MENA Graduate Student Group
The graduate student branch of the Middle East and North African Studies Program seeks to advance the scholarly interests of Northwestern graduate students pursuing research on any topic in the MENA region. Open to all students in Northwestern's graduate and professional programs, MENA Grad meets at least once a quarter. It hosts roundtable discussions, professionalization workshops and other events in conjunction with the MENA Studies program. Students interested in joining can email the current co-chairs to be added to the MENA Grad listserv.
Current Co-Chair
Kyle Craig, Anthropology
KyleCraig2023@u.northwestern.edu
Past Co-Chairs
2020-2021
Hazal Özdemir, History
Keegan Terek, Anthropology
2018-2020
Nicholas Bascuñan-Wiley, Sociology
Matthew Bent, Interdisciplinary Program in Theatre and Drama
2016-18
Azadeh Safaeian, Comparative Literary Studies
Noran Mohamed, French and Italian
2015-16
Rana Khoury, Political Science
Arif Camoglu, English
2014-15
Magda Boutros, Sociology
Mona Oraby, Political Science
2013–14
Sean Lee, Political Science
Rory Sykes, Art History