MESA's Institutional Members
(List current as of May 2011)
Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture
at MIT and Harvard University
MIT Room 10-390, 77 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge MA 02139-4307
Contact: Nasser Rabbat, Director
617-253-1400 • fax 617-258-8172
akpiarch@mit.edu
http://web.mit.edu/akpia/www/
Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Ifrane 53000
Morocco
Contact: Dean Mohamed Dahbi
Abdellah Chekayri, Arabic Language & N Af Studies Program Coordinator
+212-535862448 • fax +212-535862977
a.chekayri@aui.org
http://www.aui.ma/
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 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
+965-224-8399 ext. 543 • fax +965-574-9638
gulfcenter@auk.edu.kw
http://www.auk.edu.kw
American University of Sharjah
PO Box 26666
Sharjah
UAE
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
202-776-9600 • fax 202-776-7000
inquiries@amideast.org
http://www.amideast.org/
Brandeis University
Crown Center for Middle East Studies
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
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
Carolina Center for the Study of the Middle East & Muslim Civilizations
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
3025 FedEx Global Education Center
301 Pittsboro St. CB# 7582
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7582
Contact: Carl W. Ernst, Director
919-843-0129 • fax 919-843-2102
cernst@email.unc.edu
http://www.unc.edu/mideast/index.html
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
Columbia University
Middle East Institute
1114 International Affairs Bldg
New York NY 10027
Contact: Peter Awn, Director
212-854-2584 • fax 212-854-1413
amb49@columbia.edu
http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/REGIONAL/mei
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 University
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES)
222 Trent Hall, Box 90414
Durham NC 27705
Contact: miriam cooke
919-684-2312 • fax 919-681-7871
mcw@duke.edu
http://www.duke.edu/web/aall/major-minor.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
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
Center for International & Regional Studies
GU/SFS-Qatar
3300 Whitehaven St, NW #2100 - Harris Bldg
Washington DC 20007-2401
202-687-4545 • fax 202-687-0816
Georgetown University, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies
Intercultural Center 241
Washington DC 20057-1020
Contact: Michael Hudson, 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
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: David Cuthell, Director
202-687-0295 • fax 202-687-3780
dcc@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
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
Middle East Institute, National Singapore University
469A Bukit Timah Road
Tower Block Level 2
Singapore 259770
Singapore
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: Jean Campbell, Interim Director
503-725-4074 • fax 503-725-5320
campbej@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 • fax 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, 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
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: Hadi Esfahani, Director
Ritu Saksena, 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 2607
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
Contacts: 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 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
Dept. of Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations
4 Bancroft Avenue
Toronto ON M5S 1C1
Canada
Contacts: Linda Northrup, Chair
Jennie Jones, Assistant to the Chair
416-978-0378; 416-978-3306
fax 416-978-3305
linda.northrup@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
Contacts: Bahman Baktiari, Director
Caren Frost, Associate Director
801-581-6181 • fax 801-581-6183
kellie.parker@utah.edu
http://www.mec.utah.edu
University of Virginia
Middle Eastern Studies Program
PO Box 400781
Charlottesville VA 22904-4781
Contact: Daniel Lefkowitz, Chair
434-924-3452 • fax 434-924-6977
dl2h@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
Jessica Delisi, Secretary
610-519-4640 • fax 610-519-6133
silvia.nagyzekmi@villanova.edu
Jessica.delisi@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: Marcia C. Inhorn, Chair
203-436-2553 • fax 203-432-9381
cmes@yale.edu
http://www.yale.edu/macmillan/cmes