Other Resources

• Advice for writing grants from the American Council of Learned Societies
• The SSRC’s The Art of Writing Proposals
• Academic job opportunities in Middle East and Islamic Studies are compiled by UNC-Chapel Hill, the Middle East Studies Association, and the American Academy of Religion.
• The Professor Is In offers commentary and advice on everything from graduate school and the dissertation to applying for academic jobs and tenure. The corresponding book The Professor Is In: The Essential Guide to Turning Your Ph.D. into a Job goes into even more detail.
• The book Graduate Study for the Twenty-First Century: How to Build an Academic Career in the Humanities is another resource covering all aspects of graduate school.