Partners

MEI collaborates closely with a wide range of institutions and organizations at Columbia and around the world. Some of our closest partners include the following centers, institutions, and departments.

Our Affiliates

Center for the Study of Muslim Societies (CSMS)
CSMS is an umbrella for faculty collaborations in cutting-edge research, integrated programming, innovative teaching and new forms of public outreach across the related fields of research on Islam and Muslim societies at Columbia University.

Center for Palestine Studies (CPS)
CPS promotes the academic study of Palestine by supporting research, teaching, and intellectual collaboration among scholars within Columbia University and beyond. CPS also builds connections with other institutions and scholars to strengthen the academic study of Palestine and Palestinians throughout the United States and the world.

Other Partners

Center for International History
A forum for discussion and fostering historical perspectives on international issues of contemporary intellectual concern.

Center for the Study of Social Difference
An interdisciplinary research center supporting collaborative projects that address gender, race, sexuality, and other forms of inequality to foster ethical and progressive social change. Example Project: “Gender, Religion and Law in Muslim Societies.”

Columbia Global Centers
Columbia Global Centers promote and facilitate the collaborative and impactful engagement of the University’s faculty, students, and alumni with the world to enhance understanding, address global challenges, and advance knowledge and its exchange.

Ehsan Yarshater Center for Iranian Studies
The world publication leader through its authoritative Encyclopedia Iranica and its Bibliotheca Persica series, including the Tabari Translation Project.

Gulf/2000 Project
This project was sponsored by the MEI and developed by the School of International and Public Affairs of Columbia University in New York City. The website is designed to make available in a single location a wealth of information on the eight countries of the Persian Gulf region – Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.

Harriman Institute
Focuses on Russian, Eurasian and East European studies.

Institute for Comparative Literature and Society
A vibrant interdisciplinary nexus for humanists and social scientists, including students of the textual traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies
A world-leader, drawing on a lengthy and distinguished history of inquiry at Columbia.

Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life
Active programming on Islam and Judaism, with research projects such as Religion and Sexuality and the Religions of Harlem.

Institute for Research in African-American Studies
A multi-disciplinary enterprise, IRAAS is an intellectual community that bridges scholarship, teaching, and public life.

Institute for the Study of Sexuality and Gender
The locus of interdisciplinary feminist and queer scholarship and teaching at Columbia University.

Institute of African Studies
A closely affiliated regional studies institute that shares a number of faculty and interests with the MEI.

Sakıp Sabancı Center for Turkish Studies
Newly endowed, as of 2016, with an associated faculty chair in Turkish Studies.

South Asia Institute
A closely affiliated regional studies institute that shares a number of faculty and interests with the MEI.

Weatherhead East Asian Institute
The Institute is the center for modern and contemporary East Asia research, studies, and publication at Columbia, covering China, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea, Mongolia (Inner Asia), Tibet, and, increasingly, the countries of Southeast Asia.