{"id":6,"date":"2015-09-30T12:59:08","date_gmt":"2015-09-30T16:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.apsanet.org\/mena\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2025-11-14T05:27:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T09:27:24","slug":"about-the-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/web.apsanet.org\/mena\/about-the-project\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The American Political Science Association&#8217;s&nbsp;MENA Program is&nbsp;a multi-year effort to support political science research and networking among early-career scholars across in the Arab Middle East and North Africa. Through a series of workshops, departmental collaborations, research grants, and other opportunities,&nbsp;the program extends&nbsp;APSA\u2019s engagement with the international political science community and strengthens research networks linking American scholars with colleagues overseas. The goal of APSA&#8217;s MENA Workshops is to enhance the capacities and resources of political scientists&nbsp;in the Arab MENA region, while also providing a forum for supporting their ongoing research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-161\" data-id=\"161\" src=\"http:\/\/web.apsanet.org\/mena\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/09\/2014-Amman.c-1024x683.jpg\" srcset=\"http:\/\/web.apsanet.org\/mena\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/09\/2014-Amman.c.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/web.apsanet.org\/mena\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/09\/2014-Amman.c-300x200.jpg 300w, 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class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Generously funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York through 2025, APSA\u2019s MENA Workshops are an annual fellowship opportunity for PhD students and early-career political science faculty from the Arab MENA region. <\/strong>Working with regional host universities and other partners, APSA organizes a program of week-long workshops that bring together approximately 20 scholars&nbsp;for training in basic research skills and to foster regional and international collaboration. Each workshop&nbsp;is dedicated to a substantive issue in political science, with a unique program of lectures, discussions, topical presentations and debates, guest speakers, peer review sessions, professional development seminars, and local field trips. Throughout the 5-month program, fellows present and refine manuscripts for publication and build professional connections with other scholars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Fellows<\/strong><br>The program is open to PhD candidates and early-career faculty from universities and\/or research institutions across the Arab Middle East and North Africa region, defined as Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, the Palestinian Territories, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.apsanet.org\/mena\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/09\/MENA-Map-Doc-Small.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"313\" src=\"http:\/\/web.apsanet.org\/mena\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/09\/MENA-Map-Doc-Small.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-144\" srcset=\"http:\/\/web.apsanet.org\/mena\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/09\/MENA-Map-Doc-Small.png 800w, http:\/\/web.apsanet.org\/mena\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/09\/MENA-Map-Doc-Small-300x117.png 300w, http:\/\/web.apsanet.org\/mena\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/09\/MENA-Map-Doc-Small-768x300.png 768w, http:\/\/web.apsanet.org\/mena\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/09\/MENA-Map-Doc-Small-260x102.png 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Steering Committee and Staff<\/strong><br>The MENA Workshops program is managed by APSA&#8217;s department of International Programs, with support and guidance from the MENA Project Steering Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">APSA Staff:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Andrew Stinson &#8211; Senior Director, International Programs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dana El-Issa &#8211; Associate Director, MENA Workshops &amp; International Programs <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">MENA Project Steering Committee:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>May Darwich, University of Birmingham<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lisa Anderson, Columbia University&nbsp;(chair)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hamad&nbsp;H.&nbsp;Albloshi, Kuwait University <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Amaney Jamal, Princeton University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kimberly Mealy &#8211;\u00a0APSA Executive Director<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bassel Salloukh, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sara Ababneh, University of Sheffield <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Contact Us<\/strong><br>For more information regarding the APSA MENA Workshops, please contact <a href=\"mailto:menaworkshops@apsanet.org\">menaworkshops@apsanet.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American Political Science Association&#8217;s&nbsp;MENA Program is&nbsp;a multi-year effort to support political science research and networking among early-career scholars across in the Arab Middle East and North Africa. 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