CAF

Our letter expressing concern about the recently announced policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that permits the university to record classes without providing notice to, or obtaining consent from, the instructor mesana.org/advocacy/commi…

Our letter expressing dismay concerning the Los Angeles Public Library’s decision to cancel an event featuring the writers Jenan Matari and Nora Lester Murad that was slated for the library’s 2025 Read Palestine Week mesana.org/advocacy/commi…

Our letter expressing concern about the university administration's improper demand that Professor Mohja Kahf remove two posters from her office door because they are allegedly discriminatory mesana.org/advocacy/commi…

Our letter expressing concern about the unprecedented lethal state violence against the nationwide protests in Iran and calling for an immediate end to violence and arrests, and the restoration of internet access. mesana.org/advocacy/commi…

Submissions are Now Open for hashtag#MESA2026! MESA invites your proposals for panels, roundtables, and individual papers for the 60th Annual Meeting in Boston! mesana.org/annual-meeting…

MESA Board joint letter with CAF regarding Israel’s assaults on Palestinian universities and targeting academic sector. @SecWar @PeteHegseth @arableague_gs @OIC_OCI @SecRubio mesana.org/advocacy/lette…

Our letter expressing concern at the University of Arkansas’s decision to remove Professor Shirin Saeidi from her position as Director of the King Fahd Center for Middle East Studies. mesana.org/advocacy/commi…

Our letter expressing concern at the decision to suspend Peyrin Kao, a Lecturer in the Dept of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at UC Berkeley for allegedly engaging in Palestine advocacy that violates university policy mesana.org/advocacy/commi…

Our letter expressing concern about the decision of UMass Amherst to pause, and then cancel, a search under way for a tenure-track assistant professor of the history of the modern Middle East mesana.org/advocacy/commi…

Our letter expressing concern about the University of Kentucky’s summary suspension of Ramsi Woodcock, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs Professor of Law, pending an investigation of statements he has made regarding Palestine mesana.org/advocacy/commi…

The 2025 MESA conference is only 2 months away! Don’t miss out on being a part of our Book Exhibit. We welcome any presses, organizations, and vendors with an interest in Middle East studies. For more information go to mesana.org/annual-meeting… or email meeting@mesana.org

Our urgent letter to the Iranian authorities demanding information about the whereabouts and circumstances of Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali. mesana.org/advocacy/commi…

Our letter expressing concern about UC Berkeley’s decision to give the federal government names of 160 individuals associated with allegations of antisemitism on campus. mesana.org/advocacy/commi…

Our letter urging an immediate intervention to expedite the visa and study permit applications of Palestinian scholars who have secured academic placements at Canadian universities. mesana.org/advocacy/commi…

Our letter expressing concern about the demand by the Claremont Colleges Library that Professor Bilal Nasir of Pomona College change the title and abstract of a lecture he had been invited to present in the library’s “Claremont Discourse” series. mesana.org/advocacy/commi…

Letter regarding the reinstatement of presidential authority to appoint university rectors. @TC_icisleri @AliYerlikaya @adalet_bakanlik @yilmaztunc @serakadigil @aysegul__dogan @erolozvar @DEMGenelMerkezi mesana.org/advocacy/commi…

Our letter expressing concern at the decision of Occidental College to subject three students to investigation and disciplinary action for seeking to exercise their constitutionally protected right to protest mesana.org/advocacy/commi…

Our letter expressing concern regarding the new policy about boycotts of companies as a serious threat to academic freedom and to the free speech rights of University of California students, faculty and staff. mesana.org/advocacy/commi…

Our letter expressing concern about Georgetown University’s punitive actions and statements against Professor Jonathan A. C. Brown, the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Chair of Islamic Civilization in Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service mesana.org/advocacy/commi…

CAF-MESA is alarmed by the imminent risk of execution for Ahmadreza Djalali, Iranian-Swedish scholar on death row in Iran. We call for his release, joining global voices demanding justice and his safe return to Sweden. #FreeDjalali #AcademicFreedom mesana.org/advocacy/commi…