Elleni Centime Zeleke joined MESAAS and the Columbia University community in 2018, after completing her Ph.D. in the history of social and political thought at York University in Toronto in 2016. Her 2019 book, Ethiopia in Theory: Knowledge Production and Social...
Congratulations to Sourav Chatterjee, who is one of three graduate student instructors who were named recipients of the Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching for 2024. This is a very competitive and distinguished award awarded to only 3 students in the entire...
Lenfest Distinguished Faculty Award Established in 2005 by a gift from late Columbia University Trustee Gerry Lenfest, the Lenfest Distinguished Faculty Award recognizes the excellence of Arts and Sciences faculty as teachers, scholars, and mentors within and outside...
Call for papers available here: Call For Papers: MESAAS Graduate Student Conference 2024 The Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies (MESAAS) at Columbia University is pleased to announce its annual Graduate Student Conference to be held...
Congratulations to Professor Wael Hallaq for winning the King Faisal Prize for Islamic Studies for 2024, with its theme “Islamic Systems and their Contemporary Applications.” https://www.facebook.com/KingFaisalFoundation/...
