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Aesthetic Pleasure and Eclectic Delight: Arabic Literature and Arts Beyond Canonical Duty
AGYA International Bilingual Summer School, University of Malta, 29–31 October 2026, as part of the summer school project
Ca’ Foscari Open Monograph Fund – Premio per la pubblicazione in Open Access | Open Access Publishing Grant
We would like to draw your attention to the Ca’ Foscari Open Monograph Fund, a new initiative promoted by Edizioni Ca’ Foscari – Venice University Press within Ca’ Foscari University of Venice’s Research Support Fund.
The initiative provides a total contribution of up to €10,000 to support the Open Access publication of high-quality scholarly works, with particular attention to the originality of the research, methodological rigour, and potential impact on the academic community.
The call is open to original scholarly monographs, critical editions, and editions of primary sources, and is addressed to scholars affiliated with universities, research institutes, and academic institutions in Italy and abroad. There are no language restrictions.
Proposals may be submitted by 31 December 2026. Selected works will be published in Open Access by Edizioni Ca’ Foscari under a CC BY licence.
Full information on the call, evaluation criteria, and application procedure is available at:
https://edizionicafoscari.unive.it/it/edizioni4/initiative/ca-foscari-open-monograph-fund/
Academic-Positions
Post-Doctoral/Professorial Fellowship at University of Göttingen (deadline October 30)
The Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies (SAI I) at the University of Göttingen together with the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation invites applications for a post-doctoral/professorial fellowship (applications deadline October 30 for the fellowship to start in 2027).
The successful candidate is an expert in early Islam (600-950) and pursues a proposed research project in residence at the University of Göttingen. He/she will be associated to Professor Scheiner’s research group Late Antique and Early Islamic Studies (LAESSI) (LAESSI - Georg-August-Universität Göttingen). The duration of the stay depends on the career status: post-docs are illegible for 24 months, professors for 18 months.
Potential fellows have to meet the following criteria:
- Doctorate completed within the last 12 years
- Above-average publication record
- No previous post-doctoral research stays in Germany
- No degrees obtained in Germany
- No German citizenship
- No previous application or funding with Humboldt Foundation
Candidates will experience a vibrant interdisciplinary research community and can make use of Humboldt’s fellowship programs after their stay in Göttingen.
If interested, please send your application documents (a CV, a list of publications, a max. two-page research proposal) as one pdf file to Professor Jens Scheiner (jschein@uni-goettingen.de).