Fawaz also served on the editorial board of The American Historical Review.[1] A former president of the Middle East Studies Association of North America, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a member of the Comité Scientifique of the Maison Méditerranéenne des Sciences de l’Homme at the Université de Provence.[3] Fawaz served on the board of overseers of Harvard University from 1996 to 2012.[3][2]