
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
Oct
5
2026
Classroom Solidarities Artist Talk with Mojdeh Rezaeipour
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, Evanston
Join MENA Studies, The Colloquium for Global Iran Studies, and Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities for Classroom Solidarities, a ...
Oct
6
2026
Classroom Solidarities Mixed Media Workshop with Mojdeh Rezaeipou...
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM, Evanston
Participants will co-imagine the classroom as a generative space for transformation through deconstruction and reconstruction prompts. ...
Oct
8
2026
Weinberg College Center for Global Studies Ice Cream Social
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM, Evanston
Join us for FRÍO Gelato and to learn about our 4 undergraduate programs within the Weinberg College Center for Global Studies: Internat...
