To stimulate new and diverse lines of discourse about the Middle East and Africa, ASMEAÂ supports research on topics that deserved greater attention through Research Grants of up to $2500. An applicant may submit a proposal on any topic as long as it is directly relevant to the five broad areas outlined below, and constitutes new and original research.
Eligibility
- Applicants must be current members of ASMEAÂ and engaged in ongoing study of the Middle East or Africa.
- Applicants also must be:
- enrolled in a Ph.D. program (with M.A. complete), or;
- serve in a post-doc capacity, or;
- serve as a visiting/assistant/associate/full professor teaching two or more courses per semester at an accredited institution.
- Applicants may be affiliated with any academic discipline.
Preferred Topics
Minorities and Women
- Feminism, women’s rights, family law
- Christians in the Middle East and Africa
- Alevis, Bahai, Berbers, Druze, Kurds, Yazidis
Military History
- Terrorist groups- ideologies, intentions, and methods
- Conventional conflict and proxy war
- Approaches to national security, deterrence, and proliferation
Governance and Economy
- Maintaining power- elections, patronage, coercion
- Political and economic reform movements
- Economy and state corruption
- Dealing with bounty: oil, gas and other resources
Faith
- Islamism
- Islamic heterodoxy
- Islamic reform movements
- Shia/Sunni rivalry
Iran
- Current political affairs
- Center vs. periphery and Persians vs. minorities
- Traditional approaches to domestic rule and empire
- Expressing opposition- protest, culture, youth, migration, violence
Fellowship Website:
https://www.asmeascholars.org/awards-research-travel-grants