Meetings in Conjunction

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If your organization would like to schedule a meeting to be held at the MESA 2005 annual meeting, please complete the scheduling request form found here.


Please note that room assignments are subject to change.

The American Academic Research Institute in Iraq (TAARII)
board meeting, 11/19/2005, 1:00pm-3:00pm, Virginia A

American Association of Teachers of Arabic
board meeting, 11/19/2005, 9:00am-12:00nn, Johnson
panel, 11/19/2005, 2:30pm-4:00pm, Delaware A (see description below)
business meeting, 11/19/2005, 4:00pm-5:00pm, Delaware A 

The Future of Arabic Language Teaching: The US Arabic Distance Learning Network Model

Chair: Norman Peterson, Montana State U
Discussant: Mahdi Alosh, Ohio State U

Nabil Abdelfattah, Montana State U
Pedagogical and Logistical Aspects of USADLN Model
Norman Peterson, Montana State U
The Role of the Administrator in the USADLN Model
Samir I. Bitar, U of Montana
The Teaching Assistant in the USADLN Model
Driss Ouaouicha, Al Akhawayn U in Ifrane (AUI)
Second Year Arabic in the USADLN Model
John C. Eisele, College of William and Mary
Contextualizing Distance: How the USADLN Fits into the National Infrastructure for Teaching Arabic

American Association of Teachers of Persian
business meeting, 11/19/2005, 10:00am-12:00nn, Taft
board meeting, 11/19/2005, 12:00nn-2:00pm, McKinley 

American Association of Teachers of Turkic Languages
business meeting, 11/19/2005, 10:00pm-11:00pm, Delaware B

American Institute for Maghrib Studies
board meeting, 11/19/2005, 10:00am-2:00pm, Truman
business meeting, 11/19/2005, 2:30pm-4:00pm, Hoover
graduate student meeting, 11/19/2005, 4:00pm-5:00pm, Hoover

American Institute for Yemeni Studies
business meeting, 11/19/2005, 3:00pm-4:00pm, Lanai 156
board meeting, 11/19/2005, 4:30pm-6:30pm, Virginia A 

American Institute of Iranian Studies
board meeting, 11/19/2005, 3:00pm-5:00pm, McKinley

American University in Cairo
AUC faculty and intern seminar, 11/19/2005, 6:00pm-9:00pm, Harding
reception, 11/19/2005, 9:00pm-11:00pm, Cotillion Ballroom South

American University in Cairo Press
academic advisory committee meeting, 11/19/2005, 1:00pm-3:00pm, Park Tower Suite 8219

American University of Sharjah
reception, 11/21/2005, 8:30pm-10:00pm, Maryland B

Association for Israel Studies
reception, 11/19/2005, 8:00pm-10:00pm, Virginia A

Association for Middle East Women's Studies
business meeting, 11/19/2005, 3:00pm-5:00pm, Maryland C
20th Anniversary of AMEWS Reception, 11/19/2005, 7:30pm-10:00pm, Maryland B
Partnership session, 11/20/2005, 11:00am-1:00pm, Harding

Association for the Study of Persianate Societies
business meeting, 11/19/2005, 4:00pm-5:00pm, Truman

Brill Academic Publishers
reception, 11/19/2005, 6:30pm-8:00pm, Lanai 144 (M)

Canadian Committee of MESA (CANMES)
member meeting, 11/20/2005, 12:00nn-1:30pm, Coolidge

Center for Arabic Study Abroad
governing council, 11/19/2005, 7:00pm-10:30pm, Congressional
consortium luncheon, 11/20/2005, 1:00pm-3:00pm, Marriott A

Columbia University Press
Encyclopedia Iranica Focus Group, 11/21/2005, 12:30pm-2:30pm, Lanai 156 (M)

Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures
editorial board meeting, 11/18/2005, 8:00am-5:00pm, Park Tower Suite 8226

Georgetown University-CAPA
board meeting, 11/21/2005, 6:00pm-9:00pm, Park Tower Suite 8216

Georgetown University-CCAS
reception, 11/19/2005, 9:00pm-11:00pm, Virginia C

Harvard University, Center for Middle Eastern Studies
reception, 11/21/2005, 8:30pm-10:00pm, Virginia B

International Society for Iranian Studies
academic freedom committee, 11/19/2005, 9:30am-11:30am, Lanai 156
board meeting, 11/19/2005, 1:00pm-3:00pm, Harding
business meeting/reception, 11/19/2005, 5:30pm-7:30pm, Cotillion South

Journal of Middle East Women's Studies
meeting, 11/20/2005, 4:00pm-6:00pm, Lanai 156

Kurdish Studies Association
panel, 11/19/2005, 3:00pm-4:00pm, Lanai 148 (M)
business meeting, 11/19/2005, 4:00pm-5:00pm, Lanai 148 (M)

MESA Committees
CAFMENA, 11/19/2005, 12:00nn-3:00pm, Congressional

Middle East Center and Program Directors
meeting, 11/20/2005, 9:00am-11:00am, Marriott A

Middle East Librarians Association/MECAP
business meetings, 11/18/2005, 8:00am-11:00pm, Medici's
see MELA website for schedule http://www.mela.us/2005.html

Middle East Medievalists
board meeting, 11/19/2005, 2:30pm-4:00pm, Johnson
business meeting, 11/19/2005, 4:00pm-5:30pm, Taft

Middle East Microform Project
executive board meeting, 11/17/2005, 7:00pm-10:00pm, Eisenhower
member meeting, 11/19/2005, 9:00am-11:00am, Hoover

Middle East Outreach Council
teachers workshop, 11/19/2005, 8:00am-3:30pm, Virginia C
business meeting, 11/19/2005, 3:30pm-5:30pm, Maryland B

Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP)
reception, 11/21/2005, 8:30pm-10:30pm, Virginia C

MIT Electronic Journal of Middle East Studies (MIT-EJMES)
reception, 11/19/2005, 6:00pm-8:00pm, Lanai 156

National Institute for Technology & Liberal Education
special session (with ArtStore and ACLS History E-Book Project), 11/20/2005, 11:00am-1:00pm, Cotillion North
meeting, 11/20/2005, 3:00pm-5:00pm, Coolidge

NovoDynamics Inc.
VERUS OCR for Arabic, Persian, Dari, and Pashto book digitization and archiving presentation, 11/19/2005, 3:00pm-4:00pm, Coolidge

Online Computer Library Center (OCLC)
meeting, 11/19/2005, 7:30am-8:30am, Harding

Palestinian American Research Center
board meeting, 11/19/2005, 12:00nn-3:00pm, Thurgood Marshall
business meeting, 11/19/2005, 3:30pm-4:30pm, Delaware B

Princeton University, Program in Near Eastern Studies
reception, 11/21/2005, 7:00pm-8:00pm, McKinley

Social Science Research Council
luncheon, 11/19/2005, 12:00nn-1:00pm, Roosevelt

Society for Armenian Studies
executive council, 11/19/2005, 5:00pm-7:00pm, Eisenhower
member meeting, 11/19/2005, 7:00pm-8:00pm, Roosevelt

Society for Shaykhi, Babi and Baha'i Studies
panel, 11/19/2005, 3:00pm-5:00pm, Roosevelt

SSBBS panel:

Stephen N. Lambden, Ohio University, "Some Thoughts on the  Khutbat tutunjiyya ("Sermon of the Gulf") and its Shaykhi, Babi and Bahai Interpretations"
Kavian Milani
, George Mason University, "The Nuqtat al-kaf  Revisited: Yahya Azal as seen in the Nuqtat al-kaf Narrative"
Houchang Chehabi
, Boston University, "Reflections on Secular Anti-Baha’ism in Iran"

Syrian Studies Association
board meeting, 11/19/2005, 11:00am-1:00pm, Eisenhower
business meeting, 11/19/2005, 7:00pm-8:00pm, Johnson
reception/guest speaker, 11/19/2005, 8:00pm-10:00pm, Taft
SSA's special guest speaker is His Excellency, Dr. Imad Moustapha, Syrian Ambassador to the U.S., who will speak on "Syria Today: Challenges and Crisis."

Turkish Studies Association
board meeting, 11/19/2005, 1:30pm-3:30pm, Kennedy
reception, 11/19/2005, 7:30pm-8:00pm, Park Tower Suite 8219
business meeting, 11/19/2005, 8:00pm-10:00pm, Delaware B

Women's Learning Partnership
special panel, 11/21/2005, 7:30pm-9:30pm, Delaware B
(co-sponsored by AMEWS)

The Women’s Learning Partnership for Rights, Development, and Peace
and the Association for Middle East Women’s Studies

Present

Violence Against Women: A Human Security Perspective
Monday, November 21 from 7:30pm-9:30pm
Delaware B

Chair: Mahnaz Afkhami, President/CEO, Women’s Learning Partnership

Nawal Ammar, Associate Professor of Justice Studies, Kent State U
Zainah Anwar, Executive Director, Sisters in Islam (Malaysia)
Rabe’a Naciri, President, Association Demoratique Du Femmes du Maroc (ADFM, Morocco)

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