M I D D L E  E A S T  S T U D I E S  P E D A G O G Y  I N I T I A T I V E
( M E S P I )

The Middle East Studies Pedagogy Initiative (MESPI) is a curated interactive platform for Middle Eastern studies resources specifically tailored for the needs of teachers, researchers, and students. It is a one-stop shop for course design on the macro level, lesson planning on the micro level, and for scholarship vis-a-vis specific topics, countries, and disciplines. MESPI provides critical, user-friendly, and informative pedagogical material and instruction.
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MESPI is a project of the Middle East Studies Program At George Mason University, the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University, the Asfari Institute For Civil Society And Citizenship at the American University In Beirut, Tadween Publishing and its sister organization Jadaliyya, 
MESPI brings you the 16th edition of the “Peer-Reviewed Articles Review” series, which presents collections of journals and their articles concerned with the Middle East and Arab world. This series will be published seasonally. Each issue will comprise 3 or 4 parts, depending on the number of articles included.

CULTURAL PRODUCTION DURING THE ARAB UPRISINGS IN PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES (2010-2020)

This is part of a MESPI series that presents selections of articles concerning the Middle East, Arab World, and current topics of interest

MESPI NEWSLETTER: MAY 2021

To read past issues of the Middle East Studies Pedagogy Initiative Newsletter, visit MESPI.org.

ANNOUNCING JADMAG ISSUE 7.3 (JADALIYYA IN PRINT)
​You can order the newest issue of JadMag or subscribe at www.tadweenpublishing.com.

TEACHING ANTHROPOLOGY OF THE ECONOMIC FROM THE MIDDLE EAST: ​AN INTERVIEW WITH JULIA ELYACHAR, BY JACOB BESSEN

TEACHING THE MEDITERRANEAN: AN INTERVIEW WITH JULIA CLANCY-SMITH, BY JACOB BESSEN

​NEWTON: THE NATIONAL FRAME 
Banu Karaca, The National Frame: Art and State Violence in Turkey and Germany (Fordham University Press, 2021).

COMING SOON TO YOUR CLASSROOM!
  • Teaching Modules For Survey Courses And Beyond
  • Course Syllabi Library
  • Free Exam Copies Of Publications For Educators
  • K-12 Teaching Guide And Visual Resources
  • Resource Pages for all salient topics and Countries in the region (books, articles, novels, social media tools/resources, maps, archives, films, documentaries, documents)
  • Syllabus Building Tool (helping educators build Syllabi based on latest and best classic works in all categories—books, peer reviewed articles, other articles, novels, op-eds, blog entries, films/docs, archives, maps, reviews, Essential Readings, Jadmags, etc.)
  • ​Films In The Classroom Module that helps educators assign the right films and provide useful pedagogical guidance re: the film.
  • Archives and Maps
  • Novels (including for the Social Sciences)
  • Essential Readings refers to a concise list scholarship on a given topic or country, usually confined to classic texts like books and peer-reviewed articles.
  • Newton Reviews refers to interviews with authors of new books (New Texts Out Now @ Newton.Jadaliyya.com)
  • Peer Reviewed Articles Review (PRAR) refers to the creation of a bi-monthly peer-reviewed articles summary
  • Reading Bank refers to refers to a bank of readings on various salient topics that deserve their own category because of salience.
 Sample Topics:
  • ​Arab Uprising Readings 
  • Gender, Sex, and Sexuality Readings 
  • Political Islam and Islamic Movements Readings
  • ​War and Conflict Readings
  • Political Economy Readings
  • Urban Development Readings