Scholars & Fellows — Middle East Institute

Our visiting fellows & scholars

Meet our current and former visiting fellows and scholars below!

If you are interested in applying to one of our fellow or scholar positions, you can find more information here.

CURRENT VISITING FELLOWS & SCHOLARS

Featured

Spring 2024, Current

Dana Lee

Spring 2024, Current

Mahdi Visiting Research Fellow (Spring 2024)

Spring 2024, Current

Mohamed Abdou

Spring 2024, Current

Arcapita Visiting Professor in Modern Arab Studies (Spring 2024)

Spring 2024, Current

Current

Verena Hanna Meyer

Current

Visiting Research Scholar

Current

Hossein Modarressi

Current

Senior Research Scholar

Current

Sami Al-Daghistani

Current

Visiting Research Scholar

Current

FORMER VISITING FELLOWS & SCHOLARS

Featured

Fall 2022, Former

Islam Dayeh

Fall 2022, Former

Arcapita Visiting Professor in Modern Arab Studies (Fall 2022)

Fall 2022, Former

Former, Spring 2022

Ahmad Khan

Former, Spring 2022

Arcapita Visiting Professor in Modern Arab Studies (Spring 2022)

Former, Spring 2022

Fall 2023, Former, Fall 2017

Asma Sayeed

Fall 2023, Former, Fall 2017

Mahdi Visiting Research Fellow (Fall 2017 & Fall 2023)

Fall 2023, Former, Fall 2017

Fall 2021, Former

Meriem El Haitami

Fall 2021, Former

Visiting Scholar (Fall 2021)

Fall 2021, Former

Spring 2021, Former

Bahar Tabakoğlu

Spring 2021, Former

Visiting Scholar (Spring 2021)

Spring 2021, Former

Fall 2019, Former

Hussein Ali Abdulsater

Fall 2019, Former

Mahdi Visiting Research Fellow (Fall 2019)

Fall 2019, Former

Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Former

Raphael Cormack

Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Former

Visiting Scholar (Academic Year 2019-2020)

Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Former

Spring 2019, Former

Rana Barakat

Spring 2019, Former

Arcapita Visiting Professor in Modern Arab Studies (Spring 2019)

Spring 2019, Former

Fall 2018, Former

Behnam Sadeghi

Fall 2018, Former

Mahdi Visiting Research Fellow (Fall 2018)

Fall 2018, Former

Hande Gurses

Fall 2018, Former

Visiting Scholar (Fall 2018)

Fall 2018, Former

Spring 2018, Former

Anaheed Al-Hardan

Spring 2018, Former

Arcapita Visiting Professor in Modern Arab Studies (Spring 2018)

Spring 2018, Former

Spring 2017, Former

Angeliki Ziaka

Spring 2017, Former

Mahdi Visiting Research Fellow (Spring 2017)

Spring 2017, Former

Fall 2016, Former

Sara Ababneh

Fall 2016, Former

Carnegie Centennial Fellow (Fall 2016)

Fall 2016, Former

Abdulrahman al-Salmi

Fall 2016, Former

Mahdi Visiting Research Fellow (Fall 2016)

Fall 2016, Former

Shadaab Rahemtulla

Fall 2016, Former

Visiting Scholar (Fall 2016)

Fall 2016, Former

Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Former

Kathryn Spellman Poots

Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Former

Visiting Scholar (Academic Year 2016-2017)

Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Former

Salim Tamari

Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Former

Arcapita Visiting Professor in Modern Arab Studies (Academic Year 2016-2017)

Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Former

Fall 2015, Former

Hussein Ali Abdulsater

Fall 2015, Former

Visiting Assistant Professor (Fall 2015)

Fall 2015, Former