NEWS ARCHIVE


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...

Abdul Nanji receives Faculty Excellence Award

The Humanities Faculty Recognition Awards honor faculty and staff in the categories of Academic Excellence and Community Building and Engagement.  Awardees are chosen by Dean of Humanities Bruno Bosteels in consultation with the thirteen Humanities Chairs. The Awards...

MESAAS major Mira Simone Kux inducted into Phi Beta Kappa

Congratulations to MESAAS major Mira Simone Kux who has been selected for induction into Phi Beta Kappa! Her bold emerging scholarship has brought honor to our Department, a testimony to our enduring commitments to all our students at all levels of their scholarship....
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