Medieval and Early Modern Orients (MEMOs)

When No Single Power Held Hegemony: Thomas Bowrey’s Account of Bay of Bengal (1669-1679) | MEMOs Thomas Bowrey’s account of Bay of Bengal (1669-1679) serves as a vital record of a global order that was interconnected yet decentralised hegemonically.

In today's new blog, Dr. Nia Deliana and Dr. Mehmet Ozay offer insights into how Thomas Bowrey’s account of Bay of Bengal (1669-1679) serves as a record of a global order that was interconnected yet decentralised hegemonically. Read it here:

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The Australian National University - Lecturer in History (Premodern) | MEMOs 12th to 18th centuries, Lecturer at Australian National University

The Australian National University - Lecturer in History (Premodern)

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Two Visiting Full-Time Faculty Positions in Spanish (Medieval/Early Modern Iberian Studies) | MEMOs Medieval/Early Modern Iberian Studies (Worcester, Massachusetts, USA)

Two Visiting Full-Time Faculty Positions in Spanish (Medieval/Early Modern Iberian Studies):

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Open Rank Tenure Track Position in Early Black Atlantic Literatures and Cultures | MEMOs Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Open Rank Tenure Track Position in Early Black Atlantic Literatures and Cultures

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Assistant Professor in Early Modern British History, University of Warwick | MEMOs University of Warwick, United Kingdom

This week's latest batch of jobs from various universities across the U.S., the U.K., and Australia!

Assistant Professor in Early Modern British History, University of Warwick: memorients.com/news/assista...

Unruly Muslim Women and the Construction of European Masculinity in Philip Massinger’s The Renegado | MEMOs In 'The Renegado', the control of Muslim women is a site for constructing European racial, masculine superiority in contrast to perceived Muslim inferiority.

In today's new blog, Dr. Iman Sheeha explores how, in Philip Massinger’s 'The Renegado' (1624), the control of Muslim women becomes a site for constructing European masculine superiority in contrast to perceived Muslim inferiority. Check it out here:

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7. CFP: Connection, Conversation, Contention: Encounters in the Medieval and Early Modern World
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5. CFP: Fifteenth Annual REFORC Conference on Early Modern Christianity
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6. CONFERENCE: Violence in the Medieval and Early Modern North
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3. CFP: Border Crossings in Early Modern England (MLA 2027)
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4. CFP: Reading The Faerie Queene – Narrative, Character, Form
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Check out our list of conferences and call for papers on research about the Medieval and Early Modern Eras:

1. CFP: Conference on John Milton
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2. CFP: Shakespeare Across Centuries: Reception, Resonance, and Reinvention
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Of Scimitars and Shakespeare | MEMOs As an early modern English playwright, Shakespeare uses the scimitar as a sign of Eastern otherness and the anxieties associated with it across time and space.

In today's new blog, Dr. Murat Öğütcü offers exciting insights into how William Shakespeare uses the scimitar as a marker of Eastern otherness and the anxieties associated with it across time and space. Check it out here:

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Correction: BIAJS Book Prize call BIAJS Book Prize 2026 We are pleased to announce that the 2026 BIAJS Book Prize competition is now open. The book prize initiative was launched in 2018 to recognise and promote outstanding scholars…

🏆 The 2026 BIAJS Book Prize competition is now open!

We invite submissions focused on topics relating to the ancient and medieval periods for a prize of £1,000 to be announced at our July conference

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Lecturer in Early Medieval History (King's College London) | MEMOs Early Medieval (600-1150), King's College London

Lecturer in Early Medieval History (King's College London)

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Departmental Lecturer in Pre-Modern Chinese Literature and Culture (University of Oxford) | MEMOs Pre-Modern Chinese Literature and Culture (University of Oxford)

Departmental Lecturer in Pre-Modern Chinese Literature and Culture (University of Oxford)

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Associate/Full Professor & Department Chair, Arabic and Near East (American University of Beirut) | MEMOs Associate/Full Professor and Department Chair, Arabic and Near Eastern Languages

Associate/Full Professor & Department Chair, Arabic and Near East (American University of Beirut)

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SUNY Cortland - Postdoc, Latin America OR Caribbean/Atlantic World OR Colonial America | MEMOs SUNY Cortland - PRODiG+ Post Doc HISTORY Fellowship - Latin America (any period/region) OR Caribbean/Atlantic World OR Colonial America

SUNY Cortland - Postdoc, Latin America OR Caribbean/Atlantic World OR Colonial America:

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Assistant Professor of English (Shakespeare) - SUNY New Paltz | MEMOs SUNY New Paltz, Assistant Professor of Shakespeare

Assistant Professor of English (Shakespeare) - SUNY New Paltz

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Stetson University - Visiting Assistant Professor of Ancient or Medieval History | MEMOs Stetson University (Florida, USA), Visiting Assistant Professorship

Stetson University - Visiting Assistant Professor of Ancient or Medieval History

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An Audience with the Sultan's Shaykh | MEMOs A conversation between Vani Effendi and Sir Thomas Baines shows a willingness to understand theological differences between Islam and Christianity in 1676

Today’s new blog is by MEMOs Deputy Editor Samera Hassan and gives an enlightening insight into theological, cross-cultural encounters between Islam and Christianity during the Ottoman Empire in 1617!

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PhD Studentship: Knowledge Orders before Modernity, King's College London | MEMOs King's College London -- PhD Studentship

PhD Studentship: Knowledge Orders before Modernity, King's College London:

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Assistant Professor in Celtic, University of Cambridge | MEMOs Assistant Professor of Celtic, Uni of Cambridge

Assistant Professor in Celtic, University of Cambridge:

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Lecturer in Medieval Studies, Birkbeck, University of London | MEMOs Medieval Lecturer, Birkbeck

Lecturer in Medieval Studies, Birkbeck, University of London:

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Postdoc/Post-Professional Fellowship in Islamic Art | MEMOs MIT, Islamic Art and Architecture

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Postdoc/Post-Professional Fellowship in Islamic Art:

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Simon Fraser University - Hellenisms Past & Present, Local & Global, Postdoctoral Fellow | MEMOs Hellenisms Past & Present, Local & Global, Postdoctoral Fellow

Simon Fraser University - Hellenisms Past & Present, Local & Global, Postdoctoral Fellow:

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The University of Hong Kong - Korean Studies (Assistant or Associate Professor) | MEMOs Associate Professor or Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Korean Studies

The University of Hong Kong - Korean Studies (Assistant or Associate Professor):

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Stanford University - 2026-2028 Ho Center for Buddhist Studies at Stanford Postdoctoral Fellowship | MEMOs Buddhist Studies at Stanford Postdoctoral Fellowship

Stanford University - 2026-2028 Ho Center for Buddhist Studies at Stanford Postdoctoral Fellowship:

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Al-Ghazali vs. the Quakers: An Early Modern Anglican Response to Mysticism in ‘Hayy ibn Yaqthan’ | MEMOs That Hayy could be warned against as a guide to religious experience suggests lesser boundaries of orthodoxy and heresy in relation to Christianity and Islam.

In today's MEMOries offering, Al-Ghazali is employed in debunking the claims of Quakers in an eighteenth century English translation of a medieval Arabic text

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('long 17C historians' 🤣) #earlymodern