Until further notice, the University of Arizona, in accordance with the guidelines recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, encourages all employees to work remotely. The Center for Middle Eastern Studies office and library are closed except by appointment only; to reach us, Monday-Friday 8:30am-5pm, or to find out how to set an appointment, please refer to our CMES contact page.

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Summer Programs

June 2021 Fulbright-Hays Group Project Abroad to Uzbekistan and Tajikistan

12 K-12 educators and community college educators will travel to Central Asia for a 4-week summer program studying Persianate cultures and their interaction with Turkic cultures. Applications are now being accepted. Click here for more information: https://cmes.arizona.edu/outreach/Persianate_Central_Asia
 

June 2020 - postponed until June 2021 - Fulbright-Hays Group Project Abroad to Jordan

14 K-12 educators and community college educators will travel to Jordan for a 4-week summer program. Click here for more information .

August 2019 National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute for College and University Faculty - Middle Eastern Millennials through Literature, Culture, and Media

28 college and university faculty will participate in a 1-week summer institute at the University of Arizona. Applications now closed. Click here for more information and an application to apply.

 

June 2019 Fulbright-Hays Group Project Abroad to Morocco

9 K-12 educators and 3 community college educators will travel to Morocco for a 4-week summer program. Applications now closed. Click here for more information .

 

Summer 2018 Fulbright-Hays Group Project Abroad to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

6 high school and 6 college educators from rural Arizona and New Mexico traveled to Kazakhstan and Uzekistan for a 4-week summer program. Click here for more information.

 

Summer 2017 Fulbright-Hays Group Project Abroad to Bosnia and Albania

7 educators from Maricopa Community College and 7 Arizona high school teachers traveled to Bosnia-Herzegovina and Albania for a 4-week summer program. Click here for more information on the program.

 

Summer 2016 Fulbright-Hays Group Project Abroad to Oman and Zanzibar

12 K-12 educators will travel to Oman and Zanzibar for a 4-week summer program. Click here for more information and an application.   

 

Summer 2015 2-Week Educators' Program to Bosnia-Herzegovina

This trip is not cost-subsidized, but we've tried to keep costs low. K-14 educators (full or part-time; pre-service, currently teaching, or retired; classroom teachers or those in other educational positions) are all eligible to participate.  Click here for more information or here for a full brochure.

 

Summer Travel/Study Opportunities across the Nation - and the World 

Click HERE for a great list of summer travel/study opportunities compiled by master teachers Wendy Harris of St. Paul, MN, and Laura West of Hot Springs, AR. The list is of 2012 opportunites; however, it gives you a starting place for upcoming programs.

 

 

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