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- EIN 13-6220175
- (520) 333-2577
- 3542 N Geronimo Ave Tucson AZ 85705-3614 USA
- www.mesana.org
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Causes: International, International Studies
Mission: The middle east studies association (mesa) is a non-profit association that fosters the study of the middle east, promotes high standards of scholarship and teaching, and encourages public understanding of the region and its peoples through programs, publications and services that enhance education, further intellectual exchange, recognize professional distinction, and defend academic freedom in accordance with its status as a 501(c)(3) scientific, educational, literary, and charitable organization.
Programs: From its inception in 1966 with 51 founding members, mesa has increased its membership to more than 2,700 and now serves as an umbrella organization for more than sixty institutional members and thirty-nine affiliated organizations. The association is a constituent society of the american council of learned societies, the national council of area studies associations, and a member of the national humanities alliance. As part of its goal to advance learning, facilitate communication and promote cooperation, mesa sponsors an annual meeting that is a leading international forum for scholarship, intellectual exchange and pedagogical innovation. Approximately 1,800 people attended the 51st annual meeting in washington dc. Mesa is responsible for the international journal of middle east studies, the premiere journal on the region, the mesa review of middle east studies and a biannual newsletter. An awards program recognizes scholarly achievement, service to the profession and exemplary student mentoring.