
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
Feb
21
2025
Collateral Damages: Tracing the Debts and Displacements of the Ir...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, Evanston
As we near the 22nd anniversary of the US-led invasion and occupation of Iraq, there has yet to be a meaningful public reckoning with t...
Feb
22
2025
EPL & MENA | The Color Black: Enslavement and Erasure in Iran
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, Off-Campus
This event takes place at the Evanston Public Library. Evanston Public Library and Northwestern University’s Middle East and North Af...
Feb
24
2025
Remembering to Forget: Histories and Legacies of Enslavement in I...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, Evanston
MENA welcomes Beeta Baghoolizadeh, Princeton. She will lecture on her book The Color Black: Enslavement and Erasure in Iran. Lunch wi...