Promoting Undergraduate Research at MESA

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 160-161
Author(s):  
Jeff VanDenBerg
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Middle East ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Undergraduate Research ◽  
The United States ◽  
Application Process ◽  
Research Workshop ◽  
Middle East Studies ◽  
Professional Context

In November 2017, the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) sponsored the fourth annual Undergraduate Research Workshop in Washington, D.C. Organized by MESA's Committee for Undergraduate Middle East Studies, the workshop provides an opportunity for talented undergraduate students to present their scholarship in a professional context. Participants are selected through a competitive application process, and, since the program's inception have come from universities in Sweden, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Singapore, Canada, Mexico, France, and across the United States.

scholarly journals ANDRÉ RAYMOND (1925–2011)

2011 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 779-781
Author(s):  
Jane Hathaway ◽  
Randi Deguilhem
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
North America ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Small Town ◽  
Far East ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Far East ◽  
The University ◽  
Middle East Studies

André Raymond, who passed away at his home in Aix-en-Provence on 18 February 2011, leaves an international legacy in Middle East studies. Born in 1925 in Montargis, a small town situated about seventy-five miles south of Paris, Monsieur Raymond, as he was known to his numerous students and to younger scholars in Europe, Russia, the Middle East, the Far East, and North America, taught for many years at the University of Provence and, after his retirement, in the United States.

Eye Opening and Actually Enjoyable: Using Online Newspapers to Teach Modern Middle Eastern History

2012 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-164
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
The United States ◽  
Learning Objectives ◽  
Online Newspapers ◽  
Analytical Skills ◽  
Eye Opening ◽  
Middle East Studies ◽  
Compare And Contrast

Challenging students to identify and analyze diverse perspectives is a key objective in any Middle East studies course. This article describes an assignment used in a history course which asks students to compare and contrast articles from Middle Eastern online newspapers. Comparing multiple articles on the same topic exposes students to contrasting views on significant issues. The easy availability of online newspapers “de-centers” students’ perspectives by requiring use of materials from outside the United States. This assignment teaches specific analytical skills, such as finding relevant articles, reading them critically, writing effective summaries, and developing synthetic comparisons. Through an analysis of this assignment, this article discusses the advantages, as well as limitations, of this approach, using students’ own evaluations to assess the achievement of desired learning objectives.

Question: How Should Middle East Studies Address the Issues of Academic Freedom and Academic Boycotts?

2008 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 188-190
Author(s):  
Laurie A. Brand
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Academic Freedom ◽  
Junior Faculty ◽  
The United States ◽  
High Profile ◽  
Middle East Studies ◽  
College Newspapers

Challenges to academic freedom have been much in the news of late, with coverage and interest extending well beyond college newspapers and the publications of our profession.In the United States, there is no question that members of the Middle East studies community have been disproportionately targeted. A number of our colleagues have been victims of ugly smear campaigns regarding their scholarship; several tenure cases have triggered vicious, high-profile “extramural” attacks against junior faculty; and, in a handful of cases, our colleagues have been barred from giving talks or participating in educational events, owing to their political positions on Middle East-related issues. Others from outside this community who have also ventured to engage key regional issues in critical ways have had their invitations to give presentations in policy or academic forums rescinded.

MESA and Middle East Studies: An International Perspective from North America

1986 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-170
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
North America ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
The United States ◽  
International Perspective ◽  
Middle Eastern Studies ◽  
Middle East Studies

This Presentation is a rather impressionistic as well as eclectic view of Middle Eastern Studies, one which does not pretend to be complete. Many of you have been associated with Middle Eastern Studies for much longer than I have, and you could undoubtedly see greater changes—or lack of changes—than I will present.Let me begin by briefly looking at the history and growth of the Middle East Studies Association of North America, for the growth of MESA is somewhat a reflection of the structure and changes in Middle East studies, particularly, of course, in the United States. Also, in this way I can make comparisons with MESA when looking at developments elsewhere.

Did the Events of 9/11 Change the Field of Middle East Studies? Pensée 1: Of Course—But How?

2007 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 343-345 ◽  
Author(s):  
ZACHARY LOCKMAN
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Middle East ◽  
The United States ◽  
Muslim World ◽  
Short Answer ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
Middle East Studies ◽  
Resource Specialists ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Invasion Of Iraq

The short answer to the question as posed is, Yes, of course, 9/11 changed the field of Middle East studies. However, the next question we need to ask is, In what ways have the events of 9/11 (and all that they set in motion, in the United States and internationally, including the U.S. invasion of Iraq) actually affected our work as scholars, students, teachers, resource specialists, and so forth, whose primary focus is the Middle East and/or the Muslim world, as well as the institutions, networks, and field(s) with which we are engaged? Space limitations allow me to offer only a few brief thoughts.

The End of the Middle East’s Unipolar Era

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 293-306
Author(s):  
Seyed Hossein Mousavian ◽  
Salman Ameri
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Middle East ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
The United States ◽  
Regional Security ◽  
Security Issues

Abstract This Policy Insight article argues that a growing security partnership between Russia, Iran, China, Turkey, Iraq, and Syria (rictis) will push the Middle East into an era of bipolarity. The paper demonstrates that rictis has significant convergence on regional security issues, and that these interests are distinct from those held by the American Security Camp, a collection of states that include the United States, Saudi Arabia, Israel, and the United Arab Emirates. The paper also argues that rictis has military and energy advantages that allow it to confront the American Camp’s regional dominance. Our analysis demonstrates how rictis might help deter unilateralism and democratize regional decision-making.

scholarly journals EDITORIAL FOREWORD

2010 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 547-548
Author(s):  
Beth Baron ◽  
Sara Pursley
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Environmental History ◽  
Review Process ◽  
Peer Review Process ◽  
The United States ◽  
Environmental Disaster ◽  
Middle East Studies ◽  
Editorial Foreword

When three articles with an environmental history theme were accepted in quick succession through our peer review process, it seemed like an opportunity to organize an IJMES Roundtable on how the incorporation of environmental history into Middle East studies affects our understanding of the region's past and present. We did not know that, as this issue was going to press, the United States would be facing what is widely considered the worst environmental disaster in its history, with over two million gallons of oil pouring into the Gulf of Mexico every day. As Giancarlo Casale points out in his contribution to the Roundtable, the catastrophe underscores both the concerns of today's students and the need for a reevaluation of the humanities that may culminate in a full-fledged “environmental turn.”

Middle East Studies Network in the United States

MERIP Reports ◽  
1975 ◽  
pp. 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Johnson ◽  
Judith Tucker
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Middle East ◽  
The United States ◽  
Middle East Studies
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