54th Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association, Washington, D.C., October 10–13, 2020

The Middle East Studies Association calls for submissions from members for its 54th annual meeting to be held on October 10-13, 2020 in Washington, DC.

The 2020 meeting does not have a theme. MESA is primarily concerned with the area encompassing Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan, Israel, Pakistan, and the countries of the Arab world (and their diasporas) from the seventh century to modern times. Other regions, including Spain, Southeastern Europe, China and the former Soviet Union, also are included for the periods in which their territories were parts of the Middle Eastern empires or were under the influence of Middle Eastern civilization. Comparative work is encouraged.