by mesaas | Jan 18, 2021 | All News |
The Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies(MESAAS) announces the passing of the MESAAS Business Manager Gregg Labita on January 2nd, 2021. Gregg was a valued member of the staff with his cheerful presence and professional skills in financial...
by mesaas | Jan 10, 2021 | All News |
Professor Wael Hallaq has been awarded the TÜBA Prize for 2020. The award is given by the Turkish Academy of Science in recognition of innovative and path-breaking scholarship in the Humanities and Social Sciences. For more information, see...
by mesaas | Dec 16, 2020 | Publications |
Making the radical argument that the nation-state was born of colonialism, this book calls us to rethink political violence and reimagine political community beyond majorities and minorities. In this genealogy of political modernity, Mahmood Mamdani argues that the...
by mesaas | Dec 15, 2020 | Publications |
The Resistance Network: The Armenian Genocide and Humanitarianism in Ottoman Syria, 1915–1918 is the is the history of an underground network of humanitarians, missionaries, and diplomats in Ottoman Syria who helped save the lives of thousands during the Armenian...
by mesaas | Oct 27, 2020 | Publications |
An intimate intellectual, political and personal portrait of Edward Said, one of the 20th centuries’ leading public intellectuals. Edward Said (1935-2003) was a towering figure in post-colonial studies and the struggle for justice in his native Palestine, best...
