Middle East Studies Association

Interventions

September 25, 2019
Letters and Statements from the Board

18 major scholarly societies join MESA in expressing concern about the Department of Education’s interpretation of Title VI

MESA and 18 other academic associations, representing over 100,000 concerned members, issue letter in response to allegations made by the DoE against the Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies, calling attention to the overly narrow and partisan conception of international studies contained in the letter, and pointing to past successes of Title VI programs in educating students and training experts with the needed depth and breadth in languages and regional and international studies.

September 12, 2019
Letters and Statements from the Board

Letter to Israel authorities about restrictions on international academics working in Palestinian universities

MESA and other scholarly societies issue letter that calls upon Israel authorities to issue a transparent policy that allows entry and the presence of foreign faculty and staff on Palestinian university campuses in accordance with international humanitarian and human rights law.

June 05, 2019
Letters and Statements from the Board

MESA Statement on the mass execution and continuing suppression of free speech in Saudi Arabia

MESA deplores the most recent mass execution of 37 detainees in Saudi Arabia on 23 April 2019. It has noted with deep concern that among those executed were an academic and at least one student.

May 20, 2019
Letters and Statements from the Board

MESA’s Board Urges Stanford University to Continue Support of its University Press

Letter from MESA Board to Stanford University expressing deep disappointment and dismay over the decision to drastically cut support of its university press.

May 13, 2019
Letters and Statements from the Board

MESA Signs Joint Letter to Stanford University Regarding Funding Its Press

MESA joined as a signer with other professional societies on a letter to Stanford University's administration about the recent decision to drastically cut support of their university press.

March 20, 2019
Letters and Statements from the Board

MESA’S Board of Directors Calls for Immediate Release of Dr. Hatoon al-Fassi

March 20, 2019 – The MESA Board deplores the ongoing detention of Dr. Hatoon al-Fassi who has been detained since June 21, 2018, by the government of Saudi Arabia. Dr. al-Fassi was among ten Saudi women brought to a closed-door court hearing on March 13, 2019 on unknown charges.

February 27, 2019
Letters and Statements from the Board

MESA’s Board of Directors and Committee on Academic Freedom Express Concern Over Deteriorating Condition of Academic and Personal Freedom in Sudan

February 27, 2019 – The Board of Directors of the Middle East Studies Association of North America and its Committee on Academic Freedom strongly condemn the Sudanese government’s violent suppression of peaceful public protests since December 2018, and the arbitrary detention of protestors, including many academics.

February 04, 2019
Letters and Statements from the Board

MESA Board Issues Revised Security Alert for Study and Research in Egypt, February 2019

MESA Board of Directors issues revised security alert for study and research in Egypt, February 2019.

November 15, 2018
Letters and Statements from the Board

MESA Board Statement on Deteriorating Security Conditions for Researchers in the UAE

November 15, 2018 MESA Board Statement on Deteriorating Security Conditions for Researchers in the UAE

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