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Dr. Isis Nusair, Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies & International Studies at Denison University.
Thu, November 5, 2026
Becoming Refugees: Centering the Experiences of Women from Iraq and Syria in Jordan, Germany and the USA
12:45 pm
Journalism Building, Room 251
Henry Misa Excavating
Fri, November 6, 2026
From Manuscripts to Paleohydrology: Reconstructing Central Eurasian Environmental History through Fieldwork in UzbekistanNew Event
10:00 am
Room 142 of Enarson Classroom Building or via Zoom
manuscript
Mon, December 7, 2026
Manuscripts and Their Worlds: An Open House of Rare Arab, Persian, and OttomanNew Event
12:00 pm
Thompson Library
Middle Eastern foods
Thu, December 10, 2026
Middle East Studies "Read and Feed" in Hagerty Hall
12:00 pm
Hagerty Hall

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Funding Opportunity: From the Office of International Affairs and Sabancı University (Türkiye)

Joint research funding opportunity

The Office of International Affairs and Sabancı University (Türkiye) have announced a call for joint research projects under the…

U.N. Sustainable Development Global Goals
Middle East Studies Center Brings Global Learning to Educators Across the Country and the World
By Melinda McClimans

Unbeknownst to many, The Ohio State University’s Middle East Studies Center does far more than host public lectures and campus events. Each year, MESC works with the other area studies centers in…

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Sultana Nahar Honored at University of Jordan Forum, Advances STEM Education in Gaza and Bangladesh
By Melinda McClimans

Dr. Sultana N. Nahar continues to champion STEM education and forging collaboration between The Ohio State University and institutions in the Middle East with numerous achievements. In July 2026,…

screenshot of UN Resolution Text, taken from UN archives, UN Security Council Resolution 598 (1987)
A History of US-Iranian Relations (Part II)
By Ian Staker

This article delves into the question, "What factors and events in US-Iranian relations over the past four, nearly five, decades have prevented diplomacy from taking hold?"

Part I of this…

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