
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
21
2025
MENA | The Portrait of an Alla Franca Shaykh: Sufism, Modernity, ...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, Evanston
Feyza Burak-Adli is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Anthropology at Northwestern University. She will give a presentation o...
May
21
2025
Buffett Book Talk: Heaven Has a Wall
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM, Evanston
Join us for a book talk with Beth Hurd, author of Heaven Has a Wall. Through an analysis of the many ways the United States creates, en...
May
22
2025
Learning Sciences Book Talk: Revolutionary Engineers: Learning, P...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, Evanston
Please join us on Thursday, May 22 at 12:30 pm CST for a book talk on Revolutionary Engineers: Learning, Politics, and Activism at Arya...