General Resources

• The Chronicle of Higher Education. The Chronicle frequently publishes articles on The Job Search. 
• Academic Jobs Wiki. Extensive lists of jobs and postdocs, along with gossip about positions
• Career Services for Graduate Students at Princeton. Workshops on the job search, interviewing, and transitioning to non-academic jobs; consulting for the CV and interview prep (i.e., mock interviews).
• Princeton McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning. Workshops, seminars, one-on-one meetings with career counselors. The Center has a section on Improving Your Teaching. 
• Books on job search advice (e.g. Kathryn Hume, Surviving Your Academic Job Hunt: Advice for Humanities PhDs).
• American Historical Association Perspectives on History frequently has articles on applying for jobs and interviewing.

Market Advice and Dossier Services

• The Professor Is In (also provides individual consulting
• Interfolio (dossier management—request your recommendation letters early) 

Job Postings

• Middle Eastern Studies Association (MESA) Job Listings
• H-Net Job Guide 
• Academic Jobs Wiki lists academic jobs, as well as postdocs, each application year
• Chronicle of Higher Education Jobs Listings
• Academic Jobs Online (like a cross between a dossier service and a job board): 
• American Historical Association Job Listings
• American Academy of Religion Job Listings (must be member to view): 
• ACLS Fellowship and Grant Programs 
• Various listservs 
• Association for Teachers of Arabic 
• Association for Teachers of Persian
• European job sites: Academic Positions, Euraxess
• United Kingdom job sites: Times Higher Education job listings, jobs.ac.uk 

Postdoctoral Fellowships

• Academic Jobs Wiki lists postdocs, as well as other academic jobs, each application year 

   

Dissertation Completion Fellowships

• ACLS/Mellon Fellowships
• Charlotte Newcombe Fellowships: 
• Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies Graduate Fellowships
• Princeton Quin Morton Teaching Fellowship: 
• The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation 

Dissertation Awards, Reviews, and Next Steps

• Malcolm Kerr Award (MESA): 
• Foundation for Iranian Studies Award 
• Association for Iranian Studies Dissertation Awards: 
• Dissertation Reviews
• American Institute of Indian Studies Dissertation into Book Workshop (each October):

Princeton Near Eastern Studies, updated February 14, 2025