MESA Advocacy Resource Center
MESA's Task Force has created a new advocacy resource center for our members to consult in response to the repression of rights on campuses across North America and beyond.
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Campus Climate Resources
MESA has created a new Campus Climate resource page for our members in response to academic freedom-related developments on campuses across North America and beyond.
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Federal Court Says First Amendment Bars Government From Deporting Students and Faculty on Basis of Political Viewpoint, Says Challenge to Trump Policy Can Go Forward
A federal judge has ruled that the case of AAUP v. Rubio can move forward. The lawsuit alleges that the administration’s ideological-deportation policy violates the First Amendment by targeting constitutionally protected speech that Americans have a right to hear and engage with.
Letter to the University of Notre Dame expressing concern over the cancellation of a keynote lecture by Professor Eman Abdelhadi
Our letter condemning the last-minute cancellation of a keynote lecture that was to be given by Professor Eman Abdelhadi, purportedly on grounds of security.
CFP: NAAIMS Webinar Conference on “Islam and AI” (Nov. 20, 2025; abstracts due July 11)
North American Association of Islamic and Muslim Studies
NAAIMS invites abstract submissions for a fall conference on "Islam and AI: Challenges and Opportunities." The conference will be held online on Nov. 20th.
Visiting Faculty Position in Arabic Studies
Williams College
The Arabic Studies Department seeks to appoint a Visiting Assistant Professor of Arabic Studies for the 2025-2026 academic year, beginning in the fall of 2025 and running through May 2026.
Letter to the University of Colorado-Boulder expressing concern about the university’s failure to respond adequately to a physical assault against students
Our letter expressing concern about the University of Colorado-Boulder’s apparent failure to meaningfully respond to a physical assault committed on campus against students advocating for Palestinian rights
Letter regarding treatment of students and scholars protesting the pretrial imprisonment of Istanbul Mayor İmamoğlu
Our letter regarding the use of violence by the police, as well as disciplinary and criminal proceedings against students, academics, and related institutions participating in protests against the pretrial imprisonment of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu following the annulment of his bachelor’s degree.
CfP - A Century of Revolutions - Centennial of the Great Syrian Revolt (1925-2025)
IREMAM
The symposium invites proposal submissions in English, French or Arabic by June 15, 2025.
Jordan’s Balancing Act: Seeking Stability Amid Regional Turmoil
Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore
The Middle East Institute will host an event via Zoom on Tuesday, 13 May 2025 with two newly-minted authors and experts on Jordan.
Begins May 13, 2025
Hunter College Faculty Open Rank Palestinian Studies Cluster Hires
Hunter College
Hunter College invites applications for two open-rank, tenure-track professors in Palestinian Studies (one in social sciences, one in humanities), starting Fall 2025.
CFP: Conference on Global Iranian Diaspora Studies (May 2026)
Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies
The Conference on Global Iranian Diaspora Studies invite individual papers, pre-organized panels, and creative submissions that engage with the conference topics.
The Contemporary Iranian Studies Conference
University of Tehran
The Conference invite panel proposals and abstract submissions related to all major fields of Iranian studies in four general categories of politics, sociology, culture and economics are welcomed.
Assyrian Studies Symposium
Assyrian Studies Association
The Association, in partnership with Arizona State University, invite abstract submissions for the 2025 Assyrian Studies Symposium in October 24-26, 2025.
PMA PhD Dissertation Award & other grants
Persian Manuscripts Association
PMA is pleased to invite applications for its three awards recognizing excellence in dissertations, research and artistic work.
Timurid music and its transmission
Persian Manuscripts Association
PMA invites abstract submissions of papers, panels, and workshops for its second international conference, Listen to the Flute: Timurid Music and Its Transmissions Across the Persianate World.
Letter concerning the ongoing mistreatment of Egyptian scholar and translator Kholoud Said
Our third letter to Egyptian officials regarding the unjust circumstances of Egyptian researcher and translator, Kholoud Said. We call on the authorities to dismiss all charges against her and reinstate her in her job at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina.
AMEWS 2025 Book Awards
Association of Middle East Women's Studies
AMEWS invite nominations for the 2025 book awards.
Faculty Fellowship
Catholic University in Erbil
CUE invite applications for St. Thomas the Apostle Distinguished Faculty Fellowship.
Freedom of Speech, Trump and Campus Repression: The Case of Badar Khan Suri
Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (ACMCU)
Join the panel discussion on April 14 at 4pm in the HFSC Social Room at Georgetown University or virtually.
Begins April 14, 2025
Letter to Yale University regarding the termination of Dr. Helyeh Doutaghi
Our letter expressing concern about the termination of Dr. Helyeh Doutaghi, deputy director of Yale University’s Law and Political Economy Project and associate research scholar at Yale Law School, in the wake of allegations made on an obscure website whose founders and contributors are anonymous
Knight Institute Asks Court to Block Trump Policy of Deporting Students and Faculty for Lawful Speech: AAUP and Middle East Studies Association say policy clearly violates the First Amendment
The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) today filed a motion for a preliminary injunction in their lawsuit seeking to block the Trump administration from carrying out large-scale arrests, detentions, and deportations of noncitizen students and faculty members who participate in pro-Palestinian protests and other protected First Amendment activities.
Letter to Harvard University protesting the dismissals of the director and associate director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Our letter expressing concern about Harvard University’s decision to remove Professor Cemal Kafadar and Associate Professor Rosie Bsheer as, respectively, director and associate director of the university’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Annual Palestine Forum 2026: Call for Submissions
Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and the Institute for Palestine Studies
The fourth Annual Palestine Forum is now accepting research proposals. The Forum will take place in Qatar in late January 2026, with specific dates to be announced soon.