval history, full-time, based at UCL's Institute of Archaeology. 👇
Great job opportunity: full-time research fellow in North African medieval history, fixed-term (10/25-07/28), UCL Institute of Archaeology, ERC Synergy project "MEDGREENREV" (medgreenrev.com). Excellent Arabic + background in medieval Islamic history. Apply by 29/07/25.
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
July 25, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Job alert! 🎯
4 days until the deadline: research fellow in North African medieval history, full-time, based at UCL's Institute of Archaeology. 👇
4 days until the deadline: research fellow in North African medieval history, full-time, based at UCL's Institute of Archaeology. 👇
8 days to go until the application deadline! Research fellow in North African medieval history, based at UCL and working on an ERC project studying the 'medieval green revolution'. 👇
Great job opportunity: full-time research fellow in North African medieval history, fixed-term (10/25-07/28), UCL Institute of Archaeology, ERC Synergy project "MEDGREENREV" (medgreenrev.com). Excellent Arabic + background in medieval Islamic history. Apply by 29/07/25.
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
July 21, 2025 at 11:58 AM
8 days to go until the application deadline! Research fellow in North African medieval history, based at UCL and working on an ERC project studying the 'medieval green revolution'. 👇