Faculty News and Annoucements

The MESAAS Visiting Artist Series offers a vital space for artists and scholars working across the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa to engage in meaningful dialogue. This initiative aims to open cross-regional conversations that take art seriously as a critical tool, lens, and method for understanding complex social and

An Academic Conference at Columbia University on April 18th Featuring: Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja Didier Gondola Pedro Monaville   Call For Papers This year marks 100 years since the birth of Patrice Lumumba, the leader of the Congolese anti-colonial movement and the first Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Lumumba

Summer 2025 Allison Busch Memorial Language Study Fellowship Summer 2025 Language Study for Undergraduate International Students. Application due April 4, 2025:  Application form here  In 2020, the University Committee on Asia and the Middle East (UCAME) announced the Allison Busch Memorial Language Study Fellowship, to honor the late Allison Busch,

For more information, click here: https://asianmoviepulse.com/2025/02/1st-aruna-vasudev-netpac-award-for-the-best-asia-pacific-film-and-book-2024/ The 1st Aruna Vasudev NETPAC Award for book on Asia went to The Routledge Companion to Asian Cinemas. Edited By Zhen Zhang, Sangjoon Lee, Debashree Mukherjee, Intan Paramaditha. The book is an important publication for Curators, Film Festival Directors and Academics looking at the history

MESAAS PhD student Aude Tournaye and MESAAS PhD graduate Wendell Marsh co-curate an exhibit at Express Newark For more information, visit this link.