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HISTORY MESA was founded in 1966 with 50 original members, including Bernard Lewis , Malcolm Kerr , Samih Farsoun , and other scholars. According to its website, its current membership exceeds 2,600 and it "serves as an umbrella organization for more than sixty institutional members and thirty-nine affiliated organizations." It is a constituent society of the American Council Of Learned Societies , the National Council Of Area Studies Associations , and a member of the National Humanities Alliance . CURRENT ACTIVITIES Current President is Zachary Lockman , New York University . It is the publisher of '' The International Journal Of Middle East Studies '' journal. Since 1991 MESA has awarded the Albert Hourani Book Award to "the very best in Middle East studies scholarship". The prize is named after Albert Hourani , "to recognize his long and distinguished career as teacher and mentor". Many academics associated with MESA, including it's recent presidents "Joseph Massad, "Policing the Academy," ''Al-Ahram Weekly'', 10-16 April 2003. FORMER PRESIDENTS
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