DOHA: Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) yesterday launched the first academic political science journal published by university students in the Middle East.
The Journal of Georgetown University-Qatar Middle Eastern Studies Student Association is the work of GU-Q’s Middle Eastern Studies Students Association (MESSA), and published by Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing. It will be made available online through MESSA’s website. Now in its third year, MESSA is a uniquely student-focused campus organisation, giving young people a chance to emulate their esteemed peers in the research community.
The focus of the maiden issue, which carries articles by students at top universities, including Harvard, Princeton and Tufts, who presented their research at the second MESSA conference earlier this year, reflects the conference’s theme: “Globalization & the Middle East: Youth, Media and Resources”.
Future issues will cover youth, gender issues, sectarianism, non-state actors, culture, economics, development, and the interplay of domestic, regional and international politics.
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