Institutional Membership

Sixty-one academic and philanthropic institutions are institutional members of MESA. Institutional membership dues are $500 annually.

Benefits

  • International Journal of Middle East Studies (quarterly)

  • MESA Bulletin (biannually)

  • MESA Newsletter (quarterly-two copies)

  • MESA Roster of Members (published in even-numbered years-two copies)

  • One complimentary registration for MESA’s annual meeting

  • Mailing labels (two sets per year)

Institutional members are listed in the MESA Newsletter and in the MESA Roster of Members.

Application Procedures

To apply for institutional membership, an institution should submit to the Secretariat a letter of interest, a list of directors, and descriptive information about the institution and its programs (e.g. brochures, sample publications). Applications are reviewed by MESA’s Board of Directors which meets twice a year - spring and fall.

Institutional Members
(institutional member dues paid by 04/06/2006)

Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture 
at Harvard University and 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Nasser Rabbat, Director
MIT Room 10-390
77 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
Phone: 617 253-1400
Fax: 617 258-8172
akpiarch@mit.edu

http://web.mit.edu/akpia/www/AKPsite/

The American Academic Research Institute in Iraq

Stephanie Platz, Executive Director
1507 E 53rd Street, Suite 920
Chicago IL 60615
Phone: 773 844-9658
stephanie@taarii.org
www.taarii.org

American Institute of Pakistan Studies
Brian Spooner, President
University of Pennsylvania Museum
3260 South Street
Philadelphia PA 19104-6398
Phone: 215 898-5207
Fax: 215 898-7462
info@pakistanstudies-AIPS.org
www.pakistanstudies-aips.org

American Institute for Yemeni Studies
Maria deJ. Ellis, Executive Director
PO Box 311
Ardmore PA 19003-0311
Phone: 610 896-5412
Fax: 610 896-9049
aiys@aiys.org
www.aiys.org

American University of Beirut
John Waterbury, President
3 Dag Hammerskjold Plaza, 8th Floor
New York NY 10017-2303
Phone: 212 583-7679
Fax: 212 583-7650
www.aub.edu.lb

American University in Cairo
David Arnold, President
420 Fifth Avenue, Third Floor
New York NY 10018-2729
Phone: 212-730-8800
Fax: 212-730-1600
aucegypt@aucnyo.edu
www.aucegypt.edu

American University of Kuwait
Shafeeq Ghabra, President
PO Box 3323
Safat 13034
Kuwait
info@auk.edu.kw
www.auk.edu.kw

American University of Sharjah
Roderick French, Director
3201 New Mexico Avenue, NW Suite 255
Washington DC 20016
Phone 202-885-1795
Fax 202-885-1143
rfrench@american.edu
www.ausharjah.edu

University of Arizona
Anne H. Betteridge, Director
Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Louise Foucar Marshall Bldg., Rm. 470
845 N Park Avenue
PO Box 529158B
Tucson AZ 85721-0158
Phone: 520 621-5450
Fax: 520 621-9257
mideast@u.arizona.edu
www.cmes.arizona.edu

University of Arkansas
Vincent J. Cornell, Director
King Fahd Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies
202 Old Main
Fayetteville AR 72701
Phone: 501 575-4157
Fax: 501 575-3629
vcornell@uark.edu
www.uark.edu/depts/mesp/

Bunker Hill Community College
Vilma Tafawa
Acting Executive Director
International Center
250 New Rutherford Avenue, Charlestown Campus
Boston MA 02129-2925
Phone: 617-228-2461
Fax: 617-228-2442
vtafawa@bhcc.mass.edu
www.bhcc.mass.edu

University of California, Berkeley
Nezar Al Sayyad, Director
Center for Middle Eastern Studies
340 Stephens Hall,  MC 2314
Berkeley CA 94720-2314
Phone: 510 642-8208
Fax: 510 643-3001
cmes@uclink.berkeley.edu
www.ias.berkeley.edu/cmes

University of California, Los Angeles
Leonard Binder, Director
Grunebaum Center for Near Eastern Studies
10286 Bunche Hall
Los Angeles CA 90095-1480
Phone: 310 825-1811
Fax: 310 206-2406
cnes@international.ucla.edu
www.isop.ucla.edu/cnes/

University of California, Santa Barbara
Garay Menicucci, Assistant Director
Center for Middle East Studies
Humanities & Social Sciences Building
Third Floor, Rooms 3073 and 3071
Santa Barbara CA 93106-9410
Phone: 805 893-5034

Fax: 805 893-2059
gmenicucci@isber.ucsb.edu
www.cmes.ucsb.edu

Columbia University
Rashid Khalidi, Director
Middle East Institute
420 W. 118th Street 11th Floor
New York, NY 10027
Phone: 212 854-2584
Fax: 212 854-1413
www.sipa.columbia.edu/REGIONAL/mei/

Cornell University
Ross Brann, Chair
Department of Near Eastern Studies
409 White Hall
Ithaca NY 14853-7901
Phone: 607 255-6275
Fax: 607 255-6450
rb23@cornell.edu
www.arts.cornell.edu/nes

Dartmouth College
Dale F. Eickelman
Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Program
6047 Silsby
Department of Anthropology
Hanover NH 03755-3547
Phone: 603 646-2861
Fax: 603 646-3115
dale.f.eickelman@dartmouth.edu
www.dartmouth.edu/~asia

Duke University
miriam cooke
Asian & African Languages & Literature
2122 Campus Drive, Box 90414
Durham NC 27708
Phone: 919-684-2867
Fax: 919-684-8749
mcw@duke.edu
www.duke.edu/web/aall/
www.duke.edu/web/cis/about.html

University of Exeter
Jane Clark, Administrator
Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies
Stocker Road
Exeter EX4 4ND
United Kingdom
Phone: +44-1392-264040
Fax: +44-1392-364035
jane.clark@exeter.ac.uk
www.ex.ac.uk/iais

Foundation for Iranian Studies
Mahnaz Afkhami, Executive Director
4343 Montgomery Avenue #200
Bethesda MD 20814
Phone: 301 657-1990
Fax: 301 657-1983
fis@fis-iran.org
www.fis-iran.org

Georgetown University
Michael Hudson, Director
Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS)
Intercultural Center 241, Box 571020
Washington, DC 20057-1020
Phone: 202-687-5793
Fax: 202-687-7001
ccasinfo@georgetown.edu
ccas.georgetown.edu/

John O. Voll
Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (CMCU)
Intercultural Center 260, 37th & O, NW
Washington, DC 20057
Phone: 202-687-8375
Fax:202-687-8376
www.cmcu.net

Georgia State University
Dona J. Stewart, Director
Middle East Center
PO Box 4038
Atlanta GA 30302-4038
Phone: 404 651-4239
Fax: 404-651-1161
mideast@gsu.edu
www.gsu.edu/mideast/

ILEX Foundation
Niloofar Fotouhi, Executive Director
82 Revere Street
Boston MA 02144
Phone: 617 723-8977
Fax: 617 723-3366
nf@ilexfoundation.org
www.ilexfoundation.org

Institute for Palestine Studies
Linda Butler, Acting Director
3501 M Street, NW
Washington DC 20007-2624
Phone: 202 342-3990
Fax: 202 342-3927
jps@ipsjps.org
www.palestine-studies.org

Institute of Turkish Studies
Sabri Sayari, Executive Director
Intercultural Center
Georgetown University
Washington DC 20057-1033
Phone: 202 687-0295
Fax: 202 687-3780
institute_turkishstudies@yahoo.com
www.turkishstudies.org

International Institute of Islamic Thought
AbdulHamid AbuSulayman, President
PO Box 669
Herndon  Virginia 20172
Phone: 703 471-1133
Fax: 703 471-3922
iiit@iiit.org
www.iiit.org/

International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World (ISIM)
Asef Bayat, Academic Director
PO Box 11089
2301 EB Leiden
The Netherlands
Phone: +31-(0)71-527-7905
Fax: +31-(0)71-527-7906
info@isim.nl
www.isim.nl

International Qajar Studies Association
Manoutchehr M. Eskandari-Qajar, President
PO Box 31107
Santa Barbara CA 93130
Phone: 805-687-1148
Fax: 805-687-1148
www.qajarstudies.org

Institut de Recherches et d’Études sur le Monde Arabe et Musulman (IREMAM)
Eberhard Kienle
MMSH, B.P. 647
5, rue du Château de l'Horloge
F-13094 7 Aix-en-Provence CEDEX 2
France

www.mmsh.univ-aix.fr/iremam/

International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX)
Michelle Duplissis, Senior Program Officer
Education Programs Division
2121 K Street, NW  7th Floor
Washington DC 20037
Phone: 202 628-8188
Fax: 202 628-8189
irex@irex.org
mduplissis@irex.org
www.irex.org

Johns Hopkins University
I. William Zartman, Director
Conflict Management Program
School for Advanced International Studies
1619 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Ste. 420
Washington DC 20036
Phone: 202-663-5676
Fax: 202-663-5683
zartman@jhu.edu

King Abdulaziz Foundation for Research & Archives
Fahd Al-Semmari, Director General
PO Box 2945
Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia
Phone: +966-1-4011999
Fax:+966-1-4013597
info@darah.org.sa
www.darah.org.sa

University of Massachusetts
Tayeb El-Hibri, Director
Middle East Studies Program
Department of Judaic & Near Eastern Studies
Herter Hall, Box 33935
Amherst MA 01003-3935
Phone: 413 545-2550
Fax: 413 545-5876
telhibri@judnea.umass.edu
www.umass.edu/judaic/

McGill University
Robert Wisnovsky, Director
Institute of Islamic Studies
3485 McTavish, Morrice Hall Rm 319
Montreal, QC H3A 1Y1
Canada
Phone: 514-398-6077
Fax: 514-398-6731
info.islamics@mcgill.ca
www.arts.mcgill.ca/programs/islamic

University of Michigan
Marcia Inhorn, Director
Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies
International Institute SSWB 4640
1080 South University
Ann Arbor MI 48109-1106
Phone: 734-764-0350
Fax: 734-764-8523
cmenas@umich.edu
www.mcgill.ca/islamicstudies/

Middle East Institute
Ambassador Edward S. Walker, Jr., President
1761 N Street, NW
Washington DC 20036-0162
Phone: 202 785-1141
Fax: 202 331-8861
mideasti@mideasti.org
www.mideasti.org

Middle East Research & Information Project (MERIP)
Chris Toensing, Executive Director
1500 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Ste. 119
Washington DC 20005
Phone: 202-223-3677
Fax: 202-223-3604
ctoensing@merip.org
www.merip.org

National Institute for Technology & Liberal Education (NITLE)
Jo Ellen Parker, Executive Director
535 West William Street, Suite 301
Ann Arbor MI 48103
Phone: 734-913-0443
Fax: 734-761-3939
mtoler@nitle.org
blogs.nitle.org/almusharaka/
www.nitle.org/initiatives/almusharaka.htm

National Middle East Language Resource Center
Kirk Belnap, Director
Brigham Young University
214 HRCB
Provo UT 84602
Phone: 801 422-7192
nmelrc@byu.edu

www.nmelrc.org/

New York University
Farhad Kazemi, Director
Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies
50 Washington Square South
New York NY 10012
Phone: 212-998-8877
Fax: 212-995-4144
kevorkian.center@nyu.edu
www.nyu.edu/gsas/program/neareast

University of Notre Dame
Department of Classics
304 O'Shaughnessy Hall
Notre Dame IN 46556
574-631-7195
fax: 574-631-4268
AL.classics.1@nd.edu

www.nd.edu/~col/

The Ohio State University

Alam Payind, Director
Middle East Studies Center
322 Oxley Hall, 1712 Neil Avenue
Columbus OH 43210-1219
Phone: 614-688-4321
Fax: 614-292-4273
Payind.1@osu.edu
www.osu.edu/internationalstudies/mesc/

University of Pennsylvania
Robert J. Vitalis,  Director
Middle East Center
202 South 36th St, 3rd Fl
Philadelphia PA 19104-6227
Phone: 215-898-6335
Fax: 215-573-2003
info@mec.sas.upenn.edu
mec.sas.upenn.edu/

Portland State University
John Damis, Director
Middle East Studies Center
PO Box 751
Portland OR 97207-0751
Phone: 503-725-5467
Fax: 503-725-5320
damisj@pdx.edu
http://www.intl.pdx.edu/ISP/IS_MEast.htm

Princeton University
Program in Near Eastern Studies

Sukru Hanioglu, Director
110 Jones Hall
Princeton NJ 08544-1008
Phone: 609-258-5361
Fax: 609-258-1242
criley@princeton.edu
www.princeton.edu/~nes/

Princeton University
Institute for the Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa, & Central Asia
Gregory Bell
228 Bendheim Hall, PIIRS
Princeton NJ 08544-1022
transreg@princeton.edu
webscript.princeton.edu/~transreg/

Research Libraries Group
Susan Yoder
2029 Stierlin Court, Suite 100
Mountain View CA 94043-4684
Phone: 650-691-2270
Fax: 650-964-0943
Susan_Yoder@notes.rlg.org
www.rlg.org

Royal Institute of International Affairs (RIIA)
Middle East Programme
Rosemary Hollis
#10 St. James's Square, Chatham House
London SW1Y 4LE
United Kingdom
contact@chathamhouse.org.uk
www.riia.org

Stanford University
Robert C. Gregg, Interim Director
Sohaib and Sara Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies
Building 70, Room 71C
Stanford CA 94305
Phone: 650-725-7879
Fax: 650-725-1476
rgregg@stanford.org
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/islamic_studies/

University of Texas at Austin
Ian Manners, Director
Center for Middle East Studies
WMB 6.102
Austin TX 78712
Phone: 512-471-3881
Fax: 512-471-7834
cmes@menic.utexas.edu
www.utexas.edu/cola/cmes/

University of Toronto
James A. Reilly, Chair
Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations
4 Bancroft Avenue
Toronto Ontario M5S 1C1 Canada
Phone: 416-978-3306
Fax: 416-978-3305
james.reilly@utoronto.ca
www.utoronto.ca/nmc/

Tufts University
Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies
Leila Fawaz, Director and Issam M. Fares Professor of Lebanese and  Eastern  Mediterranean Studies
Cabot Intercultural Center
160 Packard Avenue
Medford MA 02155 
Phone: 617-627-6560
Fax: 617-627-3461
fares-center@tufts.edu
farescenter.tufts.edu

Tufts University
The Fletcher School
Program on Southwest Asia and Islamic Civilization
Andrew C. Hess, Director
160 Packard Avenue
Cabot 603
Medford MA 02155-7082
Phone: 617-627-3700
Fax: 617-627-3388
andrew.hess@tufts.edu
fletcher.tufts.edu/swaic/default.shtml

University of Utah
Ibrahim Karawan, Director
Middle East Center
University of Utah
260 S. Central Campus Drive, Room 153
Salt Lake City UT 84112-9157
Phone: 801-581-6181
Fax: 801-581-6183
kstone@mail.hum.utah.edu
www.hum.utah.edu/mec/

Vanderbilt University
Richard McGregor
Religious Studies Department
VU Station B #351585
2301 Vanderbilt Place
Nashville TN 37235-1585
Phone: 615-343-2462
Fax: 615-322-7505
richard.mcgregor@vanderbilt.edu
www.vanderbilt.edu/cas/ashomepage
www.vanderbilt.edu/jewishstudies/

Villanova University
Maghan Keita
Center for Arab & Islamic Studies
800 Lancaster Avenue
Villanova PA 19085-1699
Phone: 610-519-4610
Fax: 610-519-7249
www.artsci.villanova.edu/arabislamic/

University of Virginia
David A. Waldner, Director
Middle Eastern Studies Program
PO Box 400167
Charlottesville VA 22904-4167
Phone: 434-924-3033
Fax: 434-924-7867
daw4h@virginia.edu
faculty.virginia.edu/mesp/

University of Washington
Ellis Goldberg, Director
Middle East Center
The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies
225 Thomson Hall
Box 353650
Seattle WA 98195-3650
Phone: 206-543-4227
Fax: 206-685-0668
mecuw@u.washington.edu
jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/mideast/index.htm

Washington University in St. Louis
Pamela Barmash, Director
Jewish, Islamic and Near Eastern Studies
Campus Box 1121, One Brookings Drive
St. Louis MO 63130
Phone: 314-935-7156
Fax: 314-935-7462
pbarmash@artsci.wustl.edu
www.artsci.wustl.edu/~jines

University of Wisconsin-Madison
David  O. Morgan, Chair
Middle East Studies Program
323 Ingraham Hall, 115/51155 Observatory Drive
Madison WI 53706
Phone: 608-265-6583
Fax: 608-265-2919
domorgan@facstaff.wisc.edu
www.mesp.wisc.edu

Yale University
Ellen Lust-Okar, Chair
Council on Middle East Studies
PO Box 208324 - 34 Hillhouse Avenue, Room 232
New Haven CT 06520
Phone: 203-432-6252
Fax: 203-432-5963
Ellen.Lust-Okar@yale.edu
www.yale.edu/ycias/cmes/

Quick Links to Members' Websites

Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture 
American Academic Research Institute in Iraq
American Institute of Pakistan Studies
American Institute for Yemeni Studies
American University of Beirut
American University in Cairo
American University of Kuwait

American University of Sharjah
University of Arizona
University of Arkansas

Bunker Hill Community College
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Santa Barbara
Columbia University
Cornell University
Dartmouth College

Duke University
University of Exeter

Foundation for Iranian Studies
Georgetown University, CCAS & CMCU
Georgia State University
ILEX Foundation
Institute for Palestine Studies
Institute of Turkish Studies
International Institute of Islamic Thought

Intl Inst for Study of Islam in the Mod World (ISIM)
International Qajar Studies Association
International Research and Exchanges Board
IREMAM
Johns Hopkins University
King Abdulaziz Fndtn for Research & Archives
University of Massachusetts
McGill University
University of Michigan
Middle East Institute

ME Research & Information Project (MERIP)
Natl Inst for Technology & Liberal Education
Natl Middle East Language Resource Center
New York University
University of Notre Dame
Ohio State University
University of Pennsylvania

Portland State University
Princeton Univ, Tranregional Institute
Princeton Univ, Prog in Near Eastern Studies

Research Libraries Group
Royal Institute of International Affairs (RIIA)
Stanford University

University of Texas at Austin
University of Toronto
Tufts University, Fares Center
Tufts University, SW Asia & Islamic Civ Program
University of Utah

Vanderbilt University
Villanova University
University of Virginia
University of Washington
Washington University in St. Louis 
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Yale University