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Call for Papers-2026 MESAAS Graduate Student Conference

Call for Papers: (Re)Tracing Land April 22nd – 23rd, 2026 The Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies at Columbia University is pleased to invite academic essays from graduate students and early career scholars from across universities and...

Khatchig Mouradian awarded 2025 HAVI grant by Schmidt Sciences

Khatchig Mouradian, Lecturer in Armenian Studies in MESAAS, and his team of collaborators have been awarded a 2025 Humanities and AI Virtual Institute (HAVI) grant from Schmidt Sciences. Schmidt Sciences awarded $11 million this year to 23 interdisciplinary teams...

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...
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