NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
January 16, 2026
Language Placement Exams Spring 2026
Information about placement exams can be viewed here.
January 12, 2026
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 departments for the 2026 Graduate Conference to be held on
December 15, 2025
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 across multiple continents whose work brings artificial intelligence into meaningful dialogue
November 21, 2025
MESAAS Courses Spring 2026
View all Spring 2026 MESAAS courses here: https://doc.sis.columbia.edu/sel/MELC_Spring2026.html