The Middle East Studies Association (MESA) is a non-profit association that fosters the study of the Middle East, promotes high standards of scholarship and teaching, and encourages public understanding of the region and its peoples through programs, publications and services that enhance education, further intellectual exchange, recognize professional distinction, and defend academic freedom in accordance with its status as a 501(c)(3) scientific, educational, literary, and charitable organization.
The Middle East Studies Association’s 59th annual meeting will be held in Washington DC from November 22-25, 2025.
Please see the MESA 2025 Call for Papers for details on how to submit. Submission will be accepted via myMESA from January 7 until 12:00noon Eastern on February 13, 2025.
The Middle East Studies Association (MESA) advocates on behalf of its members on issues that are central to its mission.
This includes statements and letters from MESA's Board of Directors, MESA's Committee on Academic Freedom, the Task Force on Civil and Human Rights, and the MESA Global Academy.
Be a part of a community of scholars who are passionate about the pursuit of academic knowledge on the MENA region. Help MESA defend academic freedoms. Share your research at the annual meeting. Access the best, cutting-edge scholarship in person at the conference or online in our journals.
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To see the updated Call for Papers for MESA 2025, please see here.
MESA proudly announces a two-year $312,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation to support the comprehensive study of changes in the campus climate in North America since October 7, 2023. For more information, go here.
For this new initiative, MESA is hiring a full-time coordinator and a part-time associate. For full details and how to apply, please click on the link to the position of interest.
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There are two active security alerts issued by MESA’s Board of Directors for those embarking on research in Egypt and UAE.
The Middle East Studies Association is seeking a full-time, remote employee to coordinate the new Academic Freedom Initiative and to support the related research of the MESA Task Force on Civil and Human Rights. The expected duration of this position is for two years and it is funded by a grant from the Mellon Foundation.
The Middle East Studies Association (MESA) is seeking a part-time Washington-DC-based contractor supporting the MESA Task Force on Civil and Human Rights, specifically the Academic Freedom Initiative, which is supported by a two-year grant from the Mellon Foundation.
MESA’s Academic Freedom Initiative will support data collection and analysis as well as dissemination of findings regarding academic freedom in the context of scholarship and teaching in Middle East studies.
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.
The Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship invites applications for full-time six to nine-month paid fellowships for recent college and graduate school alumni to work on international peace and security issues.
The Department of History invites applications and nominations for a scholar to fill the Edward Said Professorship of Modern Arab Studies and Literature.
The Elliott School of International Affairs invites applications for the position of Assistant/Associate Professor of Middle East politics with expertise on Iran.
Middle East Institute, NUS invites you to their hybrid event featuring General (Retired) David Petraeus and Bilahari Kausikan.
CAREP and the Arab Reform Initiative (ARI) invite you to their joint conference on Post-2011 Arab Diaspora Politics.
The Department of Near Eastern Studies invites applications for a two-year Stanford H. Taylor Postdoctoral Associate position beginning August 2025.
The Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Global Academy seeks a fully remote, part-time Program Manager via its partnership with the Research Foundation of the City University of New York.
The Center invites paper submissions addressing the phenomenon of cultural destruction, for their Annual Conference.
The Master Program of Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies invites applications for an open rank full-time position in the field of “Central Asian Studies”.
Our letter expressing concern about the negative comments recently made regarding a course proposal developed by Dr. Eric Cheyfitz
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences invites applications for a tenure-track Faculty position in the Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) undergraduate program.
The Department of Criminology, Law, and Justice (CLJ) in conjunction with the Middle East and Muslim Societies Cluster (MEMS Cluster) Initiative, invite applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position.
Submissions for the special issue addressing the persistent conceptual confusion around ‘state’ and ‘regime’ in academic literature on the modern Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are open.
The African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED) invites applications for short-term postdoctoral and senior fellowships on the theme of sacred soundscapes, defined in the broadest terms.
The Department of Middle Eastern Studies invites applications for the Arabic Summer Institute (ASI), which provides an intensive language and culture program for beginning, intermediate, and advanced Arabic students.
I.B. Tauris, an imprint of Bloomsbury Academic, invites book proposals for a new Open Access peer reviewed academic book series: The IHF Modern Iran Series.
The American Center of Research in Amman invites applications for multiple fellowships and scholarships.
Institut dominicain d'études orientales invites abstracts for their conference focusing on conceptions of the Salaf from early Islam to the beginning of the Ottoman period.
Graduate students conference organizers in the Department of Philosophy at Michigan State University invite abstract proposals considering any issues relating to the legacy of Malcolm X.
The Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA) invites submission for three Fellowship programs in 2025-26.
Amherst College invites applications for an open-rank, three-year visiting appointment that will begin on July 1, 2025.