
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
Apr
7
2026
Wallace Bacon Artist Residency With Yaa Samar! Dance Theatre
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM, Evanston
The 2026 Wallace Bacon Lecture in Performance Studies features an artist talk and workshop in Dabke dance by Yaa Samar! Dance Theatre. ...
Apr
8
2026
Artist Talk with YSDT (Yaa Samar! Dance Theatre)
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, Evanston
Artist Talk with YSDT Followed by a roundtable with Nora Alami, Camila Simonin, and Shayna Silverstein.
Apr
10
2026
Nowruz Film Series
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM, Evanston
This Spring, the Northwestern University Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures is hosting its third annual Nowruz event series...
