Call for papers | 40th Annual Middle East History and Theory Conference (MEHAT) “Playing with the Scales: The Local, Regional, and Global in Middle Eastern Studies”, University of Chicago, 1-2 May 2026 — LIMITE : 21/02/2026

Since its inception four decades ago, the annual Middle East History and Theory Conference at the University of Chicago has earned a reputation as one of the premier academic gatherings in the field. We are now accepting proposals for papers and pre-arranged panels from graduate students, postdocs, faculty, and independent scholars. We invite historians, linguists, anthropologists, literary scholars, sociologists, musicologists, scholars of religion, and political scientists whose work enga...