History of the Modern Middle East

Founded in 1946, the Middle East Institute is the oldest Washington-based institution dedicated solely to the study of the Middle East. MEI has earned a reputation as an unbiased source of information and analysis on this critical region of the world, a reputation it has meticulously safeguarded since its creation. Today, MEI remains a respected, non-partisan voice in the field of Middle East studies.

The University of Texas at Austin established the Center for Middle Eastern Studies in 1960 demonstrating a long history of academic focus on the Middle East. MES publishes scholarly and literary works, language instructional materials, and provides Middle Eastern Studies Podcasts as part of their active outreach program for K-12 and the community.

The G. E. von Grunebaum Center for Near Eastern Studies of UCLA provides podcasts on issues concerning the Near East.

Iran Chamber Society is a non-partisan and non-profit organization with the aim to promote Iranian culture and history. Besides this History of Iran pages students should also explore the site's pages on Art & Culture.

The Encyclopædia Iranica is a comprehensive research tool dedicated to the study of Iranian civilization in the Middle East, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent. The Encyclopædia is an international, collaborative project, based at Columbia University in the City of New York. Its compilation is overseen by the general editor Ehsan Yarshater and a team of Consulting Editors, all internationally renowned scholars of Iranian studies, who assist in the commissioning and editing of entries.

Houshamadyan is a non-profit organization founded in Berlin, Germany, whose mission is to reconstruct and preserve the memory of Armenian life in the Ottoman Empire through research.

Ottoman History Podcast began in March of 2011 as a modest experiment aimed at finding an alternative form of academic production and has grown to be one of the largest digital resources for academic discussion concerning the Ottoman Empire and the modern Middle East.