The inaugural panel for the newly reconstituted Committee for Undergraduate ME Studies (CUMES) will focus on common challenges and opportunities experienced by educators in teaching ME Studies courses in undergraduate, non- research 1 institutions. Submissions will be accepted from all disciplines that include ME courses in their curricula.

Please send abstracts of no more than 250 words as a Word doc attachment to greeleyj@sacredheart.edu by February 29, 2012. The annual conference for MESA: Middle Eastern Studies Association will meet November 17-20, 2012 in Denver, Colorado.