Past Conferences

Eighteenth Annual ASMEA Conference
November 1 - 3, 2025 | Washington Georgetown Marriott Hotel | Washington, D.C.

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 and Virtual | Washington, D.C.

Fourteenth Annual ASMEA Conference
November 13 - 15, 2021 | Washington Georgetown Marriott Hotel | Washington, D.C. | Virtual Option

Thirteenth Annual Conference
Understanding the Regions: Politics, Identity, and History of the Middle East and Africa
November 18 - 20, 2020 | Virtual Format

Twelfth Annual ASMEA Conference
Past, Present and Future in the Middle East and Africa
October 31 - November 2, 2019 | Key Bridge Marriott Hotel | Washington, D.C.

Eleventh Annual ASMEA Conference
Tradition, Evolution, and Revolution in the Middle East and Africa
November 1 - 3, 2018 | Key Bridge Marriott Hotel | Washington, D.C.

Tenth Annual ASMEA Conference
The Middle East and Africa: Assessing the Regions Ten Years On
October 19 - 21, 2017 | Key Bridge Marriott Hotel | Washington, D.C.

Ninth Annual ASMEA Conference
Taking the Long View: Assessing Change in the Middle East and Africa
October 27 – 29, 2016 | Key Bridge Marriott Hotel | Washington, D.C.

Eighth Annual ASMEA Conference
For Better or Worse? Historical Trends in the Middle East and Africa
October 29 – 31, 2015 |Key Bridge Marriott Hotel | Washington, D.C.

Seventh Annual ASMEA Conference
Searching for Balance in the Middle East and Africa
October 30 – November 1, 2014 | Key Bridge Marriott Hotel | Washington, D.C.

Sixth Annual ASMEA Conference
Tides of Change: Looking Back and Forging Ahead in the Middle East and Africa
November 21 – 23, 2013 |Key Bridge Marriott Hotel | Washington, D.C.

Fifth Annual ASMEA Conference
History and the “New” Middle East and Africa
October 11 - 13, 2012 |Key Bridge Marriott Hotel | Washington, D.C.

Fourth Annual ASMEA Conference
Out of the Past, Into the Future: Reflections on the Middle East and Africa
November 3 - 5, 2011 | Key Bridge Marriott Hotel | Washington, D.C.

Third Annual ASMEA Conference
The Middle East and Africa in the 21st Century: Local Trends, Regional Challenges, Global Impacts
November 4 - 6, 2010 | Key Bridge Marriott Hotel | Washington, D.C.

Second Annual ASMEA Conference
The Middle East and Africa: Historic Connections and Strategic Bridges
October 22 - 24, 2009 | Key Bridge Marriott Hotel | Washington, D.C.

Inaugural ASMEA Conference
Evolution of Islamic Politics, Philosophy and Culture in the Middle East and Africa: From Traditional Limits to Modern Extremes
April 24 - 26, 2008 | Washington Marriott Wardman Park | Washington, D.C.