Has there ever been a region dissected in public discourse as exhaustively as the Middle East, yet misunderstood almost universally? Ask someone what the words “Middle East” conjure, and odds are ...

The major in Middle East studies provides students with the opportunity to deeply explore this region’s historical, political, social and cultural complexity. Broadly conceived, this geographical ...

A New York Public Library exhibition features nearly two centuries of cultural, social and political artifacts on Middle Easterners and North Africans in the city. A New York Public Library exhibition ...

The Role of Public History in Shaping Collective Memory in Qatar, 2026-10-19 to 2026-10-20 at Qatar National Library.

Maps can be a powerful tool for understanding the world, particularly the Middle East, a place in many ways shaped by changing political borders and demographics. Here are 40 maps crucial for ...

The Department of Middle Eastern and Ancient Mediterranean Studies (MEAMS) is home to a dynamic and diverse community of teachers and scholars from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds. The ...

Upcoming forums hosted by the Crown Center for Middle East Studies will examine various impacts of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 on the Middle East, 25 years later. The attacks on the United ...

The Crown Center for Middle East Studies this week marked the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks with an expert panel examining whether and how the events of that day and the ...

The idea that the Middle East is becoming more liberal may sound counterintuitive. Nearly 50 years ago, a revolution in Iran dismantled the country’s secular order and ushered in an absolutist ...

A major in Middle East Studies (General) requires a minimum of forty credits. The required courses for the major are: MES 101: Introduction to the Middle East. Four credits. This course traces the ...