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 Global Studies Department invites applications for a two-year position at the Visiting Assistant Professor rank in Global Studies with a focus on race and global inequality, broadly conceived.
The Hoover Institution at Stanford University invites applications for postdoctoral Research Fellow positions in the Hoover History Lab.
The University Center for International Studies (UCIS) invites participants and proposal submissions to its conference "Future(s) of International and Area Studies: Challenges, Opportunities, Goals."
The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures is seeking a lecturer in Arabic and French or Spanish.
On November 23, 2025, MESA awarded 19 individuals for excellence in scholarship, mentoring, and service.
Our letter expressing concern about the University of Guelph’s last-minute decision to cancel the second annual People’s Conference for Palestinian Solidarity which was to convene on 29 November 2025
The History Department invites applications for a nine-month tenure-system appointment expected to start on September 1, 2026, at the rank of Assistant Professor in the History of the Modern Middle East.
Our letter to vehemently protest the harassment of the eminent international legal scholar and emeritus professor at Princeton University, Richard Falk by the Canadian border security agency at the Toronto Pearson International Airport on 13 November 2025 as he was on his way to participate in the “Gaza Tribunal” and Canada's Responsibility” in Ottawa, Ontario (14-15 November).
The NYU Abu Dhabi Humanities Research Fellowship for the Study of the Arab World (HRF) invites applications for a residential postdoctoral fellowship with a research specialization in the Arab World.
he Department of Comparative Literature invites applications for a SUNY PRODiG+ Postdoctoral Fellowship with a research specialization in Diaspora Studies.
The 2026 edition of the KFLC invites submissions of abstracts and panels.
The Committee on Academic Freedom received a response from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Chancellor in response to our letter regarding Professor Tamar Shirinian
The Arabic Section of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures invites applications for a full-time position as Lecturer of Arabic.
The Department of History invites applications for the USS Midway Chair in Modern U.S. Military History, an open-rank, endowed position.
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)
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.