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Welcome to the Institute of Middle Eastern, Central Asia and Caucasus Studies! We are an interdisciplinary research institute situated in the School of International Relations at the University of St Andrews. On these pages, you will find details of our research, events and opportunities to participate in the work of MECACS. We welcome queries from prospective students, academics and practitioners, media and policymakers from or on the studied regions.
MECACS Student Essay Prize Results
MECACS is pleased to announce the winners of our first Student Essay competition on ‘Understanding legacies of imperialism in the Middle East, Central Asia and the Caucasus’. The competition attracted…
BRISMES Annual Conference in St Andrews, 4th-6th July 2022
On 4th-6th July 2022, MECACS hosted over 300 delegates at the annual conference of the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES). Founded in 1973, BRISMES provides a forum for…
Mapping Kurdistan: Territory, Self-Determination and Nationalism – A seminar with Dr Zeynep Kaya
This report was authored for the Institute by Oliver Mizzi, MECACSS MLitt Student. On the 17th March 2022, Dr Zeynep Kaya presented a talk centred on her newly published book,…
Report – Cultural and religious identity during the Syrian uprising
On 11th March 2022, the Institute of Middle East, Central Asia and Caucasus Studies and the Centre for Syrian Studies co-hosted a workshop on Cultural and Religious Identity during the…