News and Events
MEMEAC regularly sponsors book conversations, manuscript reviews, works-in-progress seminars, dissertation writing groups, and research workshops and seminars, including the grant-funded Race and the Middle East/North Africa Mellon Sawyer Seminar series and ongoing Dissertations seminar series.
The Center also functions as a resource for news of recent academic and creative achievements in the area of Middle Eastern Studies by members of the MEMEAC community.
Recent News
Apr 1, 2022
'Protesting Jordan' by Professor Jillian Schwedler Praised
Schedler's new monograph was named a 2022 Notable Book of the Year by the National Endowment for Democracy.
- Faculty News
Aug 5, 2021
The MESA Global Academy Connects Displaced Middle East Scholars in a Time of Crisis
The new joint initiative of the CUNY Graduate Center and the Middle East Studies Association, supported by Carnegie Corporation, offers an intellectual home for scholars from the Middle East and North Africa.
- Student News
Jun 22, 2021
MEMEAC Family Achievements 202o-2021
The Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center celebrates the professional and academic achievements of our affiliated faculty and students.
Oct 14, 2020
Professors Beth Baron and Mandana Limbert Awarded Mellon Grant for Race and Middle East/North Africa Seminar
The Sawyer Seminar, hosted by the Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center (MEMEAC), will be awarding a postdoctoral fellowship and two dissertation fellowships.
- Faculty News
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