Category: Events

  • Graduate Student Award Call for Submission

    2026 JMEWS Graduate Student Paper Prize
    Call for Submissions

    2026 JMEWS Graduate Student Paper Prize Call for Submissions

    The editorial team of the Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies (JMEWS) invites manuscript submissions for the 2026 JMEWS Graduate Student Paper Prize. The prize is awarded to a graduate student in any discipline in the humanities or interpretive social sciences to recognize an original work on an aspect of Middle East women’s, gender, and sexuality studies.

    Current graduate students are invited to submit polished manuscripts written in English. Manuscripts should run 7,500-10,000 words and conform to JMEWS submission guidelines. They are expected to be in MS Word and must include a cover page listing the manuscript title, full author name, academic institution, program of study, and a 150- word abstract.

    The submission deadline for the 2026 Graduate Student Paper Prize is May 29, 2026. Manuscripts may be sent any time before this date to the JMEWS Managing Editor at jmews@amews.org with the subject line: “Graduate Student Paper Prize.” The winner will be announced during the annual meeting of the Middle East Studies Association in November 2026. They will receive a certificate, a $500 prize, and comments to prepare the manuscript for potential publication as an article in JMEWS.

  • AMEWS Coffee Chats: Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Prisons: Law, Violence, and Academic Responsibility

    AMEWS Coffee Chats: Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Prisons: Law, Violence, and Academic Responsibility

    AMEWS Coffee Chat will take place Thursday, February 5, from 10:30 am–12:00 pm (California time)/ 7:30 – 9:00 pm (Beirut, Cairo, Jerusalem).

    Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Prisons: Law, Violence, and Academic Responsibility

    Organized by the Graduate Student Committee

  • Mentorship Under Conditions of Crisis

    Mentorship Under Conditions of Crisis

    Date: Wednesday, February 4
    Time: 10:00 AM California Time / 8:00 PM Beirut – Cairo Time

    Speakers:

    • Dr. Stacy Fahrenthold, Professor of History and Middle East/South Asia Studies, University of California, Davis
    • Dr. Nadje Al-Ali, Professor of Anthropology and Middle East Studies, Brown University (Watson Institute of International and Public Affairs)
    • Dr. Annalise Moors, Professor Emerita of Anthropology, University of Amsterdam

    Meeting link: The link will be sent shortly before the meeting.
    Organized by the AMEWS Mentorship Committee

  • Association of Middle East Women’s Studies Events at The Middle East Studies Association Conference, in D.C. 2025

    Association of Middle East Women’s Studies Events at The Middle East Studies Association Conference, in D.C. 2025

    MEWS Board Meeting
    When: Saturday, Nov 22 @ 11:30am – 1 pm
    Where: Meeting Room 4

    AMEWS Business Meeting
    When: Saturday, Nov 22 @ 1:30 – 3 pm
    Where: Meeting Room 4

    AMEWS Reception
    When: Monday, Nov 24 @ 8 – 10 pm
    Where: Anacostia Ballroom Salons E-F

    Roundtable: Celebrating 40 years of AMEWS and 20 Years of JMEWS
    When: Monday, Nov 24 @ 1:30-3:30 pm
    Where: Check Program

    Co-sponsored Sessions

    1) How to Fund Your Ideas: Professional Development Workshop for Proposal Writing and Research Design
    When: Sunday, Nov 23 @ 1:30 – 3:30 pm

    2) Feminist Historiographies of the Middle East Beyond Borders: Origins, Trajectories, and New Developments
    When: Sunday, Nov 23 @ 4pm – 6 pm

    3) New Directions in Researching Gender in Authoritarian Egypt: Securitizing Reform, Policing Bodies, and Co-opting Sexualities
    When: Monday, Nov 24 @ 11 am – 1 pm
    Where: Check Program

    For More info contact us: secretary@amews.org

  • AMEWS 40TH ANNIVERSARY FUNDRAISER FOR GAZA FAMILIES

    AMEWS 40TH ANNIVERSARY FUNDRAISER FOR GAZA FAMILIES