New report from MESA and AAUP: “Discriminating Against Dissent: The Weaponization of Civil Rights Law to Repress Campus Speech on Palestine,” which is the first systematic empirical study of government investigations and private lawsuits against US colleges and universities alleging antisemitism under Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
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.
The Institute for the Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia (TRI) invites applications for Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA) positions in the study of modern Palestine and Israel.
Our letter jointly issued by BRISMES, DAVO, SeSaMO and MESA regarding the cancellation of the symposium “Palestine and Europe” organized by the Chair of Contemporary History of the Arab World at the Collège de France and the CAREP (Arab Center for Research and Political Studies)
MENACASEA invites people to attend their 3rd Symposium.
The Department of Political Science invites applicants for an assistant professor position in Political Science with an emphasis on the Middle East.
The Department of Middle Eastern Studies invites applications for a position as an Instructional Professor (open rank) in modern Hebrew.
The conference invites abstract submissions.
Our letter protesting the very recent arrests and summons of five independent scholars accused by the regime of threatening national security, and calling upon the government to desist from its punitive practices and the ongoing violations of citizens’ rights.
The Center for Middle East Studies seeks to appoint a scholar of Iranian Studies to a one-year post-doctoral research associate position, with a possibility of renewal for a second year.
RoMES invites contributions to a special issue on "Digital Humanities in Middle East Studies."
The Department of Political Science invites applications for a tenure-track position at the level of Assistant or Associate Professor in International Relations.
SoFCB invits applications for the 2026 cohort of Junior Fellows.
The Halbuki Linguist Cooperative now offers Zazaki languages classes (beginner-advanced levels).
Our letter expressing concern about the capricious and hasty suspension of Assistant Professor Tamar Shirinian of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and your decision to terminate her for remarks she made on social media regarding Charlie Kirk
The Comparative Literature Program invites applications for a position at the level of Assistant or Associate or Full Professor in Comparative Literature.
Sakıp Sabancı Center for Turkish Studies invites applications for a postdoctoral fellowship for a one-year appointment, focusing on any period within the field of Turkish Studies.
The Middle East Initiative invites applications for the Emirates Leadership Initiative Research Fellowship for the 2026-2027 academic year.
The Center of Research invites applications to the fellowship opportunities for undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers.
The 2026 workshop invites application submissions.
This special issue invites abstract submissions that engage critically with the intersections of diaspora, mobility, and transnationalism, particularly through decolonial, feminist, or postcolonial lenses.
The Department of Political Science and Public Administration invites applications for two positions in Turkish Politics (open rank) and Public Policy (Assistant Professor).
CCAS is pleased to partner with the American Druze Foundation (ADF) to offer the ADF Fellowship in Druze and Arab Studies at CCAS.
The conference invites attendees to think about repositioning Egypt, and the region more broadly, as a place of knowledge production; a place from which theory emerges, not just be applied or localised.
MESA's Task Force on Civil and Human Rights has created this resource to answer frequently asked questions on travel-related issues for students and scholars