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
Nov
7
2024
Film Screening: Parviz by Majid Barzega
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM, Evanston
We will watch and discuss Majid Barzegar’s film Parviz, which tells the story of a fifty-year-old man who has lived with his father his...
Nov
18
2024
MENA Monday | The Afrabians: The Rise of the Arab Gulf in the Hor...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, Evanston
Please join MENA in welcoming Alden Young, Yale. He will give a lecture "The Afrabians: The Rise of the Arab Gulf in the Horn of Afric...
Nov
18
2024
EPL & MENA Present | Sudan's Delayed Transition: How Did We Get H...
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM, Off-Campus
In 2019 the Sudanese people peacefully overthrew the military dictatorship that had ruled them for more than 30 years. This victory was...