Skip to content
Welcome to the

Middle East Studies Forum

AT DEAKIN UNIVERSITY
RANKED THE TOP INSTITUTION FOR MIDDLE EAST AND ISLAMIC STUDIES RESEARCH IN AUSTRALIA IN 2020
About us
Twitter

The Middle East Studies Forum (MESF) is a leading centre of scholarship on the Middle East at the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation at Deakin University. MESF hosts world-class projects and scholarship in the field of Middle East and Central Asian studies and languages.

MESF Latest

News

View more news
Authoritarianism, Informal Law, and Legal Hybridity
May 25, 2022
The Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation is proud to co-lead an international research consortium for Elrha’s Global Prioritisation Exercise

The GPE is a landmark global initiative to map humanitarian research and innovations and investment priorities to improve impact. MESF's Dr Marian Abouzeid is the Deputy Lead for the mapping component. Find more information here.

March 3, 2022
Book Launch: Routledge Handbook of EU-Middle East Relations (2/3/22)

MESF's Professor Michelle Pace will be participating in discussions following the launch of the Routledge Handbook of EU-Middle East Relations. Find more information and register here.

March 2, 2022
Religion, Extremism and Violence in South Asia

MESF Convenor Shahram Akbarzadeh and Dr Zahid Shahab Ahmed are editors of this new book published by Palgarave Macmillan. Find the book here.

February 8, 2022
Decolonising (Knowledge on) Euro–Mediterranean Relations: Insights on Shared Histories and Futures

MESF's non-resident member Professor Michelle Pace has published a chapter in 'Decolonising (Knowledge on) Euro–Mediterranean Relations: Insights on Shared Histories and Futures' (IAI Research Studies). Read the chapter 'Concluding Reflections: Decolonising Knowledge on Euro–Mediterranean Relations' here.

February 1, 2022
Iran and the United States: Four Decades of Tension and Missed Opportunities

MESF's non-resident member Professor Anoush Ehteshami has an article published by The European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed). Read the article here.

January 31, 2022

Events

05
December
2022
The Middle East in Transition

The Middle East in Transition

Read More
02
June
2022
Satire and the State in Saudi Arabia

Satire and the State in Saudi Arabia

Dr Jessie Moritz (Australian National University)

Read More
27
May
2022
MESF Celebrates Ph.D. Completion

MESF Celebrates Ph.D. Completion

Read More
02
May
2022
The implications of the war in Ukraine for the Middle East

The implications of the war in Ukraine for the Middle East

Prof. Sadegh Zibakalam (University of Tehran), A/Prof Nikolay Kozhanov (the Gulf Studies Center of Qatar University), A/Prof Anicée Van Engeland (Cranfield University) in conversation with Prof Shahram Akbarzadeh

Read More
10
November
2021
Iran in an Emerging New World Order

Iran in an Emerging New World Order

Dr Ali Fathollah-Nejad (Free University of Berlin)

Read More
28
October
2021
Iraqi Women’s Participation in Peacebuilding Across Local, National and Global Contexts

Iraqi Women’s Participation in Peacebuilding Across Local, National and Global Contexts

Dr Yasmin Chilmeran (Swedish Institute of International Affairs)

Read More