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Call for Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Palestine Studies

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The Hearing Palestine Initiative at the University of Toronto is pleased to announce a call for applications for a Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Palestine Studies, with a focus on Palestine and/or Palestinian archives. We invite outstanding scholars whose research critically engages with the historical, political, cultural, and social dimensions of Palestine or Palestinians. This fellowship offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to the growing field of Palestine Studies, encouraging innovative scholarship that expands and deepens understanding of Palestine.

Hearing Palestine (HP) is an academic initiative housed within the Institute of Islamic Studies (IIS) at the University of Toronto. The only program of its kind in Canada, Hearing Palestine explores what transpires in research and knowledge production when the voices, archives, and histories of Palestine and Palestinians are centered. This focus also asks how we expand the possibilities of research on Palestine and Palestinian history. The successful candidate will join a dynamic academic community committed to interdisciplinary research in Palestine Studies. The fellowship provides an ideal environment for advanced research on Palestine, and to foster an independent research agenda. The post-doctoral fellow will participate in and contribute to Hearing Palestine’s academic events and will have the opportunity to engage in related seminars, workshops, and lectures at the University of Toronto.

Eligibility Criteria:

  • Ph.D. in a field in the Social Sciences or Humanities with a completed PhD no earlier than December 2022
  • PhD candidates may apply if they complete their dissertation defence successfully no later than July 1, 2026
  • Demonstrated research expertise and publication record in Palestine Studies or a closely related field
  • All nationalities may apply.

Details on the Fellowship

  • Renumeration: $70,000 CAD per year
  • Duration: one year
  • Location: required residence at the University of Toronto
  • Start Date: September 1, 2026

Application Process

  • Application materials include a CV, statement of interest, research proposal (2000 words max), names and contact information of two referees (letters will not be immediately requested), and a writing sample.
  • Please submit all application materials via email to islamicstudies@utoronto.ca, using: “HP Postdoc Application” as subject of the email
  • The application deadline is April 6, 2026
  • Decisions will be conveyed to the successful candidate in early May, 2026

For any questions, please direct inquiries to islamicstudies@utoronto.ca

A PDF version of this posting can be found here.

Welcome to Yara Sa’di-Ibraheem, Postdoctoral Fellow

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The Hearing Palestine Initiative welcomes Dr. Sa’di-Ibraheem to a two-year postdoctoral fellowship, the first of its kind at the University of Toronto, with the support of the Faculty of Arts and Science and the Institute of Islamic Studies. 

Dr. Yara Sa’di-Ibraheem, specialises in political geography, with research interests that include indigenous geographies and temporalities, settler colonialism, neoliberal urbanism, and infrastructure, focusing on the Middle East, particularly Palestine. Her main research explores socio-political dimensions of infrastructure in colonial settings— principally telecommunications and playgrounds—as well as neoliberal planning under settler colonialism and the spatial-temporal experiences of indigenous communities.

A selected list of her publications includes:

Sa’di-Ibraheem, Y. & Wilkof S. (2025). Cabling and Un-cabling Palestine/Israel: Toward a Theory of Cumulative Infrastructural Injustice. Political Geography.

Sa’di-Ibraheem, Y. (2021). Privatizing the production of settler colonial landscapes: ‘Authenticity’ and imaginative geography in Wadi Al-Salib, Haifa. Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, 39(4), 686-704.

Sa’di-Ibraheem, Y. (2021). Indigenous Wanderers in a Fortress Campus: Spatial Experiences of Palestinian Students at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Holy Land and Palestine Studies. 20(2), 123-145.

Sa’di-Ibraheem, Y. (2020). Jaffa’s times: Temporalities of dispossession and the advent of natives’ reclaimed time. Time & Society, 29(2), 340-361.

Call for Papers: Hearing Palestine’s Panel in 2022 Conference, “Reassessing the British Mandate in Palestine”

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Conference is planned to be held in a hybrid format, with an in-person component in Palestine. Funding may be provided to cover partial or full conference travel expenses. Further details to be shared with accepted participants.

Apply: Submit an abstract (300 words max) to palestinestudies@utoronto.ca

Deadline: April 25th, 2022.

Late submissions may be accepted if an intention to submit is communicated via e-mail prior to the deadline.

The conference is jointly sponsored by the following institutions: Birzeit University; Council for British Research in the Levant; New Directions in Palestine Studies, Brown University; Center for Palestine Studies, Columbia University; Hearing Palestine, University of Toronto; European Centre for Palestine Studies, University of Exeter; Centre for Palestine Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London; Institute for Palestine Studies.

SUBMIT

Expression of Interest: Programmatic Advisory Board Member

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***Please note that this Expression of Interest is limited to faculty working at the University of Toronto Tri-Campus***

About the Position

The Hearing Palestine initiative invites Faculty at the University of Toronto to express their interest in serving on a newly formed Programmatic Advisory Board. Selected Faculty will serve for a two-year term, beginning on January 24, 2022.

The Programmatic Advisory Board is a working board that both advises the Steering Committee and contributes to the academic mission of Hearing Palestine. During the two-year period, members of the Programmatic Advisory Board commit to integrating a programmatic vision into a range of content and activities of Hearing Palestine. 

About Hearing Palestine

Hearing Palestine provides an intellectual hub at the University of Toronto that facilitates advanced and interdisciplinary research on Palestine, past, present, and future.

This open-call for expression of interest is designed to bring together the impressive faculty resources across all three UofT campuses to strengthen and diversify the scholarly community who engage with and study Palestine from a variety of fields and disciplines.

Selection Process

The Hearing Palestine Steering Committee will evaluate all applications in light of the core aims of the initiative, the ongoing programmatic planning for the coming year(s), and the capacity of Hearing Palestine existing resources to support the proposed programmatic content.

All applicants are encouraged to visit the Hearing Palestine website for information on the initiative’s academic vision, missions, and programmatic objectives.

Preference will be given to proposals that supportHearing Palestine’s aim to redress the Palestine exception to academic freedom, and Hearing Palestine’s programmatic needs, strategic planning goals, and the required resources to support the proposals.

To Apply

To apply, please submit an application that contains the following information:

  • First Name, Last Name
  • Title and Position
  • Current Department(s)
  • UofT Campuses appointment(s)
  • Courses taught with a nexus to the study of Palestine
  • Brief description of potential programmatic contribution(s) to Hearing Palestine (max 300 words)

Please email submissions to palestinestudies@utoronto.ca with the Subject line “Expression of Interest Submission” by Thursday, January 6, 2022.

All inquiries may be directed to palestinestudies@utoronto.ca

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A PDF version of this Expression of Interest can be found here.

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