Tomorrow: Rebellion and State-Building in the Assyrian Empire! Tues, 9 Dec, 4:00 pm CET, on Zoom: Alexander Edmonds (Münster), 'The King is Dead! New, Rebellious Insights into the Rise of the Assyrian Empire'! Register by emailing our team account score.aai@uni-hamburg.de. 👇

SCORE@rebellionuhh.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Interested in Assyrian rebels and state building? Join us on Tues, 9 Dec, 4:00 pm CET, on Zoom for a talk by Alexander Edmonds (Münster): 'The King is Dead! New, Rebellious Insights into the Rise of the Assyrian Empire'! Register by emailing our team account score.aai@uni-hamburg.de. 👇

Interested in Assyrian rebels and state building? Join us on Tues, 9 Dec, 4:00 pm CET, on Zoom for a talk by Alexander Edmonds (Münster): 'The King is Dead! New, Rebellious Insights into the Rise of the Assyrian Empire'! Register by emailing our team account score.aai@uni-hamburg.de. 👇

Interested in Assyrian rebels and state building? Join us on Tues, 9 Dec, 4:00 pm CET, on Zoom for a talk by Alexander Edmonds (Münster): 'The King is Dead! New, Rebellious Insights into the Rise of the Assyrian Empire'! Register by emailing our team account score.aai@uni-hamburg.de. 👇

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! 👇

Middle East Medievalists@mideastmedieval.bsky.social · 8mo ago

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...

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

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

Today! Massimiliano Borroni (Venice), 'Late Frost and Fiscal Timetables: The Mosul Revolt of 259 AH', 4:00 pm CET on Zoom. Register by emailing score.aai@uni-hamburg.de.

SCORE@rebellionuhh.bsky.social · 9mo ago

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 score.aai@uni-hamburg.de! 👇

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 score.aai@uni-hamburg.de! 👇

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 score.aai@uni-hamburg.de to join!

SCORE@rebellionuhh.bsky.social · 10mo ago

⚔️ 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 score.aai@uni-hamburg.de! 👇

⚔️ 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 score.aai@uni-hamburg.de! 👇

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...

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! 👇

Shii Studies Network@shiistudiesnet.bsky.social · 11mo ago

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....

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.

#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

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!

Dr. Stephennie Mulder@stephenniem.bsky.social · 11mo ago

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

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 score.aai@uni-hamburg.de! 👇

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:

Managing Paperwork in Mamluk Cairo

Managing Paperwork in Mamluk Cairo

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Good morning! Here’s how you make the world just a bit better today!

Dr. Stephennie Mulder@stephenniem.bsky.social · 11mo ago

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

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:

Invisible East@invisibleeast.bsky.social · 12mo ago

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

🎺 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...

Assistant Professor in Histories of the Islamicate World (Medieval/Early Modern) at Durham University

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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.

🎺 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...

Assistant Professor in Histories of the Islamicate World (Medieval/Early Modern) at Durham University

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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! 👇

Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC)@csmc-hamburg.bsky.social · 12mo ago

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...

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! 👇

Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC)@csmc-hamburg.bsky.social · 12mo ago

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...

#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. 👇

SCORE@rebellionuhh.bsky.social · last yr.

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/...

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'. 👇

SCORE@rebellionuhh.bsky.social · last yr.

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/...

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/...

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).

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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/...

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).

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