The annual meetings of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) are large. There are only a handful of hotels that have a sufficient number of sleeping rooms for attendees and adequate meeting space for panels. Normally, MESA does not use convention centers because they cost at a minimum sixty..
Amy Newhall
Amy Newhall is the Executive Director of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA). She is also an Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Art and Architecture in the School of Middle Easter and North African Studies at the University of Arizona.