In Memoriam, Thomas Naff (1929-2023)
MESA mourns the passing of former MESA board member, former director of the University of Pennsylvania’s Middle East Center and scholar of the Ottoman Empire, Thomas Naff
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In Memoriam, Cornell Fleischer (1950-2023)
MESA mourns the passing of University of Chicago Kanuni Süleyman Professor of Ottoman and Modern Turkish Studies in the Departments of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and History Cornell Fleischer.
In Memorium, Jere L. Bacharach (1938-2023)
MESA mourns the passing of former MESA President and MESA Bulletin Editor Jere L. Bacharach on April 9. 2023.
In Memoriam, Jane C. Gaffney (1947-2022)
MESA mourns the passing of Jane C. Gaffney
In Memoriam, John Alden Williams (1928-2022)
MESA mourns the passing of John Alden Williams
In Memoriam, Edward A. Jajko (1940-2022)
MESA mourns the passing of Edward A. Jajko.
2021 NEH Grants and Offers
We congratulate Michelle Campos (Pennsylvania State University), Orit Bashkin (University of Chicago), and Lior Sternfeld (Pennsylvania State University)and Kaveh Hemmat (Benedictine College) for receiving NEH grants.
In Memoriam, Michael C. Hudson (1938-2021)
MESA mourns the passing of former MESA President Michael C. Hudson.
Woodrow Wilson announces Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellows for 2020
We congratulate Lara Fresko Madra (Cornell University) as one of the 2020 Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellows.
In Memoriam, Walter G. Andrews (1939-2020)
MESA mourns the passing of University of Washington Professor Emeritus Walter G. Andrews.
NEH Summer Stipends Announced
Eight individuals in Middle East studies have been awarded NEH summer stipends.
In Memoriam, L. Carl Brown (1928-2020)
MESA mourns the passing of founding fellow L. Carl Brown.
NEH Announces $30.9 Million for 188 Humanities Projects Nationwide
Seven projects in Middle East studies have received NEH grants.
2019 Teaching Literature Book Award
Congratulations to Michelle Hartman for receiving honorable mention for "Teaching Modern Arabic Literature in Translation" for the 2019 Teaching Literature Book Award.
In Memoriam, John Masson Smith (1930-2019)
MESA mourns the passing of Professor Emeritus John Masson Smith of the University of California, Berkeley.
UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies receives Mellon Grant
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a two-year grant of $350,000 to UCLA to support a pilot project seeking to reframe how Middle Eastern studies are conceptualized and taught.
In Memoriam, Michael Bonner (1952-2019)
MESA mourns the passing of University of Michigan Professor Michael Bonner.
In Memoriam, Issa Boullata (1929-2019)
MESA mourns the passing of McGill University Professor Emeritus Issa Boullata.
2019 Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellows
Congratulations to MESA students William Bamber, Matthew Ghazarian, Allison Korinek, Randa Tawil, and Daniel J. Williford who are among the 67 chosen as 2019 Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellows.
2019 Giorgio Levi Della Vida Award for Excellence in Islamic Studies
Congratulations to Zeynep Çelik as recipient for the 2019 Giorgio Levi Della Vida Award for Excellence in Islamic Studies.
In Memoriam, Edward Roger Owen (1935-2018)
MESA mourns the passing of Honorary Fellow Roger Owen.
In Memoriam, August Richard Norton (1946-2019)
MESA mourns the passing of Boston University Professor Emeritus Augustus Richard Norton.
IIE Awards Centennial Medal
Congratulations to to Keith David Watenpaugh for being awarded a Centennial Medal by The Institute of International Education.
In Memoriam, Kemal Karpat (1923-2019)
MESA mourns the passing of Founding Member and Turkish historian Kemal Karpat.
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