
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
28
2025
MENA Monday: The Portrait of an Alla Franca Shaykh: Sufism, Moder...
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 on...
Apr
30
2025
“How to Write a Democratic History of the Ottoman Empire?”
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, Evanston
Join KMTS and Ali Yaycioglu on April 30 from 12:30- 2:00PM in the Buffett Reading Room (720 University Place, 2nd Floor, Evanston, IL 6...
May
5
2025
MENA Monday: Palestinian Diplomacy: Past and Present - Mkhaimar A...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, Evanston
Palestinian Diplomacy: Past and Present Speaker: Mkhaimar Abusada (Political Science & MENA, Northwestern University) Lunch will be ser...