See the CMENAS announcement blog for funding and job opportunities, conferences, calls for papers, and much more.

Please see video of our latest lecture series:

War and Warfare in the Middle East: Past and Present

The Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies (CMENAS) is a nationally-recognized US Department of Education supported National Resource Center and a constituent unit of the University of Michigan International Institute.

CMENAS has received a Fulbright-Hays Group Project Abroad from the US Department of Education. CMENAS Director, Professor Gottfried Hagen, will lead a study tour of up to 14 K-16 educators to Turkey from June 19 - July 22, 2009 (tentative dates). We will accept applications until March 30. Click here for additional information. If you have questions, you can contact us via e-mail or call 734-615-0629.

2009 Summer Language Study Opportunities

Upcoming Events

November 23
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Jihad

Speaker: Sherman Jackson, University of Michigan, Department of Near Eastern Studies CMENAS Fa ...

November 30
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Mugged by Reality: Obama and the Arab-Israel Dispute

Speaker: Ambassador Mel Levitsky (retired), University of Michigan, Public Policy CMENAS Fall ...

December 07
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

The Rise of the Middle East in the Time of the Crusades

Speaker: Stefan Heidemann, Visiting Professor, Islamic Artistic & Material Culture, Bard College ...

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