MESA's Institutional Members
(List current as of May 2012)
Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Ifrane 53000, Morocco
Contact: Dean Mohamed Dahbi
Abdellah Chekayri, Arabic Language & North African Studies Program Coordinator
+212-535862448 • fax +212-535862977
a.chekayri@aui.org
http://www.aui.ma/
Al-Monitor
1101 30th Street, NW Suite 500
Washington DC 20007
212-218-3134
contactus@al-monitor.com
http://www.al-monitor.com
American Institute for Yemeni Studies (AIYS)
PO Box 311
Ardmore PA 19003-0311
Contact: Maria Ellis, Executive Director
610-896-5412 • fax 610-896-9049
aiys@aiys.org
http://www.aiys.org
American Institute of Afghanistan Studies (AIAS)
745 Commonwealth Ave Rm 639
Boston MA 02215
Contact: Michael Carroll, US Administrative Director
617 358-4649 • fax 617-358-4650
aias@bu.edu
http://www.bu.edu/aias
American University in Cairo
420 Fifth Avenue, 3rd Fl
New York NY 10018
Contact: Lisa Anderson, President
212-730-8800 • fax 212-730-1600
president@aucegypt.edu
http://www.aucegypt.edu
American University in Dubai
PO Box 28282
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Contacts: Elias bou Saab, Vice-President
Mark Barnette, US Liaison
+ 971 4399 9000 • fax + 971-43998500
ebousaab@aud.edu; markbarnette@comcast.net
http://aud.edu
American University of Beirut
3 Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, 8th Floor
New York NY 10017-2303
Contact: Peter Dorman, President
212-583-7600 • fax 212-583-7650
http://www.aub.edu.lb
American University of Kuwait
PO Box 3323
Safat 13034, Kuwait
Contact: President
+965-224-8399x 543 • fax +965-574-9638
gulfcenter@auk.edu.kw
http://www.auk.edu.kw
American University of Sharjah
PO Box 26666
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Contact: Peter Heath, Chancellor
+971-6-515-5555 • fax +971-6-5585858
hadajian@aus.edu
http://www.aus.edu
AMIDEAST
1730 M St NW #1100
Washington DC 20036
Contact: Jerome B. Bookin-Weiner, Director of Study Abroad and Outreach
202-776-9627 • fax 202-776-7027
jbookinweiner@amideast.org
http://www.amideast.org/abroad
Boston College
Program in Islamic Civilization & Societies
Boston College
c/o Political Science Department
Chestnut Hill MA 02467
Contact: Ali Banuazizi, Director
Kathleen Bailey, Associate Director
617-552-4170
kathleen.bailey.1@bc.edu
http://www.bc.edu/content/bc/schools/cas/ics.html
Brandeis University
Mailstop 010
Waltham MA 02454-9110
Contact: Shai Feldman, Director
781-736-5320 • fax 781-736-5324
crowncenter@brandeis.edu
http://www.brandeis.edu/crown
British Council
British Embassy
3100 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington, DC 20008
Contact: Tim Rivera
Emmanuel Kattan
Fax 202-588-7918
tim.rivera@britishcouncil.org
http://www.oursharedfuture.org
Brown University
Middle East Studies Program
Providence RI 02912
Contact: Melani Cammett, Program Director
401-863-2645 • fax 401-863-7337
Melani_Cammett@Brown.edu
http://www.watsoninstitute.org/middleeast/index.cfm
Bunker Hill Community College
International Center
250 New Rutherford Avenue
Charlestown Campus
Boston MA 02129-2925
Contact: Vilma Tafawa, Executive Director
617-228-2461 • fax 617-228-2442
international@bhcc.mass.edu
http://www.bhcc.mass.edu/inside/585
California State University, San Bernardino
Dept of World Languages & Literatures
5500 University Parkway
San Bernardino CA 92407-2397
Contact: Terri Nelson, Chair
909-537-5847 • fax 909 -537-7091
tnelson@csusb.edu
http://flan.csusb.edu
College of William & Mary
Reves Center for International Studies
PO Box 8795
Williamsburg VA 23187-8795
Contact: Judy Davis, Administrator
757-221-3592 • fax 757-221-3597
jcdav3@wm.edu
http://web.wm.edu/revescenter
Cornell University
Dept of Near Eastern Studies
409 White Hall
Ithaca NY 14853-7901
Contact: Kim Haines-Eitzen, Chair
607-255-6275 • fax 607 -255-6450
neareastern@cornell.edu
http://www.arts.cornell.edu/nes/index.html
Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC)
PO Box 37012, MRC-178
Washington DC 20013-7012
Contact: Mary Ellen Lane, Director
Heidi Massaro, Deputy Director
202.633.1599 • fax 202-786-2430
massaro.heidi@caorc.org
http://www.caorc.org
Dartmouth College
Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Program
101D Bartlett Hall
Hanover, NH 03755
Dartmouth College
Hanover NH 03755-3525
Contact: Dale F. Eickelman
603-646-2861 • fax 603 -646-3115
asian.studies@dartmouth.edu
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~asia
Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies
c/o University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
3025 FedEx Global Education Center
301 Pittsboro St. CB# 7582
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7582
Contacts: Carl W. Ernst (UNC)
Miriam Cooke (Duke)
919-843-0129 • fax 919-843-2102
cernst@email.unc.edu
miriam.cooke@duke.edu
http://www.unc.edu/mideast/index.html
Foundation for Iranian Studies
4343 Montgomery Ave #200
Bethesda MD 20814
Contact: Mahnaz Afkhami, Director
301-657-1990 • fax 301-657-1983
fis@fis-iran.org
http://www.fis-iran.org
George Washington University
Institute for Middle East Studies
Elliott School of International Affairs
1957 E Street, NW, Suite 512
Washington, DC 20052
Contacts: Marc Lynch, Director
Emily Voight, Executive Associate
202-994-5582
imes@gwu.edu
http://www.gwu.edu/~imes
Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar, Center for International & Regional Studies
LAS Building - Education City
PO Box 23689
Doha, Qatar
Contact: Mehran Kamrava, Director
+974 457 8400 • fax+974-457-8401
cirsresearch@georgetown.edu
http://cirs.georgetown.edu
Georgetown University, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies
Intercultural Center 241
Washington DC 20057-1020
Contact: Osama Abi-Mershed, Director
202-687-5793 • fax 202-687-7001
ccasinfo@georgetown.edu
http://ccas.georgetown.edu
Georgetown University Prince Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding
ICC 260, 37th & O Streets NW
Washington DC 20057
Contact: John Esposito, Director
202-687-8375 • fax 202 -687-8376
cmcu@georgetown.edu
http://cmcu.georgetown.edu
Georgia State University
Middle East Institute
PO Box 4089
Atlanta GA 30303-4089
Contact: Michael Herb, Director
404-413-6146 • fax 404-413-6141
herb@gsu.edu
http://www.cas.gsu.edu/dept/mec/
Harvard University
Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Center for Middle Eastern Studies
38 Kirkland Street
Cambridge MA 02138
Contact: Alison Howe, Administrator
617-495-4056 • fax 617-496-8584
cmes@fas.harvard.edu
http://cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu
Iara Lee & George Gund Foundation
39 Mesa Street, #300, The Presidio
San Francisco CA 94129
Contact: Iara Lee, President
415-561-3100 • fax 415-561-3111
assistant@gg3.com
http://www.culturesofresistance.org
ILEX Foundation
82 Revere Street
Boston MA 02114
Contact: Niloo Fotouhi, Executive Director
617-723-9977 • fax 617-723-3366
nf@ilexfoundation.org
http://www.ilexfoundation.org
Institute of Turkish Studies (ITS)
Georgetown University
ICC, Box 571033
Washington DC 20057-1033
Contact: Sinan Ciddi, Director
202-687-0295 • fax 202-687-3780
itsdirector@turkishstudies.org
http://www.turkishstudies.org
International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT)
500 Grove Street, 2nd Floor
Herndon VA 20170
Contact: AbdulHamid AbuSulayman
703-471-1133 • fax 703-471-3922
iiit@iiit.org
http://www.iiit.org
IREMAM
Institut de Recherches et d’Etudes sur le Monde Arabe et Musulman, UMR 7310
Maison Méditerranéenne des Sciences de l’Homme
5, rue du Château de l’Horloge
BP 647
13094 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 2
Contacts: Ghislaine Alleaume, Directrice de recherche au CNRS
Homa Lessan Pezechki, Maître de Conférences à l’université de Provence
+33(0)4 42 52 41 62 • fax +33(0)4 42 52 49 80
secretariat.iremam@mmsh.univ-aix.fr
http://iremam.univ-provence.fr/
Johns Hopkins University
School for Advanced International Studies
1740 Massachusetts Ave, NW
Washington DC 20036
Contact: I. William Zartman
202-663-5745 • fax 202-663-5619
plewis@jhu.edu or zartman@jhu.edu
http://www.sais-jhu.edu/index.html
Marquette University
Office of International Education
Alumni Memorial Union, 425
PO Box 1881
Milwaukee WI 53201-1881
Contact: Terence Miller, Director
414-288-7289 • fax 414-288-3701
http://www.marquette.edu/oie/index.shtml
McGill University
Institute of Islamic Studies
3485 McTavish, Morrice Hall Rm 319
Montréal QC H3A 1Y1 Canada
Contact: Jamil Ragep, Director
514-398-6077 • fax 514-398-6731
info.islamics@mcgill.ca
http://www.mcgill.ca/islamicstudies
MERIP/Middle East Report
1344 T St. NW #1
Washington DC 20009
Contact: Chris Toensing, Executive Director
202-223-3677• fax 202-223-3604
http://www.merip.org/
Middle East Institute, National Singapore University
469A Bukit Timah Road
Tower Block Level 2
Singapore 259770
Contact: Michael Hudson, Director
contact.mei@nus.edu.sg
http://www.mei.nus.edu.sg/
National Middle East Language Resource Center
Brigham Young University
214 HRCB
Provo UT 84602
Contact: Kirk Belnap, Director
801-422-7192 • fax 801-422-0382
nmelrc-research@byu.edu
http://www.nmelrc.org
New York University
Hagop Kevokian Center for Near
Eastern Studies
50 Washington Sq South
New York NY 10012
Contact: Michael Gilsenan, Director
212-998-8877 • fax 212-995-4144
Kevorkian.center@nyu.edu
http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/program/neareast
Ohio State University
Middle East Studies Center
325 Oxley Hall, 1712 Neil Ave
Columbus OH 43210-1219
Contact: Alam Payind, Director
614-292-5897 • fax 614 -292-4273
mesc@osu.edu
http://mesc.osu.edu
Portland State University
Middle East Studies Center
PO Box 751
Portland OR 97207-1851
Contact: James Grehan, Director
503-725-4074 • fax 503-725-5320
middleeaststudiescenter@pdx.edu
http://www.mesc.pdx.edu
Princeton University, Institute for the Transregional Study of the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia
110 Jones Hall
Princeton NJ 08544
Contact: Bernard Haykel, Director
Joyce Slack, Manager
609-258-2178 • fax 609-258-0204
transreg@princeton.edu
http://www.princeton.edu/~transreg/
Princeton University, Program in Near Eastern Studies
110 Jones Hall
Princeton NJ 08544-1008
Contact: Sukru Hanioglu, Director or Christine Riley, Program Manager
609-258-4272 • 609-258-9055
criley@princeton.edu
http://www.princeton.edu/~nep
Simon Fraser University
515 West Hastings Street
Vancouver BC V6B 5K3 Canada
Contact: Tamir Moustafa
778-782-8426 • fax 778-782-7837
tma22@sfu.ca
Stanford University
Sohaib and Sara Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies
Encina Hall West Rm 216
Stanford CA 94305-6045
Contact: Shahzad Bashir, Director
650-736-8122 • fax 650-723-3010
abbasiprogram@stanford.edu
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/islamic_studies/
Syracuse University
Middle Eastern Studies Program
332 Eggers Hall
Syracuse NY 13244-1090
Contact: Mehrzad Boroujerdi, Director
315-443-5877 • fax 315-443-9082
mboroujerdi@maxwell.syr.edu
http://middle-eastern-studies.syr.edu
The American Academic Research Institute in Iraq (TAARII)
3923 28th St., #389
Grand Rapids, MI 49512
Contact: Beth Kangas, Executive Director
773-844-9658
info@taarii.org
http://www.taarii.org
Tufts University, Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies
Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy
160 Packard Avenue
Medford MA 02155
Contact: Leila Fawaz, Director
617-627-6560 • fax 617-627-3461
Fares-center@tufts.edu
http://farescenter.tufts.edu
Tufts University, Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy’s Program on Southwest Asia & Islamic Civilization
Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy
Cabot 603
Medford MA 02155
Contact: Andrew C. Hess, Director
617-627-2734 • fax 617 -627-3388
Andrew.hess@tufts.edu
http://fletcher.tufts.edu/swaic/
United States Naval Academy
Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies
106 Maryland Avenue
Annapolis MD 21402
Contact: Brannon Wheeler, Director
410-293-6307 • fax 410-293-2994
bwheeler@usna.edu
http://www.usna.edu/MiddleEast/index.html
University of Arizona
Center for Middle Eastern Studies
845 N Park Ave, Room 470
Tucson AZ 85721
Contact: Anne H. Betteridge, Director
520-621-5450 • fax 520-621-9257
mideast@mail.arizona.edu
http://www.cmes.arizona.edu
University of Arkansas
King Fahd Center for Middle East & Islamic Studies
202 Old Main
Fayetteville AR 72701
Contact: Joel Gordon, Director
479-575-4157 • fax 479-575-3629
mest@uark.edu
http://www.uark.edu/depts/mesp/
University of California, Berkeley
Center for Middle Eastern Studies
340 Stephens Hall #2314
Berkeley CA 94720
Contact: Nezar AlSayyad, Director
510-642-8208 • fax 510-643-3001
cmes@berkeley.edu
http://cmes.berkeley.edu
University of California, Los Angeles
Gustav von Grunebaum Center for Near Eastern Studies
10286 Bunche Hall, PO Box 951480
Los Angeles CA 90095-1480
Contact: Susan Slyomovics, Director
310-825-1181 • fax 310-206-2406
cnes@international.ucla.edu
http://www.international.ucla.edu/cnes/
University of California, Santa Barbara
Center for Middle East Studies
Humanities & Social Sciences Building
Santa Barbara CA 93106-3130
Contact: Dwight Reynolds, Director
805-893-5034 • fax 805-893-2059
cmes@isber.ucsb.edu
http://www.cmes.ucsb.edu
University of Chicago
Center for Middle Eastern Studies
5828 S. University Avenue
Chicago IL 60637
Contact: Fred Donner, Director
773-702-8297 • fax 773-702-2587
cmes@uchicago.edu
http://www.cmes.uchicago.edu/
University of Exeter
Institute of Arab & Islamic Studies
Stocker Road
Exeter EX4 4ND United Kingdom
Contact: Jane Clark, Administrator
+44-1392-264036 • fax +44-1392-264035
iais-info@ex.ac.uk
http://www.huss.ex.ac.uk/iais
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Center for South Asian & Middle
Eastern Studies
Rm 221, 910 South Fifth Street
Champaign IL 61820
217-244-7331 • fax 217-265-6399
Contacts: Valerie Hoffman, Director
Angela S. Williams, Associate Director
csames@illinois.edu
http://www.csames.uiuc.edu/
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Middle East Studies Program
Herter Hall, Box 33935
Amherst MA 01003-3935
Contact: Tayeb El-Hibri, Director
413-545-2550 • fax 413-545-5876
Judaic@judnea.umass.edu
http://www.umass.edu/judaic/
University of Michigan
Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies
1080 South University Suite 3603
Ann Arbor MI 48109-1106
Contact: Gottfried Hagen, Director
734-764-0350 • fax 734-764-8523
cmenas@umich.edu
http://www.ii.umich.edu/cmenas/
University of Notre Dame
Department of Classics
304 O’Shaughnessy Hall
Notre Dame IN 46556
Contact: Elizabeth Forbis Mazurek, Chair
574-631-7195 • fax 574-631-4268
AL.Classics.1@nd.edu
http://classics.nd.edu
University of Pennsylvania
Middle East Center
228 Fisher-Benett Hall #228, 3340 Walnut St
Philadelphia PA 19104-6203
Contact: Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet, Director
Zeynep Turan, Associate Director
215-898-6355 • fax 215-573-2003
info@mec.sas.upenn.edu
http://mec.sas.upenn.edu
University of Southern California
USC Dornsife
Taper Hall 449
3501 rousdale Parkway
Los Angeles CA 90089-0151
Contact: Kevin van Bladel, DIrector
213-740-2795• fax 213-740-9354
https://dornsife.usc.edu/mesp/
University of Texas at Austin
Center for Middle Eastern Studies
1 University Station, F9400
Austin TX 78712-0527
Contact: Kamran Aghaie, Director
512-471-3881 • fax 512-471-7834
cmes@menic.utexas.edu
http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/cmes
University of Toronto
Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations
4 Bancroft Avenue
Toronto ON M5S 1C1 Canada
Contact: Timothy P. Harrison, Chair
416-978-6600 • fax 416-978-3305
tim.harrison@utoronto.ca
http://www.utoronto.ca/nmc/
University of Utah
Middle East Center
Orson Spencer Hall
260 S Central Campus Dr Rm 153
Salt Lake City UT 84112-9157
Contact: June Marvel, Academic Advisor
801-581-6181 • fax 801-581-6183
june.marvel@utah.edu
http://www.mec.utah.edu
University of Virginia
Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures
PO Box 400781
Charlottesville VA 22904-4781
Contact: Farzaneh Milani, Chair
434-924-3452 • fax 434-924-6977
mesa@virginia.edu
http://www.virginia.edu/mesa/index.html
University of Washington
Middle East Center
225 Thomson Hall, Box 353650
Seattle WA 98195
Contacts: Philip S. Schuyler, Director
Felicia Hecker, Associate Director
206-543-4227 • fax 206-685-0668
mecuw@u.washington.edu
http://jsis.washington.edu/mideast
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Middle East Studies Program
323 Ingraham Hall
1155 Observatory Drive
Madison WI 53706
Contact: Uli Schamiloglu, Chair
608-265-6583 • fax 608-265-2919
cmes@mailplus.wisc.edu
http://mideast.wisc.edu
Vanderbilt University
Religious Studies Department
Box 351585, 2301 Vanderbilt Pl
Nashville TN 37235-1585
Contact: Richard McGregor
615-343-2462
Richard.j.mcgregor@vanderbilt.edu
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/islamicstudies
Villanova University
Center for Arab & Islamic Studies
Old Falvey 204
Villanova PA 19085-1699
Contacts: Silvia Nagy-Zekmi, Director
610-519-4640 • fax 610-519-6133
silvia.nagyzekmi@villanova.edu
http://www.villanova.edu/artsci/arabislamic
Washington University in St. Louis
Jewish, Islamic & Near Eastern Studies
Campus Box 1121, One Brookings Drive
St Louis MO 63130
Contact: Pamela Barmash, Director
314-935-8567 • fax 314-935-7462
pbarmash@wustl.edu
http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~jines/index.htm
Yale University
Council on Middle East Studies
PO Box 208324, 34 Hillhouse Ave Rm 342
New Haven CT 06520
Contact: Frank Griffel, Chair
203-436-2553 • fax 203-432-9381
cmes@yale.edu
http://www.yale.edu/macmillan/cmes