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Digital Content Associate, MESA Academic Freedom Initiative

The MESA Academic Freedom Initiative seeks data collection, organization, and analysis regarding campus climate and academic freedom issues since October 7, 2023.

K.D. Thompson

Professor Thompson received an ASMEA (Association for the Study of Middle East and Africa) Research Grant of  $2500 for “How to Be a Good Muslim in a Swahili Marriage: Gendering Marriage Advice through Writing and Orality,” which was presented at the Eighteenth Annual ASMEA Conference, November 1 – 3, 2025, Washington, D.C. She was accepted …

Aili Mari Tripp

Professor Tripp had an article accepted for publication by the International Journal of Feminist Politics on the “Instrumentalizing Women’s Rights in the United Arab Emirates.” Another piece, “Women Confronting Algerian Politics: Plus ça change,” was published by MENA Politics: Newsletter of the Middle East and North Africa Politics Section of the American Political Science Association, …

The 2026-2027 Fulbright U.S. Student Program competition

UW-Madison campus deadline is 10:00am CDT, Thursday, September 11, 2025.

International Winter School 2026: Call for Applications

The event will be held from 10 to 15 January 2026 in Doha, Qatar.

The Association of Middle East Children and Youth Studies Mentorship Program for Graduate Students

An upcoming meet and greet for potential students and mentors May 7 from 12-1 PM CST

MESP certificate student awarded the 2025 Wolff Fellowship!

Cat Carroll plans to spend the next year studying the migration phenomenon in seven different countries.

“The City and the Holy Mountain: The Long History of the Cultic Interface Between Caesarea/Kayseri and Mount Argaeus/Erciyes”

Thursday, April 24, 2025, 11 AM-12:30 PM US CT, via Zoom

“Behind the Scenes: The Perceived Empowerment Journey of Turkish Housewives Using Digital Secondhand Marketplaces”

A Hybrid Lecture: Friday, April 18, 2025, 1-2 PM US CT

“Constructing Chemical Infrastructure to Treat Parasitic Disease in Egypt”

Tuesday, April 8, from 11:30 am-1 pm