
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
27
2026
Social Media, Religious Authority, and The Arab Gulf Crisis
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, Evanston
Book talk with Ibrahim N. Abusharif (Northwestern University - Qatar). Lunch Provided! This talk examines how digital media reconfigure...
May
1
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...
May
13
2026
Why Would a Foreign Soldier Die for You? Baloch Diaspora and the ...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, Evanston
Description: Can one ever rely on outsiders in times of war and global disorder, with crisscrossing lines of allegiance? What, other t...
