MESA 2009 Meetings in Conjunction

American Association of Teachers of Arabic (AATA)
Executive Board Meeting, Saturday, 11/21, 9am-12nn, 3rd Floor-Tufts
Panel, Saturday, 11/21, 1-3pm, 3rd Floor-Wellesley
Business Meeting, Saturday, 11/21, 3-4pm, 3rd Floor-Wellesley

The Arabic Proficiency Initiative: Addressing Arabic-Specific Issues

Chairs: Kirk Belnap, Brigham Young U and Martha Schulte-Nafeh, U of Texas at Austin

Mahmoud Abdalla, Michigan State U
Mahdi Alosh, US Military Academy
Alaa Elgibali, U of Maryland
Hope Fitzgerald, U of Texas at Austin
Jerry Lampe, National Foreign Language Center

American Association of Teachers of Persian (AATP)
Business Meeting & Workshop, Saturday, 11/21, 10am-3pm, 4th Floor-Yarmouth

American Association of Teachers of Turkic Languages (AATT)
Business Meeting, Saturday, 11/21, 10-11pm, 4th Floor-Salon C
Turkish Teachers Workshop, Sunday, 11/22, 4:30-6pm, 3rd Floor-Northeastern

American Institute of Afghanistan Studies (AIAS)
board of trustees meeting, Saturday, 11/21, 9am-12nn, 4th Floor-Vineyard

American Institute of Iranian Studies (AIIrS)
Board Meeting, Saturday, 11/21, 3-5pm, 3rd Floor-Harvard

American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS)
Board Meeting, Saturday, 11/21, 10am-1:30pm, 3rd Floor-Regis
Business Meeting, Saturday, 11/21, 2:30-4:30pm, 4th Floor-Salon C
Tribute to Jeanne Mrad, Sunday, 11/22, 2-4pm, 3rd Floor-MIT

American Institute for Yemeni Studies (AIYS)
Board Meeting, Saturday, 11/21, 11:45am-1:45pm, 3rd Floor-Brandeis
Business Meeting, Saturday, 11/21, 7:30-9:30pm, 4th Floor-Orleans

AMIDEAST
Education Abroad Programs Academic Consortium Meeting, Saturday, 11/21, 7:30-9:30pm, 5th Floor-New Hampshire
Education Abroad Programs Arabic Language Advisory Board Meeting, Sunday, 11/22, 8:30-11am, 4th Floor-Hyannis
Education Abroad Programs Information Session, Sunday, 11/22, 12nn-2pm, 3rd Floor-Brandeis
Education Abroad Programs Information Session, Monday, 11/23, 12nn-2pm, 3rd Floor-Brandeis

American University in Cairo
Reception, Saturday, 11/21, 8-10pm, 4th Floor-Salon F

American University of Sharjah
Reception, Saturday, 11/21, 8:30-9:30pm, 3rd Floor-Harvard

Arabian Peninsula Studies Interest Group
Meeting, Sunday, 11/22, 2-3:30pm, 3rd Floor-Northeastern

Association for Israel Studies
Reception, Saturday, 11/21, 7:30-9pm, 4th Floor-Vineyard

Association of Middle East Women's Studies (AMEWS)
(JMEWS Business Meeting, Saturday, 11/21, 4-5:15pm, 3rd Floor-Regis)
AMEWS Business Meeting, Saturday, 11/21, 5:15-6:20pm, 3rd Floor-Regis
AMEWS Panel & Reception, Saturday, 11/21, 6:30-8:30pm, 3rd Floor-Regis

Association for Modern & Contemporary Art of the Arab World, Iran, & Turkey (AMCA)
Member Meeting & Reception, Saturday, 11/21, 7:30-9:30pm, 3rd Floor-Brandeis

Association for the Study of Persianate Societies (ASPS)
Board Meeting, Saturday, 11/21, 1-2pm, 5th Floor-Massachusetts
Business Meeting, Saturday, 11/21, 2-3pm, 5th Floor-Maine

Canadian Committee of MESA (CANMES)
Business Meeting, Sunday, 11/22, 12nn-1:30pm, 3rd Floor-Tufts

Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA)
Governing Board Meeting, Saturday, 11/21, 7-10:30pm, 5th Floor-Massachusetts
Consortium Luncheon, Monday, 11/23, 12:30-2:30pm, 3rd Floor-Regis

Harvard University Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Reception, Saturday, 11/21, 7-8pm, 3rd Floor-Atrium

Institute of Turkish Studies
Reception, Saturday, 11/21, 5:30-6:30pm, 3rd Floor-Atrium

International Society for Iranian Studies (ISIS)
Board Meeting, Saturday, 11/21, 3-5pm, 5th Floor-Massachusetts
Business Meeting, Saturday, 11/21, 8-9:30pm, 4th Floor-Salon H
Reception, Saturday, 11/21, 8-11pm, 4th Floor-Salon G

Journal of Middle East Women's Studies (JMEWS)
Business Meeting, Saturday, 11/21, 4-5:15pm, 3rd Floor-Regis

Kurdish Studies Association (KSA)
Business Meeting, Saturday, 11/21, 2-4pm, 3rd Floor-Northeastern

Lebanese American University
Reception, Saturday, 11/21, 8:30-10pm, 3rd Floor-MIT

Middle East Center and Program Directors
Meeting, Sunday, 11/22, 10am-12nn, 4th Floor-Vineyard

Middle East Medievalists (MEM)
Board Meeting, Saturday, 11/21, 3-4pm, 3rd Floor-Tufts
Business Meeting, Saturday, 11/21, 4-5pm, 3rd Floor-MIT
Reception, Saturday, 11/21, 6:30-7:30pm, 3rd Floor-MIT

Middle East Outreach Council (MEOC)
Teacher Workshop on "Global Education, Human Rights and the Middle East Region", held at Harvard University, Saturday, 11/21, 9am-3:45pm. Register by Nov. 10 at http://cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu/outreach
Business Meeting, Saturday, 11/21, 3:15-6pm, 4th Floor-Salon I
Outreach Coordinators Workshop, Sunday, 11/22, 1:30-3:30pm, 4th Floor-Vineyard

Middle East Studies Association (MESA)
Committee on Academic Freedom Meeting, Saturday, 11/21, 9-11am, 3rd Floor-Simmons
Middle East Center and Program Directors Meeting, Sunday, 11/22, 10am-12nn, 4th Floor-Vineyard

Palestinian American Research Center (PARC)
Board Meeting, Saturday, 11/21, 11am-3pm, 5th Floor-New Hampshire
General Meeting, Saturday, 11/21, 3-4:30pm, 5th Floor-Vermont

Roundtable on "Border Crossings: Gender, Ethnicity and the Nation-State"
Saturday, 11/21, 2-5pm, 4th Floor-Salon D

Society for Armenian Studies (SAS)
Board Meeting, Saturday, 11/21, 6-7pm, 3rd Floor-Brandeis
Business Meeting, Saturday, 11/21, 7-9pm, 3rd Floor-Tufts

Society for Shaykhi, Babi and Baha'i Studies (SSBBS)
Panel, Saturday, 11/21, 7-9:30pm, 3rd Floor-Northeastern

Syrian Studies Association (SSA)
Board Meeting, Saturday, 11/21, 9-10am, 3rd Floor-Brandeis
Business Meeting, Saturday, 11/21, 2-3pm, 4th Floor-Hyannis
Reception, Saturday, 11/21, 3-5pm, 4th Floor-Vineyard

The American Academic Research Institute in Iraq (TAARII)
Board Meeting, Saturday, 11/21, 2-4pm, 3rd Floor-Brandeis

Turkish Studies Association (TSA)
Board Meeting, Saturday, 11/21, 12nn-2pm, 3rd Floor-Harvard
Reception, Saturday, 11/21, 7-8pm, 4th Floor-Salon D
Business Meeting, Saturday, 11/21, 8-10pm, 4th Floor-Salon C

University of Texas at Austin, Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Reception, Saturday, 11/21, 8:30-10:30pm, 3rd Floor-Wellesley

University of Utah, Middle East Center
Reception, Saturday, 11/21, 8:30-10:30pm, 3rd Floor-Simmons

Yale University Press
New Arabic Textbooks from Yale University Press, Monday, 11/23, 10am-12nn, 3rd Floor-MIT