Middle East Medievalists
mideastmedieval.bsky.social
Middle East Medievalists
@mideastmedieval.bsky.social
Middle East Medievalists (MEM) is an international professional non-profit association of scholars interested in the study of the medieval Middle East, defined expansively to include all geographies with prominent Muslim political, religious, or social pre
Please apply by 30 November 2025
The expertise of the applicant should lay in the History of the Eastern Mediterranean since the advent of Islam, with a stress on the medieval period. Language requirements are English, Arabic and Basic German.
November 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
The winner of the lifetime achievement award in 2025 is Louise Marlow of Wellesley College.
November 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
MEM awards honorary membership to Amira Bennison from the University of Cambridge and Kazuo Morimoto.
November 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
MEM book prize goes to @rachelschine.bsky.social for her 'Black Knights: Arabic Epic and the Making of Medieval Race'!
November 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Margaret Graves of Brown University and Dilnoza Duturaeva of the University of York are elected as new board members!
November 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM
@medievalqabq.bsky.social of Columbia University is elected as the new president of MEM!
November 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Now on to the elections for new board members...

The terms of president @arezouazad.bsky.social and board members Omniya Abdel Barr and Walid Saleh come to an end this year.

Thank you to all three for their hard work over the last few years!
November 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
MEMbers, keep an eye out for the redesigned MEM newsletter which will be released tomorrow!
November 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The business meeting marks the official launch of the @alusuralwusta.bsky.social: journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/al....

A huge thanks to @zaydeantrim.bsky.social, @medievalqabq.bsky.social and the editorial board for all of their hard work in bringing this to fruition.
Al-ʿUsur al-Wusta
Middle East Medievalists (MEM) is an international professional non-profit association of scholars interested in the study of the Islamic lands of the Middle East during the medieval period (defined r...
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November 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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MEM is an international professional non-profit association of scholars interested in the study of the medieval Middle East.
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October 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM