Academic Programs
Program Highlights
COURSES
Interested in taking MENA courses? Whether your a major, minor, grad student, have a general interest, or are satisfying requirements, check out what courses are being offered!
Research
MENA faculty members produce cutting-edge research and public scholarship on the contemporary Middle East and North Africa, publishing articles in leading academic journals and books that are widely taught and make an impact both in the scholarly world and in the wider cultural conversation.PROGRAMMING
We host a range of events over the course of the academic year including a quarterly New Directions in Middle East & North African Studies lecture, our MENA Conversations series, the MENA Graduate Student Colloquium, an annual Research Symposium, and events organized by our Working Groups.Upcoming Events
Events
Jan
13
2025
MENA | New Directions | Island & Empire: How Civil War in Crete M...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, Evanston
MENA welcomes the Winter Quarter 2025 New Directions in Middle East and North African Studies speaker, Uğur Zekeriya Peçe of Lehigh Uni...
Feb
6
2025
What a Trump Administration Means for US Foreign Policy in the Mi...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, Evanston
Please join MENA and the Buffett Institute for Global Affairs, in welcoming Nancy Okail of the Center for International Policy and Shib...
Feb
10
2025
Post-Assad Syria: Prospects and Challenges for State and Society ...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, Evanston
Please join MENA in welcoming Samer Aboud of Villanova University and Nour Halabi of University of Aberdeen, for a virtual discussion o...