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MIDDLE EAST STUDIES PEDAGOGY INITIATIVE

MESPI Website

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.
M E S P I - D I M E N S I O N S
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R E S E A R C H

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, 

PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES SPRING 2021

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.
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Click here to view part IV
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Click here to view part II
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Click here to view part III
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click here to view part I

GENDER AND SEXUALITY AND THE ARAB UPRISINGS IN PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES 2010-2020
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This is part of a MESPI series that presents selections of articles concerning the Middle East, Arab World, and current topics of interest

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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
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MESPI NEWSLETTER: MAY 2021 and December 2021

To read past issues of the Middle East Studies Pedagogy Initiative Newsletter, visit MESPI.org.
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ANNOUNCING JADMAG ISSUE 8.1 (JADALIYYA IN PRINT)
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You can order the newest issue of JadMag or subscribe at www.tadweenpublishing.com.

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

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

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ENGAGING BOOKS

Engaging Books is a monthly series featuring new and forthcoming books in Middle East Studies from publishers around the globe. Each installment highlights a trending topic in the MENA publishing world and includes excerpts from the selected volumes. This installment involves a selection from Ginkgo Library on the theme of the Arab Uprisings. Other publishers’ books will follow on a monthly basis.

ENGAGING BOOKS SERIES: GINGKO LIBRARY SELECTIONS ON THE ARAB UPRISINGS

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ENGAGING BOOKS SERIES: STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS SELECTIONS ON THE ARAB UPRISINGS, TEN YEARS ON

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ESSENTIAL READINGS

[This Essential Readings belongs to ASI and MESPI’s year-long effort to mark, interrogate, and reflect on the Arab uprisings by producing resources for educators, researchers, students, and journalists to understand the last decade of political upheaval historically and in the lived present. To check out other publications and events from the Ten Years On project visit The Arab Uprisings Project and MESPI.]

​ESSENTIAL READINGS ON PHILOSOPHY AND THE UPRISINGS

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ESSENTIAL READINGS ON REFUGEES AND FORCED DISPLACEMENT

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

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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 topics that deserve their own category because of salience.
  • Engaging Books is a monthly series featuring new and forthcoming books in Middle East Studies from publishers around the globe. Each installment highlights a trending topic in the MENA publishing world and includes excerpts from the selected volumes​.
 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
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  • FAMA
  • Researchers
  • Projects
    • MESPI
    • Knowledge Production Project >
      • ME-KP
    • Political Economy Project >
      • Development and the Uprisings
      • Class Formations and Dynamics
      • The Palestinian Economy: Fragmentation and Colonization
      • Tunisia: A Political Economy in Transition
      • Migrant States, Mobile Economies: Rethinking the Political in Contemporary Turkey
      • Political Economy of the Middle East: Continuities & Discontinuities in Teaching & Research
      • 2016 Political Economy Institute
    • The Lebanon Project >
      • Research Working Group: State-Building, Public Institutions, & Social Mobilization in Lebanon, 1943-1958 >
        • Inaugural Workshop: State-Building, Public Institutions, & Social Mobilization in Lebanon, 1943-1958
      • Lebanon Dissertation Summer Institute
    • The Palestine Project >
      • Gaza in Context Film
      • Alternative Strategies for Realizing Justice in Palestine
      • Audio Content
    • The Civil Society Project >
      • Exploring an Agenda on Active Citizenship
      • NGOs in the Arab World Post-Arab Uprisings
      • Academia & Social Justice
    • Middle East Media Project >
      • Journalism Against the Grain
    • The Egypt Project >
      • Towards a Cultural Cartography
      • After Tahrir
      • Audio Content
    • Refugees and Migrants Project >
      • Refugees in Lebanon
      • Study Week Beirut
    • Black-Palestinian Transnational Solidarities Project
  • Initiatives
    • Political Islam, ISIS, and Sectarianism >
      • Understanding the ISIS Phenomenon
      • Sectarianism, Identity and Conflict in Islamic Contexts
    • SAND
    • MED RESET
  • Events
    • Mailing List
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