CMPS Engaging through Traditional Media
Sharing Middle East regional expertise through public-facing outlets.
Committee on Middle East Studies in the Public Sphere
A project of MESA to promote Middle East studies centers, departments, and programs at institutions of higher education. This committee has a multi-prong approach to showcase the knowldge production of Middle East studies centers and programs in the US, hold virtual workshops and networking across institutions, and support Middle East studies centers and programs institutionally.
Exeter Response to MESA Letter by the Provost and Pro-Vice Chancellor sharing additional context
A response from University of Exeter by the Provost and Pro-Vice Chancellor on 7-31- 2026 to the CMPS Letter of 7-21-2026.
Letter to Exeter related to proposed reductions in academic staffing impacting the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies
This CMPS letter relates to the University of Exeter’s proposed reductions in academic staffing and, in particular, the decision to include scholars at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies among the group of academic personnel whose positions are at risk.
Letter to University of Oregon about planned elimination of tenure and tenure-track positions in Arabic, ME Studies, Judaic, and Islamic Studies
CMPS (formerly CAA) sent a letter expressing deep concern that the University of Oregon may be planning to eliminate tenure and tenure-track faculty positions in Arabic and Middle East Studies, Judaic Studies and Islamic Studies along with threatened department and program closures in the Schnitzer School of Global Studies and across the College of the Arts and Sciences.