ASSR: Arab Social Science Research ÈæÇÈÉ ÇáÚáæã ÇáÅÌÊãÇÚíÉ ÇáÚÑÈíÉ
ASSR - Research Centers: Middle East Studies Centers, Departments, and Academic Associations

  • African Studies Association (ASA)
    The African Studies Association (ASA) was founded in 1957 as a nonprofit organization open to all individuals and institutions interested in African affairs. Its mission is to bring together people with a scholarly and professional interest in Africa.
  • American Association for Teachers of Arabic (AATA)
    The American Association of Teachers of Arabic (AATA) aims to facilitate communication and cooperation between teachers of Arabic and to promote study, criticism, research and instruction in the field of Arabic language pedagogy, Arabic linguistics and Arabic literature. See also Journal of the American Association of Teachers of Arabic.
  • Association for Middle East Women's Studies (AMEWS)
    is a private, non-profit, non-political, international organization of scholars and other persons interested in the study of women in the Middle East. The objectives of AMEWS are to advance the study of women in the Middle East.
  • Association Française pour l'Etude du Monde Arabe et Musulman (AFEMAM)
    The French Association for the Study of the Arab and Muslim region, established in 1985, has as its object the study of the geographic and cultural arena since pre-Islamic times.
  • Australian National University - The Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (The Middle East & Central Asia) (CAIS)
    Faculty of Arts, at the Australian National University in Canberra, combines the study of the Middle East and Central Asia in a single centre. The Centre was opened in February 1994, and was known until 1 January 1999 as the Centre for Middle Eastern and Central Asia Studies (CMECAS).
  • Binghamton University, Middle East and North African (MENA)
    Binghamtom, New York.
  • Canadian Committee of the Middle East Studies of North America (CANNES)
    Was established in 1995 to encourage communication among scholars of Middle Eastern studies resident in Canada, and to further the development of joint projects and conference participation on the part of its membership.
  • Columbia University, Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures
  • Duke University, Asian and African Languages and Literature Department
  • Emory University, Middle Eastern Studies
  • European Association for Middle East Studies (EURASMES)
    Is the organizer of the European network of Middle Eastern Studies, an academic exchange of information concerning research on the Middle East. Eurames was formed in 1990 as an attempt to bring European scholars on the Middle East work closer together.
  • Georgetown University, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies
  • German Association for Middle Eastern Studies (DAVO)
    German Association for Contemporary Research and Documentation in the Middle East.
  • Goethe-Institute Amman, Jordan
  • Goethe-Institute Beirut, Lebanon
  • Goethe-Institute Cairo/Alexandria, Egypt
  • Harvard Law School- Islamic Legal Studies Program
  • Harvard University, Center for Middle Eastern Studies
  • Indiana University, Middle Eastern Studies Program (MESP)
  • Institute of Druze Studies (IDS)
    Is an international academic non-profit organization. The IDS board of directors includes members from over 25 universities and various other research institutions in North America, Europe, and the Middle East. The Institute's mission is to: Provide information on Druze history, society, and faith, encourage research on historical and contemporary Druze communities and to promote academic discourse about the Druzes and other imigrant religious communities.
  • Institute of Turkish Studies (ITS)
    Washington. Supports and encourages the development of Turkish Studies in American higher education through an annual grant program.
  • Johns Hopkins University- School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)- - Arabic Program
  • Johns Hopkins University, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute
  • Lebanese Studies Association (LSA)
  • Leiden University, Netherlands Institute for the Near East
  • London Middle East Institute at SOAS (LMEI)
    University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS).
  • McGill University and the Université de Montréal, The Inter-University Consortium for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies.
  • McGill University, Middle East Studies Program.
  • Middle East Librarians Associations (MELA)
    The Middle East Librarians' Association is a private, non-profit, non-political organization of librarians and others interested in those aspects of librarianship which support the study of or dissemination of information about the Middle East. The area include countries from Morocco through Pakistan as well as other areas formerly included in the Arab, Ottoman, or Mughal empires. The purpose of the Middle East Librarians' Association is to facilitate communication among members through meetings and publications; to improve the quality of area librarianship through the development of standards for the profession and education of Middle East library specialists.
  • Middle East Medievalists (MEM)
    Middle East Medievalists (MEM) is a professional non-profit association of scholars interested in the study of the Islamic lands of the Middle East during the medieval period (defined roughly as 500-1500 C.E.) MEM, established on 15 November 1989, publishes Al-`Usur al-Wusta, The Bulletin of Middle East Medievalist, twice yearly (April and October).
  • Middle East Outreach Council (MEOC)
    The Middle East Outreach Council, established in 1981, is a non-profit organization working to increase public knowledge of the people, place and culture of the Middle East.
  • Middle East Scholars in Europe, an overview
    The European Association for Middle East Studies is the organizer of the European network of Middle Eastern Studies, an academic exchange of information concerning research on the Middle East. Eurames was formed in 1990 as an attempt to bring European scholars on the Middle East work closer together. See also Middle East Scholars in Europe an overview which also provides a summary overview of associations in the European countries.
  • New York University, Department of Middle Eastern Studies
    Hagop Kevorkian Center.
  • Nordic Society for Middle East Studies (SGAS)
    Is an independent association for researchers in the Nordic countries who work on the Middle East and Islamic world. It covers all subjects in the humanist and social sciences, from antiquity to the present day. Currently, the Society has 250 members in the four countries of Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Norway.
  • North Park University, Center for Middle Eastern Studies
  • Ohio State University, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
  • School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS)
  • Society for Armenian Studies (SAS)
    The aims of the Society for Armenian Studies are to promote the study of Armenian culture and society, including history, language, literature, and social, political, and economic questions; to facilitate the exchange of scholarly information pertaining to Armenian studies around the world; and to sponsor panels and conferences on Armenian studies.
  • Society for Iranian Studies (SIS)
    The Society of Iranian Studies was founded in 1967 as a professional society to support and promote the field of Iranian Studies at the international level. SIS publishes the journal Iranian Studies and a Newsletter. The Society convenes periodic conferences, organizes special session at the annual MESA meetings, and awards the Saidi-Sirjani Memorial Book Award on an annual basis.
  • Sudan Studies Association (SSA)
    The Sudan Studies Association (SSA) is an independent professional society founded in the United States in 1981 is open to scholars, teachers, students, and others with interest in the Sudan. The Association promotes Sudanese studies and scholarship.
  • The Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies
    seeks to contribute to the study and understanding of the modern history and current affairs of the Middle East and Africa.
  • Turkish Studies Association (TSA)
    The Turkish Studies Association, was established in 1971 as a private, non-profit, non-political organization of persons interested in Turkish and Ottoman studies. The objectives of TSA are to promote high standards of scholarship and instruction; to facilitate communication among its members through meetings and written exchanges of information; and to promote international, scholarly cooperation among persons and organizations concerned with Turkish and Ottoman studies.
  • University of Arizona, Center for Middle Eastern Studies
  • University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Middle Eastern Studies Program
  • University of Bergen, Center for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
  • University of Bergen, Norway, Center for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
  • University of Birmingham, Centre for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations (CSIC)
  • University of California, Los Angeles, Dept of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures
  • University of California, Los Angeles, G.E. von Grunebaum Center for Near Eastern Studies
  • University of Chicago, Center for Middle Eastern Studies
  • University of Chicago, Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations
  • University of Denver, Institute for Islamic-Judaic Studies
  • University of Durham, The Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
  • University of Edinburgh, Department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies
  • University of Erlanger, Department of Middle Eastern and Far Eastern Languages and Cultures
  • University of Exeter, Center for Arab Gulf Studies
  • University of Exeter, the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies
    established on August 1, 1999 bringing together the Department of Arabic and Middle East Studies and the Centre for Arab Gulf Studies.
  • University of Florida, ALIF Intensive Arabic Program
  • University of London, School for Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)
  • University of Mainz, German Association for Contemporary Research and Documentation in the Middle East.
  • University of Michigan - Department of Near Eastern Studies
  • University of Michigan, Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies
  • University of Oxford, Near Eastern Studies Programme.
  • University of Pennsylvania - Penn Languages Center - Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
  • University of Pennsylvania, Middle East Center
  • University of Portland, Middle East Studies Center
  • University of Science and Technology, Yemen - Center for Arabic Language and Eastern Studies
  • University of St. Andrews, Institute for Middle Eastern Studies
  • University of Texas at Austin, Center for Middle Eastern Studies
  • University of Texas at Austin, Department of Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures
  • University of Tokyo, Islamic Area Studies
    Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, Arab-Islamic History.
  • University of Toronto, Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations
  • University of Toyko, Institute of Oriental Culture, International Research Group for Transregional & Emerging Area Studies.
  • University of Utah, Middle East Center
  • University of Virginia - Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures (AMELC)
    The Division of Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures (AMELC) offers a comprehensive curriculum in some of the major languages, literatures and cultures of East Asia, the Middle East, and South Asia.
  • University of Virginia - Yarmouk University, Jordan, Summer Arabic Program.
  • University of Virginia, Middle East Studies Program (MESP)
  • University of Washington, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization
  • Utrecht University, Department of Arabic, Persian and Turkic Languages and Cultures
  • Warsaw University, Oriental Institute
  • Yale University, Program in Islamic Studies

    •     Home       ASSR Centers