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.