MESA Condemns Executive Order limiting the entry of Middle Eastern refugees and immigrants to the U.S.
Condemnation of Executive Order limiting the entry of Middle Eastern refugees and immigrants to the U.S.
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MESA issues letter to John Kerry requesting intervention regarding Turkish government actions against universities and academics
MESA Board letter to John Kerry requesting intervention regarding Turkish government measures against universities and academics following the July 15, 2016 coup attempt.
MESA and other societies express profound concern over the apparent moves to dismantle the structure of Turkish higher education through purges, restrictions, and assertions of central control.
Statement by multiple organizations expressing profound concern over the apparent moves to dismantle the structure of Turkish higher education through purges, restrictions, and assertions of central control.
MESA Board issues Statement regarding the impact of sanctions placed on Iran by the United States and their impact on valuable scholarly activity.
Statement regarding the impact of sanctions placed on Iran by the United States and their impact on valuable scholarly activity.
MESA Board issues statement regarding impact of legislated changes to the Visa Waiver Program on scholarly exchange
Statement regarding impact of legislated changes to the Visa Waiver Program on scholarly exchange
MESA Board issues Security Alert for Study and Research in Egypt
Statement issuing a security alert for study and research in Egypt.
MESA Joins Learned Societies in Expressing Concern about Texas Campus Carry Law
Statement regarding the impact of Texas’s new Campus Carry law on freedom of expression in Texas universities.
MESA Board Statement on Violent Acts Against People of Middle East or Muslim Background
The Board of Directors of the Middle East Studies Association condemns the increasing frequency and intensity of violent acts against civilians taking place in countries around the world. We are also alarmed at the related rise in the stereotyping and vilification of people of Middle East or Muslim background.
MESA Board Statement on Increasingly Contingent Academic Workforce
The MESA Board of Directors has identified the rising reliance on an increasingly contingent academic workforce as one of the greatest current challenges to the academic profession.
MESA board expresses concern over possible 40% cut to Title VI and Fulbright Hays funding.
The Board of Directors of the Middle East Studies Association expresses great concern over reports of a possible $50 million or 40% cut to Title VI and Fulbright Hays funding.
MESA Board Letter regarding arbitrary revocation of appointments at the University of Utah’s Middle East Center
On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA), I write to express our concern about Dean Robert Newman’s summary and arbitrary revocation of the appointments held at the University of Utah’s Middle East Center by Professors Peter Sluglett and Harris Lenowitz
MESA and AAUP joint statement on “Iraq: Higher Education and Academic Freedom Danger”
Washington, D.C., and Tucson, Arizona — The Middle East Studies Association and the American Association of University Professors jointly released the following statement, titled “Iraq: Higher Education and Academic Freedom in Danger,” on July 5.
MESA, AAUP, and AAAS statement of concern about the dangers facing academic life in Iraq
The Middle East Studies Association (MESA), the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) are profoundly concerned about the dangers facing academic life in Iraq today.
MESA Board Letter to Attorney General John Ashcroft regarding fingerprinting and photography requirements of visitors from the Middle East
The Board of Directors of the Middle East Studies Association of North America views with extreme concern your June 5 proposal to fingerprint and photograph visitors to the United States from Middle Eastern countries. Such humiliating procedures will have a profoundly chilling effect on all scholarly and artistic exchanges and discourage visitors from Middle Eastern countries to the United States.
MESA Board Statement regarding National Flagship Language Initiative - Pilot Program (NFLI-P)
The Board of Directors of the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA) is concerned about the potential negative consequences of aspects of the recently announced National Flagship Language Initiative – Pilot Program (NFLI-P), under the National Security Education Program (NSEP) authorized by Congress in 1991.
MESA Board Statement on “The Enhanced Border and Security and Visa Entry Reform Act”
“The Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act,” which passed unanimously (97-0) in the Senate on Thursday, April 18, prohibits admission of people from Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Sudan and North Korea unless they are coming to the United States as immigrants.
MESA Board Statement on University of South Florida’s Decision to Fire Professor Sami Al-Arian
The Board of Directors of the Middle East Studies Association of North America is deeply disturbed by the University of South Florida’s decision to fire Professor Sami Al-Arian.
MESA Board Statement condemning the violent acts of September 11, 2001
The Board of Directors of the Middle East Studies Association condemns the violent acts of Tuesday, September 11, 2001. We offer our sincere condolences to all those personally affected by the tragedy.
MESA Board letter to Turkish Minister of Culture and Minister of Foreign Affairs regarding research permits in Turkish libraries and museums
I am writing to you on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Middle East Studies Association. It has come to our attention that the Under-Secretary of the Turkish Ministry of Culture, Tekin Aybas, has expressed himself willing to investigate the possibility of changing the rules concerning residence and research permits in Turkish libraries and museums for both Turkish and foreign scholars who use them.