Forum on Arab and Muslim Affairs (FAMA)

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News/Events

Jadaliyya launched its new Iran Page on September 4th!
Status Hour launched The Real Football Podcast!
ASI is now accepting internship applications for the Fall of 2019! See internship descriptions here.
STATUS/الوضع Hour Audio Magazine launches website to accommodate continuous publishing. Visit the site here.
Jadaliyya launches The Nerdiest Show to discuss publications sent to the Arab Studies Institute, and how they might best be utilized in and out of the classroom. Visit the site here.
Jadaliyya and Orient XXI host the Critical Online Knowledge on the Middle East in Paris, France on July 4th, 2019. Learn more about the event here.
Middle East Studies Pedagogies Initiative officially launched at its inaugural conference from June 15th-June 16th, 2019.
Political Economy Summer Institute took place from June 7th - June 10th, 2019. More info here.
Part 2 of the Town Hall at George Mason University: Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and Discrimination in The Name of Religion drew a large crowd and provoked a wide-ranging discussion about religion and tolerance at George Mason University.
The 2018 Political Economy Book Prize Winner is announced!

Publications

• STATUS/الوضع ISSUE 6.2 is live on statushour.com

* Episode 3 of The Nerdiest Show on the Internet is live on statushour.com

• Tadween Publishing has released the third issue of the Syria Quarterly Report.

• Jadaliyya and Tadween Publishing announce the second issue of JadMag: Jadaliyya in Print! Click here for details.

• New JadMag, Cities, edited by Sherene Seikaly, available for order at Tadween Publishing.

• New JadMag, 1967, edited by Sherene Seikaly, available for order at Tadween Publishing.

• Middle East Studies Pedagogy Initiative publishes its Essential Readings Series.

• The Spring 2019 issue of ASJ has been published

Projects

MESPI Project

Political Economy Summer Institute

Status/الوضع

Knowledge Production Project

F A M A - M E S A 2 0 1 8

Thank you to all who visited the Arab Studies Institute's reception at MESA 2018-San Antonio, Texas!

For a review of ASI's public events and affiliated panels at MESA 2018, as well as for information on the progress of ongoing Forum on Arab and Muslim Affairs projects, please read the Arab Studies Institute at MESA 2018-San Antonio, Texas summary below:

H I G H L I G H T S

Middle East Studies Pedagogy Initiative Hosts Inaugural Conference June 15th-16th 2019

Our June meeting was an internal gathering of the MESPI Board and the MESPI Team of researchers that planned out the next steps with the project. Among the activities and discussions that took place are efforts aimed at theoretically and practically integrating the Knowledge Production Project into the program, as well as the creation of a Syllabus tool that will help teachers develop their own syllabi or to fill in units about the Middle East. We also aimed at creating materials towards a general survey course, where users can gather information/materials by focusing on the time they have available to teach, or they can search by specific topic.

2018 Political Economy Book Prize Honoree

The Political Economy Project announces the 2018 Middle East Political Economy Book Prize: Kevan Harris's A Social Revolution: Politics and the Welfare State in Iran