Our mission is to promote the highest standards of academic research and teaching in the fields of Middle Eastern and African studies and related disciplines through programs, publications, and services that support our members, the international community of scholars, and interested members of the public.
Call for Papers and Panels
ASMEA is now accepting paper proposals and panel submissions for its Seventeenth Annual ASMEA Conference being held November 2 - 4, 2024 in Washington, D.C. Submit your proposal for consideration by May 15, 2024.
The 2024Bernard Lewis Prize is awarded to scholars or practitioners engaged in the study of issues on antisemitism that were of great importance to our founding chairman, Prof. Bernard Lewis. Recipients of the $2,500 prize will be announced and awarded at the Seventeenth Annual ASMEA Conference in Washington, D.C.
Support to teach individual classes about modern Israel at colleges and universities outside the United States and Israel. All courses supported by this grant must be for credit. Courses can be offered online or in-person.
Grants for Israeli doctoral students, postdocs, spousal appointments, independent scholars or other Israeli academics who already live in the United States and who have unfunded/underfunded research appointments.
Undergraduate and graduate students are welcome to submit poster proposals for presentation at its Seventeenth Annual Conference being held in Washington, D.C. on November 2 - 4, 2024.