From the organizers: Dear MESA Members and Annual Meeting Attendees, We had truly hoped to be able to meet in person in Montreal in late October, but conditions will not allow us to convene safely, effectively, and at our usual scale. The 2021 MESA Annual Meeting will instead be held virtually, November 29-December 3. We made … Continue reading 2021 MESA Annual Meeting, November 29 – December 3, 2021
2022 CALL FOR PAPERS The myMESA submissions system will be open for your 2022 proposals on January 10. In the meantime, please consider starting to plan for your 2022 panels. If you are thinking about organizing a panel and want to issue an open call for participants, consider submitting a call on MESA’s website (posted … Continue reading Call for Papers: Middle East Studies Association 2022 Panels
The Middle East Studies Association calls for proposals from our members for the 56th MESA annual meeting, to be held December 1-4 in Denver, Colorado. All submissions must be made through myMESA, MESA’s membership and submissions system. You may submit your proposals by 11:59 pm (EST) on February 17, 2022. Please see the detailed guidelines on submitting … Continue reading Call for Papers: Middle East Studies Association 56th Annual Meeting, Denver, December 1-4, 2022
MEM Panel Sponsorship at MESA 2023 As part of the efforts of Middle East Medievalists (MEM) to raise the profile of medieval studies at MESA, the MEM Board of Directors announces our 2023 call for panel sponsorship. MEM is a MESA affiliate and thus may sponsor up to three panels at each annual meeting. MEM sponsorship does … Continue reading Call for Panel Sponsorship: MEM Panel Sponsorship at MESA 2023
From MESA: As an organization and a community constituted by its members, the Middle East Studies Association continues to seek to do what we can to support all of our colleagues affected by the earthquakes. We have been asked by some members in Turkey and Syria if we would organize a call for donations to … Continue reading Call to Sponsor a Member: for applicants affected by the earthquakes, MESA 2023
The Global Academy Call for Applications for the 2023-2024 academic year is now open! The MESA Global Academy offers competitive fellowships to Middle East Studies scholars from the MENA region who are currently displaced in North America. The Global Academy awards $5,000 scholarships and faciliates programming for its fellows, including speaking engagements at partner universities … Continue reading Global Academy Award, 2023-2024: The MESA Global Academy, May 1, 2023
Application deadline: September 1, 2023. MESA’s Board of Directors has established a fund to subsidize travel expenses for graduate students who are presenting on the program at the MESA annual meeting. For 2023, we will issue approximately 50 US$500 grants or more if contributions to the fund extend beyond that. To be eligible for a … Continue reading Travel Grant: MESA 2023, September 1, 2023
From MESA: MESA's Travel Grant program awards $500 grants to students and to precariously employed or contingent faculty who have no other institutional support to attend the conference. This year, we have received 140 applications from students and from contingent faculty/precariously employed. So that we can offer the maximum number of travel grants, the Board … Continue reading MESA 2023 Travel Grants for Graduate Students and Contingent/Precariously Employed, September 13, 2023
The 57th MESA annual meeting will be held at the Palais des congrès de Montréal from November 2-5. We will host a robust conference with over 350 sessions, plus several special events. The online searchable program is available now. A preliminary program in PDF format will be available later in August. Please see MESA's website for … Continue reading Conference: MESA’s 57th Annual Meeting, Montréal, Québec, Canada, November 2-5, 2023
