Section members - Reminder about our elections! Only a few days left to get your vote in. You should have received an email (hint: search for 'Survey Research' in your inbox), or you can find the ballot on @apsa.bsky.social Connect. Get your votes in for your new elected representatives! #menasky

Want to get more actively involved in the APSA MENA Section? Our nominating committee will be assembling candidates for our upcoming section elections. If you're a member of the section (and have a Phd), you can nominate yourself or a colleague to be considered!

Want to get more actively involved in the APSA MENA Section? Our nominating committee will be assembling candidates for our upcoming section elections. If you're a member of the section (and have a Phd), you can nominate yourself or a colleague to be considered!

Very pleased to share the Spring 2025 issue of the @apsamena.bsky.social newsletter, co-edited with @samershehata.bsky.social and @sebnemgumuscu.bsky.social: zenodo.org/records/1538...

Another really interesting (and useful for teaching) issue of the @apsamena.bsky.social Newsletter... with special sections of the question of a "New Regional Order" in the Middle East and the legacies of the Biden Administration's policy towards the Middle East.

Congratulations to the new editorial team for a wonderfully rich first issue!

Check out @maydarwich.bsky.social's essay alongside others in our latest newsletter, covering whether and what shape the "new regional order" is taking, including a feature essay by Louise Fawcett and a very rich set of essays in the symposium.

The Spring issue of our section's newsletter is out! It's the first one with the wonderful incoming editorial team @dbgreenwald.bsky.social @sebnemgumuscu.bsky.social & Samer Shehatat - and it's jam-packed! Download it here: zenodo.org/records/1538...

The deadline for the upcoming @apsa.bsky.social MENA Methods workshop is coming up! If you are interested in/work on issues of decolonization & extractivism in the region, check out the call below and apply.

Coming to APSA 2025? Apply to join our MENA RDG (along with APSA MENA section). Travel support is available, see details here:

Call for Applications!: The APSA MENA section, working with APSA MENA Workshops, announces a call for applications for early career MENA scholars for a Research Development Group (RDG) at APSA 2025. #MENAsky #Polisky Please see details here: apsamena.org/2025/03/16/c...

Get your nominations in! Deadline is this Saturday. Our committees are looking forward to reading all your great work! #menasky

APSA Middle East & North Africa Politics awards are open for nominations: deadline 1 Feb. I'm on the thesis committee- if you recently supervised or examined a top PhD in this field, do consider nominating (or ECRs, let your supervisor know!). 👇 @apsamena.bsky.social apsanet.org/membership/o...

Fellow political scientists working on any area of Middle East politics: just FYI the deadline is fast approaching (Feb 1) for APSA MENA book, article, paper, and dissertation awards 👇

#menasky It's award nomination time for the 2024-2025 year! Please send your nominations our way for Best Book, Best Article, Best Dissertation, & Best Paper on MENA politics! You can find all the details of eligibility & submission below. Deadline is February 1, so spread the word!

Rabab El Mahdi's piece is, as usual, 🔥. I've never liked the flattening, simplification, and depoliticization of 'local' or 'field' perspectives, even while appreciating that things do look very different in different contexts and with historical memory.

The new @apsamena.bsky.social issue features a symposium on Gaza solidarity protests, including an article by @jannisgrimm.bsky.social and me on student protests in Berlin and the securitization of campus politics apsamena.org/wp-content/u...

Our Fall 2024 Newsletter is out! This is the last issue with our wonderful editorial team @nerminallam.bsky.social@seanyom.bsky.social & Gamze Çavdar, before we welcome a new dynamic trio of editors: @dbgreenwald.bsky.social@sebnemgumuscu.bsky.social & Samer Shehata #menasky

Check out MELG 16.2’s ToC 👇🏼👇🏼

Reminder that section elections are ongoing and you (if you're a member!) can vote until July 31st! You should have a ballot in your email, and please make sure to vote!

As we start to gear up for this year's Annual Meeting, we look forward to celebrating and honouring our 2024 section award winners! Starting off with Best Dissertation on MENA Politics, we have 2 winners this year! First up, Hessa Alnuaimi from the University of St. Andrews #menasky

Deadline June 15! This is a great opportunity for U.S.-based ABDs: @apsa.bsky.social Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant . Full details in link below.

The latest newsletter (see thread below!) is now also available on our website (and accessible to all):

We've been a bit silent here but if you haven't yet, you really should give our Spring 2024 newsletter a read! Most of the issue is dedicated to Gaza and has 13 (!) incredible contributions + the intro of the symposium by @nerminallam.bsky.social @dbgreenwald.bsky.social & Noora Lori

We've been a bit silent here but if you haven't yet, you really should give our Spring 2024 newsletter a read! Most of the issue is dedicated to Gaza and has 13 (!) incredible contributions + the intro of the symposium by @nerminallam.bsky.social @dbgreenwald.bsky.social & Noora Lori

Our incredible newsletter team's term is coming to an end soon! We're looking for a new editor - or a team - to take on this exciting role for the next 3 years. The deadline for nominations is June 1, and the editorial term will start after the fall 2024 issue. More details in the next posts >

Did you miss the @apsa.bsky.social workshop hosted by the Grad Status Committee about unpacking the hidden curriculum of conferences? Great news, you can catch the recording here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILtw...

Reminder! Today is the deadline for the MENA section's dissertation award. Still time to get those nominations in!

Today is last day to apply! The award is open to scholars who have completed a book manuscript primarily focused on the study of politics and who currently work at a US-based Minority Serving Institution. #poliscky #academia #MSI politicalsciencenow.com/call-for-app...

Apps due Monday! Need funding?💵The APSA Centennial Center Winter Research Grants seeks proposals from members for community and research-based projects. Apply now! conta.cc/3s4BIfy polisky → Growing Democracy Grant (up to $10,000) → Research Projects of Critical Issues Grant (up to $15,000)

Do you know a great dissertation on MENA politics that was defended in the last academic year? If so, urge them to get nominated! And if you advised one, even better - you can nominate it yourself! We've extended the deadline for our dissertation award until January 15th. Full details below.

Do you know a great dissertation on MENA politics that was defended in the last academic year? If so, urge them to get nominated! And if you advised one, even better - you can nominate it yourself! We've extended the deadline for our dissertation award until January 15th. Full details below.

Reminder that the deadline for our APSA MENA Section awards is TODAY. We have awards for Best Book, Best Dissertation, Best Article, and Best APSA Paper. Get those nominations in!

As 2024 kicks off, we thought we'd share resources on best practices re: digital security that we sent to our members in Dec. These reflect a deep concern with harassment & threats that many in our professional community are facing as a result of their identities, research, and/or public engagement.

Please share and apply to the APSA Ralph Bunche Summer Institute, an annual, intensive 5-wk program designed to introduce the world of doctoral study in political science to undergrad students from under-represented racial and ethnic groups. Deadline: Jan. 22 politicalsciencenow.com/call-for-app...

Middle East Critique is organizing a special issue on Yemen. The abstract deadline is open until December 1 for manuscripts due by the end of June 2024. If you or someone you know (menasky, polisky) have something appropriate, details are here:

Our first symposium digs in state engineering of judicial politics. It features a stellar lineup of contributions by Mona El-Ghobashy, Alon Yaktar, Lina Khatib, Ruth Halperin-Kaddari, and @rola-husseini.bsky.social. Special thanks to the editors Lihi Ben Shitrit and Gamze Çavdar!

The second symposium features eight articles, that are as enlightening as they are engaging, on left-wing politics! Kudos to editors Francesco Cavatora & Gamze Çavdar & authors Idriss Jebari, Sune Haugbolle, @wazirelkif.bsky.social, Siavush Randjbar, Sevgi Adak, Avraham Shilon, Khalil Dahbi!

Welcome one of our newsletter editors @nerminallam.bsky.social to the 'new place'!

Check out this week’s MENA Academy roundup of new publications, featuring Anne Irfan on UNRWA, the spectacular new issue of the @apsamena.bsky.social newsletter, Zahra Ali on Iraqi protests, and much more! abuaardvark.substack.com/p/mena-acade...

Had a chance to take a look at the Fall issue of the newsletter yet? The 2nd symposium on left-wing politics in the region is jam-packed with 8 (!) contributions. Eds. Francesco Cavatora & Gamze Çavdar brought together contributions on Iran, Turkey, Egypt, Morocco, & broader regional reflections.

On this week's episode of the podcast, Anne Irfan joins @abuaardvark to discuss her new book: Refuge and Resistance: Palestinians and the International Refugee System. Listen here! pomeps.org/s-13-ep-10

Interested in doing a History PhD in Travel Writing? The history department at the University of Warwick has received a donation from Tony Wheeler, co-founder of Lonely Planet, for four fully-funded studentships! 2 with Autumn 2024 entry: warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/his...

A recent publication in the APSA MENA newsletter on the judiciary in Lebanon.

🚨PhD funding 🚨 2x fully funded Stuart Hall Foundation PhD fellowships available to Black, British scholars starting their PhD studies in October 2024 at Sussex. Proposed research should clearly address social justice issues. www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...

@seanyom.bsky.social and I convened a roundtable on politics and ethics of researching conflict, featuring recent books on war and displacement in Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, and Yemen by @separkinson.bsky.social, @philbrickyadav.bsky.social, Anne Irfan, Kevin Mazur, and Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl. It's 🔥

We have a new format in the Fall issue of the newsletter! Scholars of conflict in MENA w/ exciting new books discussed the politics, methods, & ethics of their research, and now you can read the full discussion! @seanyom.bsky.social @rbkhoury.bsky.social convened a 🤩 crew. You'll want to read.

The Middle East Politics section of the APSA is now now on Bluesky. Please follow for section info and updates 👇