AGAPS@MESA

AGAPS is a member of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), which is a private, non-profit, learned society that brings together students, scholars, and educators who study the region from all over the world.

AGAPS board and business meetings are held annually at the MESA conference, where we also sponsor panels, host films, announce award winners, and hold a social gathering.


Here you will find our various activities from this year's MESA conference, held 11-16 Nov. 2024.
Visit https://mesana.org/annual-meeting/program to find out more

AGAPS@MESA Annual Conference 2024

AGAPS Business Meeting (open to public)
Thursday, November 14th (7:30 PST, 9:30 CST, 10:30 EST, 15:30 GMT, 18:30 GMT+3 )

Our annual Business Meetings are held at MESA each year and are always open to members and non-members alike. During these meetings we share our activities from the past year, plans for the coming year, and announce our annual award winners.

Click here to see the meeting agenda.

This year's meeting will be held virtually on Zoom. Click on the agenda above to access the zoom link and passcode.


AGAPS Sponsored Panels 2024

We have also compiled a list of ALL Gulf and AP panels and individual presentations at this year's conference. You can find the downloadable list by clicking here.

AGAPS Supported Films 2024

This year we were excited to spotlight a record 14 films from the Gulf available through the MESA virtual film fest.

Also visit our 2024 films page to find selected trailers of this year's films. For those who are registered for MESA 2024, you can visit their conference website to access to the full films.


Past Meetings

Panels:  2024 | 2023 | 2022 2021 2020  2019 | 2018 | 201720162015 | 2014 | 201320122011

Awards: 2024 |2023 | 2022 2021 | 2020 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 2014 2013 | 2012

FilmFest: 2024 |2023 | 2022 2021 2020 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 20152014 2013 | 2012