The Board of Electors to the His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said Professorship of Modern Arabic Studies invite applications for this Professorship from persons whose work is connected with one or more areas of Modern Arabic Studies, such as language and literature, politics and society, anthropology, law, religion, or history, to take up appointment on 1 January 2007 or as soon as possible thereafter.
The appointment will be subject to the Statutes and Ordinances of the University.
Further information may be obtained from the Academic Secretary, University Offices, The Old Schools, Cambridge, CB2 1TT (e-mail ibise@admin.cam.ac.uk), to whom a letter of application should be sent, together with details of current and future research plans, a curriculum vitae, a publications list, and a completed form PD18 with details of two referees, so as to reach him no later than 2 May 2006.
Informal enquiries may be made to Dr James Montgomery, Faculty of Oriental Studies, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 9DA (tel. 01223 335107, e-mail jem33@cam.ac.uk).
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