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Middle East Studies in the News
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Publication |
Date  |
| Adviser to HM The Sultan for Cultural Affairs Receives US Delegation [incl. Crown Center, Brandeis U.] |
Oman News Agency (ONA) |
February 20, 2020 |
| Radical Speakers on Agenda for Toronto Islamic Conference [incl. Yasir Qadhi, Omar Suleiman] |
B'nai Brith Canada |
December 19, 2019 |
| 88 Orgs to Sec. Devos: Don't Let Federally-Funded Middle East Studies Centers Implement Academic BDS |
AMCHA Initiative |
December 4, 2019 |
| B'nai Brith Canada Disturbed by Federal Funding for Anti-Israel "Voting Guide" [incl. Jasmin Zine] |
B'nai Brith Canada |
October 25, 2019 |
| Lehmann Inaugurated As First Non-Christian President of Graduate Theological Union |
Religion News Network |
October 24, 2019 |
| U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Resolve Public Schools' Double Standard in Promoting Islam while Disparaging Christianity |
Thomas More Law Center |
October 15, 2019 |
| It's Time to De-Escalate the Crisis With Iran, Meet With President Rouhani and Return to a Nuclear Agreement, Says Notre Dame's Ebrahim Moosa |
Newswise |
September 20, 2019 |
| 'Zionism = Racism,' 'Boycott! Divest! Sanction' & '[W]elcoming Zionists to campus...[is] a declaration of war against Arabs, Muslims, Palestinians' Remain on SFSU Department's Facebook Page [on Rabab Abdulhadi] |
AMCHA Initiative |
September 3, 2019 |
| Proposed CA High School Curriculum Anti-Semitic and Anti-Israel |
AMCHA Initiative |
August 7, 2019 |
| Center for Near Eastern Studies Receives Grant to Improve Teaching About the Middle East [incl. Ali Behdad] |
UCLA Newsroom |
August 2, 2019 |
| Taner Akçam Unearths Evidence of Ottoman Decision to 'Annihilate' Armenians |
Clark Now (Clark University) |
July 18, 2019 |
| UC Berkeley Establishes Visiting Faculty Start-Up Fund for Assyrian Studies |
News of UC Berkeley's Department of Near Eastern Studies |
July 17, 2019 |
| Professor Posts 'Zionism = Racism' on Official University Facebook Page [on Rabab Abdulhadi] |
AMCHA Initiative |
July 11, 2019 |
| New Jersey School District Refuses to Release Records about Islamic Indoctrination of High School Students |
Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund |
July 5, 2019 |
| FCDF Demands Records from New Jersey School District After Officials Call Upon Allah to "Shower" Blessings on Students |
Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund |
June 24, 2019 |
| After FCDF Threatens Lawsuit, N.J. District Scraps Posters Calling Upon 'Allah' to 'Shower' Students with Blessings |
Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund |
June 3, 2019 |
| N.J. Public School District to Students: 'May Allah Continue to Shower You Love and Wisdom' |
Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund |
May 29, 2019 |
| Thomas More Law Center Asks Supreme Court to Decide How Far Schools Can Promote Islam and Disparage Christianity |
Thomas More Law Center |
May 15, 2019 |
| Taner Akçam's New Book on Armenian Genocide Makes Turkish Denialist Historiography 'Fake News' |
Massis Post |
April 23, 2019 |
| Antisemitism Lawsuit Against Newton Schools Expanded to Include Violation of First Amendment |
Americans for Peace and Tolerance |
April 11, 2019 |
| PEN America Response to the Canceled Panel at Columbia University |
PEN America |
April 3, 2019 |
| Newton Residents Sue City's School Committee, Superintendent of Schools, Principals, and Teachers for Discrimination Against Jews and Israelis |
Americans for Peace and Tolerance |
March 19, 2019 |
| Department of Education Grant Bolsters Hood College's Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program |
Hood College (Frederick, MD) |
November 15, 2018 |
| The New York Times and GW Program on Extremism Announce 'ISIS Files' Research Partnership |
George Washington University News |
September 10, 2018 |
| ZOA's Title VI Case Against Rutgers Reopened by US Civil Rights Office [incl. Middle East Studies] |
Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) |
September 5, 2018 |
| ZOA to SF Board of Ed: Cancel Contract with Anti-Israel Hate Group |
Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) |
June 20, 2018 |
| NYU Receives $500,000 Grant to Support Arabic Collections Online |
Albawaba News |
June 10, 2018 |
| Action Demanded Against Columbia Professor [on Hamid Dabashi] |
San Diego Jewish World |
May 30, 2018 |
| Trial Date Set in SF State Anti-Semitism Case [incl. Rabab Abdulhadi] |
San Diego Jewish World |
May 29, 2018 |
| Huron University College Appoints Chair in Islamic Studies [on Ingrid Mattson] |
Canada Newswire |
October 14, 2011 |
| UNH Launches Program in Middle Eastern Studies |
University of New Hampshire Media Relations |
August 4, 2010 |
| LSE Focuses New Centre on Collaboration With the People and Institutions of the Middle East [incl. Fawaz Gerges] |
The London School of Economics and Political Science |
May 24, 2010 |
| Cornell's Intensive Arabic Program Plants the Seeds of Peace and Understanding |
Cornell University Press Relations Office |
March 29, 2010 |
| With Bans Lifted, Prominent Scholars To Arrive In U.S. [on Tariq Ramadan] |
American Civil Liberties Union |
March 22, 2010 |
| Loyola Hosts Expert Panel Discussion on Tensions in Iran and Iranian-US Relations [incl. Behrooz Moazami] |
Newsroom of Loyola University New Orleans |
February 8, 2010 |
| American University in Dubai: A Study Abroad Destination in the Middle East |
American University in Dubai |
January 26, 2010 |
| Report Finds Growing Support for the Study of Israel on U.S. Campuses |
Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation |
January 12, 2010 |
| Three Named to Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani Chairs [incl. Carl Petry] |
Northwestern University News Center |
January 5, 2010 |
| Rashid Khalidi to Give Talk on Middle East |
Mount Holyoke College |
October 2, 2009 |
| Writing for the Media Workshop [incl. William Beeman] |
University of Arizona News |
September 25, 2009 |
| Free Speech and Academic Groups Blast Yale Officials Over Censorship of Mohammed Images |
National Coalition Against Censorship |
September 16, 2009 |
| $12.4 Million Awarded to School Systems in 24 States, D.C. to Promote Instruction of Critical Foreign Languages |
Media-Newswire.com |
September 15, 2009 |
| Statement by Yale University Press [on Jytte Klausen; incl. Marcia Inhorn] |
Yale University Press |
August 14, 2009 |
| UCSB's Department of Religious Studies to Offer Three New Languages |
University of California Santa Barbara (Public Affairs) |
June 25, 2009 |
| Vanderbilt Scholar of Islam Awarded Third Major Book Prize [on Leor Halevi] |
Vanderbilt University News Network |
January 12, 2009 |
| GW Receives $1 Million Gift from Kuwait in Support of Institute for Middle East Studies |
Media Newswire |
December 11, 2008 |
| Emerita Professor Elizabeth Warnock Fernea Dies; Noted Author Championed Women's Issues in the Middle East |
The University of Texas at Austin Office of Public Affairs |
December 4, 2008 |
| George Mason University Receives Gift from IIIT for a Chair in Islamic Studies |
International Institute of Islamic Thought |
November 6, 2008 |
| Caucus for a New Political Science Issues Statement, Defends Rashid Khalidi |
The New Political Science Section of the American Political Science Association |
November 4, 2008 |
| George Mason University Receives $1.5 Million Gift from IIIT for an Endowed Chair in Islamic Studies |
George Mason University Media & Public Relations |
November 3, 2008 |
| Professor Helps Bring Writings of Arabic Authors to New Readers [on William M. Hutchins] |
University News, Appalachian State University |
October 1, 2008 |
| Prominent Academics, Lawmakers and Diplomats Join NIAC's New Advisory Board |
National Iranian American Council |
September 25, 2008 |
| New Study by IJCR Researchers Exposes Anti-Christian and Anti-Semitic Bias in U.S. K-12 Textbooks Reveals Gross Misrepresentation of Religion, History and Social Studies |
Institute for Jewish & Community Research |
September 24, 2008 |
| Bipartisan Group of U.S. Leaders Calls for 'Changed Course' in Relations With the Muslim World [incl. Ingrid Mattson] |
U.S.-Muslim Engagement Project |
September 24, 2008 |
| Students Can Explore New Major on Middle East, South Asia |
UC Davis News Service |
September 17, 2008 |
| University of California at Davis Leads the Way in Relations with Iranian-American Community |
PARSA Community Foundation |
September 17, 2008 |
| Naval Academy's New Distinguished Chair For Middle East Studies [on Akbar Ahmed] |
U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association & Foundation |
September 12, 2008 |
| Palin's Religion Scrutinized [incl. Juan Cole] |
Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights |
September 10, 2008 |
| ISNA President Speaks at DNC Interfaith Kickoff Event [on Ingrid Mattson] |
Islamic Society of North America |
August 26, 2008 |
| Anti-hate Group Calls Democrats to Disinvite Radical Muslim Leader from Convention [on Ingrid Mattson] |
Americans Agains Hate |
August 23, 2008 |
| Danish Cartoonist Slams Decision to Drop Mohammed Book [incl. Denise Spellberg] |
The Earth Times |
August 19, 2008 |
| Statement from the Islamic Saudi Academy in Response to the US Commission on International Religious Freedom |
Islamic Saudi Academy |
June 13, 2008 |
| Traditional Values Coalition Asks Justice Dept. To Investigate Violent Teachings at Islamic Saudi Academy |
Traditional Values Coalition |
June 12, 2008 |
| USCIRF Confirms Material Inciting Violence, Intolerance Remains in Textbooks Used at Saudi Government's Islamic Saudi Academy |
U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom |
June 11, 2008 |
| ALA Conference Program to Look at Libel Tourism/Libel Terrorism As a Threat to Free Speech [incl. "Alms for Jihad," Cambridge University Press, Robert O. Collins, Khalid bin Mahfouz] |
The Association of American Publishers |
June 3, 2008 |
| University of Arizona to Train Iraqi Students [incl. Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Christian Sinclair] |
University of Arizona Communications |
June 3, 2008 |
| US: Challenge Israel's Restrictions on Gaza Students [incl. the Middle East Studies Association] |
Human Rights Watch |
June 3, 2008 |
| Capsule Report: "Libel tourism" a Growing Threat to Free Speech, Say ARTICLE 19 and Freedom House [incl. "Alms for Jihad," Cambridge University Press, Robert O. Collins] |
ARTICLE 19 and Freedom House |
May 21, 2008 |
| Victory Over Cultural Jihad in Florida [on the Academy for Learning Islam; Seminole County public schools] |
United American Committee |
May 19, 2008 |
| Stop the Madrassa: A Community Coalition Serves Dhabah (aka Debbie) Almontaser with Defamation Lawsuit |
Stop the Madrassa Coalition |
May 15, 2008 |
| Prince Alwaleed Receives Business Leader of the Year Award from Foreign Policy Association [incl. Middle East studies] |
ArabianBusiness.com |
May 13, 2008 |
| UW–Madison Receives Federal Grant for Middle East Studies [incl. Uli Schamiloglu] |
Division of International Studies, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison |
May 8, 2008 |
| Cambridge and Edinburgh Universities announce New Centres for Islamic Studies [on Alwaleed bin Abdulaziz al-Saud] |
University of Cambridge |
May 8, 2008 |
| Canada Christian College Inaugurates Department of Israel Studies |
CNW Group (for Canada Christian College & the School of Graduate Theological Studies) |
May 7, 2008 |
| Baylor Team Wins At Model Arab League Competition |
Baylor University Media Communications |
April 29, 2008 |
| ACLU Urges Federal Appeals Court to Lift Ban on Renowned Scholar |
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) |
April 28, 2008 |
| ACLU-MN Opens Investigation of Tarek Academy [on Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy] |
American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota |
March 18, 2008 |
| Crown Gift to Boost Middle Eastern Studies Program [at Northwestern Univ.] |
Northwestern University News and Information |
February 26, 2008 |
| ACLU Asks Federal Appeals Court to Lift Ban on Renowned Scholar [on Tariq Ramadan] |
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) |
January 23, 2008 |
| Federal Judge Wrongly Allows Exclusion of Renowned Muslim Scholar [on Tariq Ramadan] |
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) |
December 21, 2007 |
| UCSB Receives $1 Million Gift to Establish Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies [on the University of California, Santa Barbara] |
University of California, Santa Barbara, Public Affairs |
December 3, 2007 |
| Daniel Hollinger Announces Expansion of Arabic Immersion at Coeus International School [in Washington, D.C.] |
Newswire |
November 11, 2007 |
| ACLU In Court Today to Challenge U.S. Exclusion of Renowned Muslim Scholar [on Tariq Ramadan] |
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) |
October 25, 2007 |
| Student Group Eyes Middle East History, Culture [at The Citidel] |
Citadel News Service |
October 24, 2007 |
| Federal Court to Hear ACLU's Challenge to Exclusion of Swiss Scholar Tariq Ramadan on Thursday |
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) |
October 23, 2007 |
| Debbie Almontaser, Founding Principal of Khalil Gibran International Academy, Speaks Out for the First Time |
Communities in Support of KGIA |
October 15, 2007 |
| Maksoud Chair in Arab Studies Announced [on Fida Adely] |
Georgetown University Office of Communications |
September 19, 2007 |
| New York City's Khalil Gibran International Academy An Incubator For Islamist Radicalization—Thomas More Law Center Enters Fray |
Thomas More Law Center |
August 27, 2007 |
| OSI Calls on Iran to Release Prisoners on the 100th Day of Their Detention [on Haleh Esfandiari, Kian Tajbakhsh] |
Open Society Institute |
August 16, 2007 |
| Seven Scholars with Expertise in the Middle East and Islam Join Univ. of California, Riverside |
UC Riverside Newsroom |
August 15, 2007 |
| Chancellor Klein Announces Danielle Salzberg as Interim Acting Principal of Khalil Gibran International Academy |
New York City Department of Education |
August 13, 2007 |
| Center for Near Eastern Studies Celebrates Golden Anniversary [at UCLA; incl. Khaled Abou Al Fadl, Gabriel Piterberg, Saree Makdisi, et al.] |
UCLA International Institute |
July 3, 2007 |
| AHA Supports the Middle East Studies Association's Protest of the Detention of Scholars in Iran [on Haleh Esfandiari, Kian Tajbakhsh] |
American Historical Association |
June 4, 2007 |
| Statement by the President on Detention of American Citizens by the Iranian Regime [on Haleh Esfandiari, et al.] |
Office of the Press Secretary, The White House |
June 1, 2007 |
| Leading International Educator Group Issues Resolution on Detention of Scholar Haleh Esfandiari |
NAFSA: Association of International Educators |
May 31, 2007 |
| Statement of Concern Regarding Travel to Iran [re Haleh Esfandiari, Kian Tajbakhsh] |
Middle East Studies Association |
May 29, 2007 |
| Reports from Tehran Indicate that Haleh Esfandiari Has Been Formally Charged with Espionage and Endangering Iranian Security |
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars |
May 29, 2007 |
| Imprisoned Iranian-American Scholar Haleh Esfandiari Must be Freed |
Freedom House |
May 25, 2007 |
| IU Wins Grant to Train Future Military Officers in Strategic Languages and Cultures [on Title VI grant to teach Middle Eastern languages, among others] |
Indian University |
May 7, 2007 |
| Southwestern Legal Foundation Files Lawsuit against UCLA Administrators on Behalf of History Lecturer Being Discriminated Against for Perceived Pro-Israel Bias [on Orna Kenan of UCLA] |
Southwestern Legal Foundation |
March 15, 2007 |
| The Kevin Barrett Case at UW-Madison |
University of Wisconsin-Madison |
October 11, 2006 |
| Wisconsin Instructor's 9/11 Conspiracy Theories Ill-Serve Students |
Anti-Defamation League |
October 11, 2006 |
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Campus Watch Research
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Publication |
Date |
| Campus Watch Seeks Qualified Free Lance Writers |
Middle East Forum |
October 3, 2018 |
| Jewish, Civil Rights, and Educational Groups Urge Higher Education Reform -- Letter |
Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under the Law |
January 24, 2018 |
| Campus Watch Names Six Scholars as Campus Watch Fellows |
News from the Middle East Forum |
June 1, 2017 |
| MEF Fights Anti-Zionism at San Francisco State University |
News from the Middle East Forum |
September 15, 2016 |
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Moonlighting: Non-Specialists in the News
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Publication |
Date |
| 84 Orgs to UMass: Are UMass Faculty Permitted to Use the University's Name and Resources to Sponsor Political Events and Champion Political Causes? [incl. Marc Lamont Hill] |
AMCHA Initiative |
November 5, 2019 |
| 80 Education, Faculty, Student, Religious and Civil Rights Orgs Call on UMass to Rescind Sponsorship of Anti-Zionist/Anti-Semitic 'Political Rally' [incl. Marc Lamont Hill] |
AMCHA Initiative |
April 23, 2019 |
