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MESA has created a new Campus Climate resource page for our members in response to academic freedom-related developments on campuses across North America and beyond.
The Middle East Studies Association (MESA) is a non-profit association that fosters the study of the Middle East, promotes high standards of scholarship and teaching, and encourages public understanding of the region and its peoples through programs, publications and services that enhance education, further intellectual exchange, recognize professional distinction, and defend academic freedom in accordance with its status as a 501(c)(3) scientific, educational, literary, and charitable organization.
The Middle East Studies Association’s 58th annual meeting will be held virtually from November 11-15, 2024
Submissions to the Call for Papers are now closed. Program decisions will be announced in May.
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If you submitted for MESA's 58th Annual Meeting to be held virtually in the fall of 2024, please check back in May for decisions from the Program Committee. In the meantime, please see the full call for papers and submission instructions here.
The MESA Board of Directors invites applications and nominations for the next editor of the International Journal of Middle East Studies (IJMES) for a five-year term beginning July 1, 2025. Application review will begin June 2024, and continue until a new editor is identified. For more information, go here.
The MESA Board of Directors invites applications for the next editor of the Review of Middle East Studies (RoMES) for a five-year term beginning July 1, 2025. Application review will begin August 2024, and continue until a new editor is identified. For more information, go here.
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There are two active security alerts issued by MESA’s Board of Directors for those embarking on research in Egypt and UAE.
MESA has created a new Campus Climate resource page for our members in response to academic freedom-related developments on campuses across North America and beyond.
Following the success of the previous two rounds, the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and the Institute for Palestine Studies are pleased to invite research proposals for the third Annual Palestine Forum. The Forum will be held in late January 2025 in Qatar (Exact dates to be confirmed).
The Fares Center is happy to announce that the 2024 Fares Center International Conference will take place on April 18th-19th, 2024, at The Fletcher School. This year's Conference is titled "The US in the Middle-East and the Middle-East in the US."
The Aga University, Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (London), in cooperation with the Academy of Science (Portugal), is pleased to announce an advanced training course entitled Manuscripts for Research: An Advanced Course in Arabic Manuscript Studies, which will be held at the prestigious Library of the Academy of Science of Lisbon (founded on 24 December 1779). The course will take place from 8-11 July 2024.
Join NYU Law School's Middle Eastern and North African Law Students Association on April 9, 2024 for our inaugural spring conference: Middle East, Law, and Practice.
The Sakıp Sabancı Center for Turkish Studies at Columbia University announces our 2023-2024 annual lecture will feature Aslı Ü. Bâli, Professor of Law at Yale University, discussing "Constitutionalism and the "New" Turkey," this April 17, starting at 4:00 PM (EST).
The Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at MIT (AKPIA@MIT) is pleased to announce its postdoctoral / post-professional degree fellowship program for the academic year 2024-2025.
The Department of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara invites applications for a lecturer position in Modern Standard Arabic beginning in the 2024-2025 academic year.
A year ago, the Middle East region was in a state of flux in certain ways, but seemed to be stabilising in others. Confrontation paradigms were giving way to what seemed to be de-escalation plans: Normalisation of relations between Saudi and Iran, and the widening of the Abraham Accords, among others. October 7 upended all of that – or did it? Dr HA Hellyer will examine how things have changed – and how, indeed, they’ve stayed the same. This public talk will be conducted both in-person and online via Zoom on Wednesday, 17 April 2024, from 4.30 pm to 6 pm SGT.
Drawing on fieldwork conducted across the Middle East since mid-2022, Dr. Fulton will explore how China is perceived as a partner by individuals in the region. This public talk will be conducted both in-person and online via Zoom on Friday, 5 April 2024, from 3 pm to 4.30 pm SGT.
The Oxford School of Global and Area Studies (OSGA) invites applications from candidates with relevant qualifications and experience for a 3-year fixed-term externally funded postdoctoral research position, commencing on 1st October 2024 or as soon as possible thereafter. The School is seeking a candidate possessing expert knowledge of the relevant field of research and pertinent skills to manage academic research projects and associated activities, who will be able to play a leading role in developing Israel Studies at the University of Oxford.
Sun Yat-sen University is seeking contributions for a groundbreaking book on the evolution of diplomacy in the digital age.
The Sectarianism, Proxies & De-sectarianisation Project (SEPAD) at Lancaster University, UK, is pleased to announce a Call for Papers for a workshop on "State Islam and Authoritarian Rule: Comparing Control Over Religious Institutions in Muslim-majority states" to be held on 11th December 2024.
Our letter to the leadership of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem objecting to the recent suspension from teaching of an esteemed faculty member, Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, for her comments and reflections prompted by Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza.
The NYU Center for Ancient Studies welcomes proposals for the Emerging Scholars series.
Our letter to United States government and UN offices protesting the ongoing violations of academic freedom of Palestinians by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank.
The Iranian Studies Unit at the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS) is welcoming abstracts for its 2024 annual conference, titled “The Social Sciences and Humanities in Iran: Possibilities and Constraints,” to be held from 9-10 October 2024.
Please see our letter expressing concern about the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) administration’s decision to cancel a panel discussion on Gaza.
The Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Texas at Austin invites submissions for its Middle Eastern Science Fiction Translation Contest. Stories and novel excerpts will be accepted. No entry fee.
The Middle East Institute at Columbia University invite applications for an appointment as ARCAPITA Visiting Professor of Modern Arab Studies for a one-semester position for the fall 2024 or spring 2025 semester.
Our letter expressing concern about the administration’s failure to uphold academic freedom at the University of Arkansas
We are delighted to announce our second colloquium on “Interreligious Interactions in South Asia,” which will take place over Zoom from April 3 to April 12, 2024.
Our letter expressing concern about the suspension of Jairo Fúnez-Flores, Assistant Professor of Curriculum Studies and Teacher Education at Texas Tech University (TTU).
The Board of Directors of the Middle East Studies Association and its Committee on Academic Freedom condemn in the strongest possible terms the ongoing attack on Gaza by the state of Israel, resulting in the widespread destruction of the built environment and civilian infrastructure of the Gaza Strip with the apparent intention of erasing Palestinian heritage, thereby amounting to cultural genocide.
Apply for CASA Fellowships by April 5!