Michigan State University: Call for Abstractors in Persian, Urdu

Call for Abstractors and Translators

Call for Abstractors and Translators Call for Papers
Date: 2008-09-15

The MCA, Michigan State University has launched the second stage of its project and requires the assistance of scholars to write abstracts on academic books. The MCA project team can provide more information on abstract guidelines when requested.

The MCA will be providing systematic bibliographic indices and abstracts of non-encyclopedic books concerning Muslim civilizations. These will be selected works of scholarship, involving original research and analysis and advances in relevant methodology. The abstracts, written by expert scholars will be provided in any of the following nine languages: English, Arabic, Bengali, French, Malay/Indonesian, Persian, Russian, Turkish and Urdu.

Key Responsibilities

To survey and write brief abstracts of scholarly books selected by the Institute.


To Apply

Candidates should send a brief letter and a curriculum vitae by 15 September, 2008 to:

Ms Karena Avedissian
Administrative Assistant (MCA)
Aga Khan University
4 Bedford Square
London WC1B 3RA
Tel: 020 7907 1053
Fax: 020 7907 1030
Email: ismc.mca@aku.edu


Email: ismc.mca@aku.edu