The Middle East Center at the University of Pennsylvania

03/16/2023

Full schedule of events for our upcoming Nuclear Issues in the Middle East and North Africa conference -- mark your calendars!

03/02/2023

Announcing our Nuclear Issues in the Middle East and North Africa conference, featuring a keynote by Nabil Fahmy, fmr Egyptian Ambassador to US. Click here for more information: https://mec.sas.upenn.edu/node/19733

01/06/2022

REMINDER for CALL FOR PAPERS: Nuclear Issues in the Middle East and North Africa - International Conference at the University of Pennsylvania, April 2023

For more information, see below:

December 20, 2021 Nuclear Issues in the Middle East and North Africa International Conference at the University of Pennsylvania’s Middle East Center April 2023 Call for Papers While Iran’s controversial nuclear program continues to spark headlines about the place of the Middle East and North Afr...

12/21/2021

CALL FOR PAPERS: Nuclear Issues in the Middle East and North Africa - International Conference at the University of Pennsylvania, April 2023

December 20, 2021 Nuclear Issues in the Middle East and North Africa International Conference at the University of Pennsylvania’s Middle East Center April 2023 Call for Papers While Iran’s controversial nuclear program continues to spark headlines about the place of the Middle East and North Afr...

11/22/2021

Happening TODAY!

Join the Department of Anthropology TODAY (11/22) at 12:00pm in the Penn Museum Room 345, where we will welcome Dr. Anastasia Amrhein from Bryn Mawr for our 2021-2022 Colloquium series: Sense.

“Reconstructing the Experience of the Divine in Ancient Mesopotamia: An Argument for Direct Perception, Decentralized Cognition, and Sensorial Plasticity.”

This talk is co-sponsored by the NELC UPenn, The Middle East Center at the University of Pennsylvania, Center for Ancient Studies at Penn, and the Graduate Group in Art and Archaeology of the Mediterranean World.

09/28/2021

Join us this Thursday, September 30 as we welcome Nobel Peace Prize Winner and Yemeni Activist Tawakkol Karman for a special Opening Keynote Address to start off our year long series with the Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy! Registration required — Scan the QR code or visit the link below for more information!
https://mec.sas.upenn.edu/events/2021/09/30/tawakkol-karman-2011-nobel-peace-prize-winner-yemeni-journalist-and-activist

08/20/2021

Join us Tuesday, August 24 at 12pm for a RAPID RESPONSE PANEL on the events currently unfolding in Afghanistan.

Registration required: mec.sas.upenn.edu/events/2021/08/24/panel-afghanistan

08/19/2021

SPECIAL EVENT: Twenty Years Later: The Legacy of 9-11

With Spencer Ackerman, Tesneem Alkiek, Sinan Antoon, Col. Vincent Ciuccoli, Carol Kalin, Hazami Sayed, and moderator Robert Vitalis

07/28/2021

Our new podcast is LIVE! Episode 1: Muslims, Motorcycles, and Manuscripts with Jamal Elias
Click here to listen now: https://mec.sas.upenn.edu/media/podcasts

07/09/2021

Coming soon....