Middle East Studies Association of North America

"The Middle East Studies Association (MESA) is a private, non-profit, non-political learned society that brings together scholars, educators and those interested in the study of the region from all over the world. From its inception in 1966 with 50 founding members, MESA has increased its membership to more than 3,000 and now serves as an umbrella organization for more than sixty institutional members and thirty-nine affiliated organizations. "

Former Presidents

 * Richard T. Antoun, 1981
 * William B. Quandt, 1987/88
 * John Esposito, 1988
 * Barbara C. Aswad, 1992
 * John Obert Voll, 1993
 * Rashid Khalidi, 1994
 * Ann Mosley Lesch,1995
 * Farhad Kazemi, 1996
 * Lelia Fawaz, 1997
 * Philip S. Khoury, 1998
 * Barbara Freyer Stowasser, 1999
 * Jere L. Bacharach, 2000
 * R. Stephen Humphreys, 2001
 * Joel Beinin, 2002
 * Lisa Anderson, 2003
 * Laurie Brand, 2004
 * Ali Banuazizi, 2005
 * Juan Cole, 2006
 * Zachary Lockman, 2007

Board
Accessed February 2011:


 * President - Suad Joseph - University of California, Davis
 * President-Elect - Fred M. Donner - University of Chicago
 * Past-President - Roger M. A. Allen - University of Pennsylvania
 * Executive Director and Treasurer - Amy W. Newhall - University of Arizona
 * Beshara Doumani - University of California,
 * Shahla Haeri - Boston University 	Terms ending 12/4/2011
 * Mahmoud Al-Batal - University of Texas at Austin
 * Marcia C. Inhorn - Yale University
 * Carl W. Ernst - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
 * Jane Hathaway - Ohio State University

Contact
URL: http://www.mesa.arizona.edu

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