NEWS ARCHIVE


MESAAS Courses Spring 2026

View all Spring 2026 MESAAS courses here: https://doc.sis.columbia.edu/sel/MELC_Spring2026.html

Penn Fall Hindi-Urdu Workshop features MESAAS faculty

The University of Pennsylvania is organizing a Hindi-Urdu workshop dedicated to exploring the richness of medieval and modern Awadhi literary traditions. During this workshop, Dr. Timsal Masud and Dr. Aftab Ahmad will lead a close reading of a 19th-century Awadhi...

MESAAS Newsletter Fall 2025

To view the MESAAS Spring Newsletter, click on the link below: MESAAS Newsletter- Fall 2025

Professor Brinkley Messick

Brinkley Morris Messick III, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies (MESAAS) at Columbia University, passed away on August 14, 2025. Professor Messick was renowned for his innovative approach to fieldwork in the Middle...
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