Giving
Your gift matters
Your gift in support of our activities at Stanford will enhance genuine understanding of the histories, cultures, and languages of the Middle East. Your foresight will:
- Equip the next generation of leaders with rigorous knowledge about the Middle Eastern societies and cultures.
- Support innovative and interdisciplinary research.
- Deepen our academic and public outreach efforts.
- Enhance our ongoing initiatives such as Arab Futures & Pasts, Ottoman and Turkey Encounters, and Sephardi Studies.
Giving Opportunities
General Operations and Program Support
Your gift supplements our research and teaching initiatives by bringing visitors from around the world to campus for academic and public events, including lectures, workshops, conferences, and arts events.
Lectureships
Endowed funds support lecturers and the costs associated with their coursework, ensuring a wide range of rich offerings for Stanford students.
Professorships
An endowed professorship is the highest academic honor that the university can bestow upon a member of its faculty. The holders of Stanford’s approximately 400 endowed professorships represent the most distinguished scholars in their fields, and the donors of endowed professorships are among the university’s most generous and far-sighted benefactors.
Visiting Professorships
Complementing the teaching of the Stanford faculty, visiting scholars and professionals are recruited to teach Stanford students. Endowed funds support these visiting professors and the costs associated with their coursework, ensuring a wide range of rich offerings for students.
Other Projects
Should you like to designate your gift to support other projects (such as an endowed lecture series, fellowships, or language instruction programs), please contact us.
Make a Gift
For more information about working with the Middle Eastern Studies Forum at Stanford, please contact Associate Director Halil Yenigun at yenigun [at] stanford.edu (yenigun[at]stanford[dot]edu).
For giving opportunities, please contact Scott Sugiura, Senior Associate Director of Development, at ssugiura [at] stanford.edu (ssugiura[at]stanford[dot]edu).
Your gift is tax-deductible under applicable rules
As a Stanford University unit, the Middle Eastern Studies Forum qualifies for tax-exempt status under Section 501 (c)(3). It may take the form of an expendable gift, annual pledge, or endowment. Endowment gifts provide naming opportunities for specific programs and may be matched.
To make a secure credit card payment, please select the Make a Gift button below.
You can also send a check (made out to "Stanford University") to:
The Middle Eastern Studies Forum
Stanford Global Studies Division
615 Crothers Way
Encina Commons, Suite 124
Stanford, CA 94305-6006