Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies at NYU

03/28/2017

A week of enlightenment, portrayal, and identity through events surrounding the global refugee crisis

03/10/2017

One of our PhD students, Shimrit Lee, wrote this amazing piece for +972 Magazine. Check it out!

A new university course at Israel’s Technion Institute of Technology teaches students how to brand and market Israel’s defense industry to global audiences. By Shimrit Lee Contrary to popular belief, Israel’s military-industrial complex doesn’t run on government…

02/14/2017

The Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU has been collecting stories of hate and intimidation on and around NYU campuses since the inauguration. We've received stories detailing everything from racist comments made in passing by a stranger to physical intimidation. We would encourage you to submit stories you have witnessed and/or learned about via this form. Please feel free to share widely with your students and colleagues:

Have you witnessed, heard of, or experienced post-inauguration hate (name-calling, graffiti, physical attacks, etc.) on or around the NYU Manhattan and Brooklyn campuses? We want to hear your story. A/P/A Institute at NYU has created this form to collect stories of hate and intimidation on and aroun...

01/30/2017

http://www.cunyclear.org/our-service/

CLEAR provides free legal services, know your rights workshops, and support for community organizing.

01/30/2017

ORGANIZING MEETING TODAY AT JUDSON CHURCH ASSEMBLY HALL @ 12.30 PM

Hi everyone! Please come to this organizing meeting tomorrow if you are interested in planning direct actions. We will be planning (1) strategies to push NYU to become a sanctuary campus, especially in response to the executive order this weekend, and (2) coordination with other campuses and with the New Sanctuary Movement.

PLEASE INVITE THE WIDER COMMUNITY--other campuses, faith groups, immigrant rights' groups, activists, etc.

Looking forward to seeing you all there!

01/30/2017

The lawyers at JFK are saying their biggest need right now is translators. Please share this with your contacts: If you are an Arabic or Farsi speaker in NYC and are able to provide real-time translations please get in contact with the NY ACLU or the international refugee assistance project. Folks are still needed at terminal 4 at JFK. Share with your networks!

12/02/2016

11/10/2016

This morning at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering, Muslim students found "Trump" scrawled on the door of their prayer room, realizing that our campus is not immune to the bigotry that grips America.

We awoke on November 9th to a chilling wakeup call. And as we open our eyes and start to move and organize in the face of these new realities, we ask for your support.

If you would like to join us in, in power and in ally-ship, please fill out this google form: https://goo.gl/forms/vNQCsC65CpLjCcVm2

Let today be the first of many that we rise boldly and unapologetically in the face of bigotry. We are still here. We are not going anywhere.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1773604362902609/?notif_t=plan_user_joined¬if_id=1478738892626252

10/26/2016

NYU has provided students free access to Scholly, a platform that connects students with a portfolio of $420 million in scholarships worldwide. Scholly matches students to potential scholarships they might be eligible for after they create a profile to indicate their majors, interests, background and qualifications. The average award is between $500 and $1,000. Once matched, students can navigate out of the Scholly platform to apply for scholarships directly from the organizations listed.
For free access, go to https://app.myscholly.com/NYU.
For instructions, see https://www.nyu.edu/admissions/financial-aid-and-scholarships/scholarships-and-grants.html

06/24/2016

Dear MEIS Graduates,

We would like to tout the accomplishments of our graduates (both majors and minors) on our website! Please let us know what you've done beyond graduation by emailing Subrina at [email protected]

Looking forward to hearing from you!

05/19/2016

Our doctoral student Alex Boodrookas has won a Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (DPDF) from the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) for June 2016 through August 2016.

Congratulations to Alex!