Matt Buehler

Palestinian composer Ramzi Aburedwan is planning a Fall 2026 tour in the USA. Should your Middle East Studies program or university want to schedule a concert for him, please reach out to me and I can put you in touch.

The Otto and Fran Walter Rotary Peace Centre at Bahçeşehir University in Istanbul hosting my Spring 2026 Peace Fellowship was featured in this month's Rotary magazine. Check it out to learn more about the Peace Fellows and their projects!

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Buehler Earns Rotary Peace Fellowship - College of Arts and Sciences Matt Buehler was named as a 2026 Peace Fellow by Rotary International. Matt Buehler, chair of Middle East Studies and associate professor in the Department of Political Science, was named a 2026 Peace...

Really looking forward to this Rotary Peace Fellowship next semester in Istanbul! Thanks to Knoxville Downtown Rotary for supporting my candidacy.

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Pleased to annouce that Dr. Orit Ouaknine-Yekutieli's new book, Thami Al-Glaoui: Morocco's Greatest Pasha, has been released in Edinburgh Studies on the Maghreb, a Edinburgh Uni. Press series I edit with Dr. Allen Fromherz. If you have a book ms. on the Maghreb, reach out to us!

We received over 200 applicants for our American Political Science Association qualitative methods training camp for scholars at universities in Middle East/North Africa! That's great news, but it's going to be a hard selection. We look forward to seeing you in Tangier! Thanks to sponsors/organizers

APSA MENA qualitative methods camp in Tangier, Morocco. Apps due March 3! Pls share!

Check out this new article on how UT's Middle East Studies (MEST) program partners with Knoxville's Arab American community! middleeaststudies.utk.edu/news/communi...

@profmusgrave.bsky.social Your dreams have been realized:
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Encourage the University of Tennessee students in your lives to apply to the AACK Travel Scholarship, which is a $2000 scholarship for Arabic study, archeological digs, or other study abroad educational activities in Arabic-speaking countries. Deadline: Feb. 19.

POMEPS Reception at the 2023 MESA Annual Meeting (2023-11-02) Please join us for the POMEPS Reception at the 2023 MESA Annual Meeting in Montreal, Canada! The reception will take place on Thursday, November, 2nd from 7 pm to 9 pm at Les Voutês Room at the In...

If you’re going to MESA in Montreal, be sure to stop by the POMEPS reception on Thursday night. It’s always one of the highlights and an exceptional chance to meet scholars in our network. Details here:

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