#MESA2021
We truly hoped to meet in person in Montreal in late October, so this was a difficult decision to make, but the safety and health of our communities come first. #MESA2021 will be fully virtual. All events will be rescheduled for Nov. 30-Dec. 3
November 25, 2024 at 5:54 PM
#MESA2021 Dina Rizk Khoury's Presidential Address, "Pessoptimism and the Discontents of the Field" is now available on MESA's website for public viewing:

mesana.org/news/2021/12/0…
November 25, 2024 at 5:58 PM
The #MESA2021 Mentoring Award co-winner is Carter V. Findley (Ohio State University).
November 25, 2024 at 5:58 PM
The #MESA2021 Nikki Keddie Book Award winner is Genetic Crossroads: The Middle East and the Science of Human Heredity by Elise K. Burton (University of Toronto), published by @stanfordpress
November 25, 2024 at 5:57 PM
#MESA2021 starts next Monday! Register today for exciting program sessions, a book exhibit, and film festival! Learn more about #MESA2021 and register today at the link in our bio.
November 25, 2024 at 5:57 PM
The #MESA2021 Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Award winner in the Social Sciences is @gozdeguran⁩ for her dissertation, “Brokers of Order: How Money Moves in Wartime Syria.”
November 25, 2024 at 5:58 PM
#MESA2021 The Committee on Undergraduate Middle East Studies (CUMES) is sponsoring an Undergraduate Research Poster Session to be held tomorrow, December 3rd from 3:00-4:00pm EST.

To view posters and abstracts:
Zoom link:

mesana.org/annual-meeting… us02web.zoom.us/j/89935535830
November 25, 2024 at 5:57 PM
#MESA2021 starts today! There's still time to join us for program sessions, a book exhibit, and film festival! Learn more about #MESA2021 and register at the link in our bio.
November 25, 2024 at 5:57 PM
#MESA2021 The MESA 38th Annual Film Festival will be streaming more than 40 films from our conference site! Register today at the link in our bio.
November 25, 2024 at 5:57 PM
#MESA2021 The MESA Members Meeting will begin in 1 hour at 4:30 PM EST.
November 25, 2024 at 5:58 PM
The #MESA2021 Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Award winner in the Humanities is @dr_anasekulic for her dissertation, “Conversion of the Landscape: Environment and Religious Politics in an Early Modern Ottoman Town.”
November 25, 2024 at 5:58 PM
The #MESA2021 Albert Hourani Book Award winner is Imperial Mecca: Ottoman Arabia and the Indian Ocean Hajj by @MChrisLow (Iowa State University), published by @ColumbiaUP.
November 25, 2024 at 5:57 PM
The #MESA2021 Academic Freedom Award winner is Boğaziçi University Faculty, Students, and Alumni.
November 25, 2024 at 5:58 PM
The #MESA2021 Undergraduate Education Award winner is Sarah Shields (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill).
November 25, 2024 at 5:58 PM
#MESA2021 We would like to extend a special thank you to #MESA2021 conference sponsors @caorc, @CambridgeUP, and @GettyMuseum.
November 25, 2024 at 5:57 PM
#MESA2021 The Presidential Address by Dina Rizk Khoury and Awards Ceremony will begin in 1 hour at 4:30pm EST.
November 25, 2024 at 5:57 PM
The #MESA2021 Graduate Student Paper Prize winner is @acatleong11 for her paper, “Re-thinking female javānmardī: Neẓāmī’s Haft Paykar as a ‘Mirror for Princesses.’”
November 25, 2024 at 5:58 PM
#MESA2021 Thank you to @AgapsOrg for sponsoring 6 of the MESA 2021 Film Fest films. AGAPS will be hosting filmmaker and scholar Suzannah Mirghani to discuss the film, Al-Sit. The event is schedule for Monday, November 29 at 11:30 AM EST.

Zoom Link:

virginia.zoom.us/j/96358647376?…
November 25, 2024 at 5:57 PM
#MESA2021 Congratulations to all of this year's MESA Award Honorees.
November 25, 2024 at 5:59 PM
The #MESA2021 Owen Book Award winner is Cleft Capitalism: The Social Origins of Failed Market Making in Egypt by Amr Adly (American University in Cairo), published by @stanfordpress.
November 25, 2024 at 5:57 PM
The #MESA2021 Mentoring Award co-winner is Susan Miller (UC Davis).
November 25, 2024 at 5:58 PM
The #MESA2021 Fatema Mernissi Book Award winner is Say What Your Longing Heart Desires: Women, Prayer, and Poetry in Iran by Niloofar Haeri (Johns Hopkins University), published by @stanfordpress.
November 25, 2024 at 5:57 PM