The ASMEA conference annually draws a dynamic crowd of academics, scholars and policymakers from around the globe. Offering a diverse range of panel discussions and roundtables, excellent networking opportunities, important keynote speakers, and new opportunities to present research, the ASMEA conference is a chance to learn from and give to the field of Middle Eastern and African studies.
November 1 - 3, 2025 | Washington Georgetown Marriott Hotel | Washington, D.C.
Past Conferences
Seventeenth Annual ASMEA Conference
November 2 - 4, 2024 | Washington Georgetown Marriott Hotel | Washington, D.C.
Sixteenth Annual ASMEA Conference
November 4 - 6, 2023 | Washington Georgetown Marriott Hotel | Washington, D.C.
Fifteenth Annual ASMEA Conference
November 5 - 7, 2022 | Washington Georgetown Marriott Hotel | Washington, D.C.
Fourteenth Annual ASMEA Conference
November 13 - 15, 2021 | Washington Georgetown Marriott Hotel | Washington, D.C. | Virtual
Thirteenth Annual ASMEA Conference
Understanding the Regions: Politics, Identity, and History of the Middle East and Africa
November 18 - 20, 2020 | Virtual
Twelfth Annual ASMEA Conference
Past, Present and Future in the Middle East and Africa
October 31 - November 02, 2019 | Washington, D.C.
Eleventh Annual ASMEA Conference
Tradition, Evolution, and Revolution in the Middle East and Africa
November 01 - November 03, 2018 | Washington, D.C.
Tenth Annual ASMEA Conference
The Middle East and Africa: Assessing the Regions Ten Years On
October 19 - October 21, 2017 | Washington, D.C
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