The Middle East Studies Center (MESC) is part of the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at The American University in Cairo.
AUC is a member of the Boston Consortium for Arab Region Studies.
Read more about our Euro-Med project here.
MESC supports research, teaching, and outreach across a range of disciplines. MESC administers the BA, Diploma and MA program in Middle East Studies, whose alumni span academia, the private sector, NGOs and government service. Through a variety of curricular and extracurricular activities, we aim to build on our international reputation and location as a natural hub for Middle Eastern studies.
Our organization and participation in conferences, lectures, and workshops serve to present groundbreaking research on anthropology, religion, history, political science, economics, gender, law, and literature. Read about our Visiting Scholars here
"I feel very fortunate to have been a MESC fellow and to have been a part of such a dynamic and academically rigorous MA program."
Sara Adel Hussein, 2018