The following events are scheduled during MESA 2026

 

MESA Committee Meetings & Events

Monday, November 23

• Middle East Center and Program Directors Meeting, 8:30-10:30AM 
• MESA Members Meeting, 6:15-7:45 PM 

Tuesday, November 24

• Editors of Middle East Studies Journals Meeting, 8:30-10:00 AM 

 

Events by Affiliated Organizations & Other Organizations

American Association of Teachers of Arabic (AATA)

• AATA Annual Executive Board Meeting: 11/21, 9:00 AM-Noon (tentative)
• AATA Annual Panel: 11/21, Noon-2:00 PM (tentative)
• AATA Annual Business Meeting: 11/21, 2:00-3:00 PM

Association for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies (AGAPS)

• AGAPS Board Meeting: 11/21, 9:00 AM-Noon
• AGAPS Business Meeting: 11/21, 1:00-3:00 PM
• AGAPS Senior Advisory Council Meeting: TBA

Association for Middle East Children and Youth Studies (AMECYS)

• AMECYS Board Meeting: 11/22, 11:00AM-Noon
• AMECYS Business Meeting: 11/22, Noon-1:00 PM

Association of Middle East Women's Studies (AMEWS)

• AMEWS Board Meeting: 11/21, 1:30-3:30 PM
• AMEWS Business Meeting: 11/21, 8:00-9:30 PM
• AMEWS Reception in collaboration with AASA, AMEA, & AMECYS: 11/23, 8:00-10:00 PM

Middle East Librarians Association (MELA)

• MELA Annual Meeting: 11/9-11/21, hosted at Harvard University's Lamont Forum Room 

Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP)

• MERIP Reception and Live Podcast: 11/21, 8:30-11:00 PM

MIT 

• MIT Department of History Reception: 11/23, 7:30-9:00 PM

Oxford Univedrsity, Middle East Studies

• Oxford Middle East Studies Reception: 11/21, 8:00-10:00 PM

Palestinian American Research Center (PARC)

• PARC Board Meeting: 11/21, 12:30-3:00 PM
• PARC Gathering for Members and Friends: 11/21, 3:00-4:00 PM

Institute for Palestine Studies-USA

• Palestine Studies Reception: 11/21, 8:30-11:00 PM

Society for Armenian Studies (SAS)

• SAS Annual Membership Meeting: 11/21, 9:00-11:00 AM
• SAS Workshop: 11/21, 11:00 AM-12:30 PM

Stanford University Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies and Stanford University Press

• Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies & Stanford University Press Reception: 11/21, 8:00-10:00 PM

Syrian Studies Association (SSA)

• SSA Meeting and Reception: 11/23, 7:00-8:30 PM

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Future MESA Annual Meetings

2027 – Toronto ON Canada (Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, October 7-10)

2028 – Washington DC (Westin Downtown, November 18-21)

2029 – Minneapolis MN (Hyatt Regency, November 15-18)

2030 – Baltimore MD (Hilton Inner Harbor, November 22-25)

 

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