Survey of Institutions: Assoc. for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA)

Campus Watch Research, Middle East Studies in the News, Moonlighting: Non-Specialists in the News, Campus Watch in the Media

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Middle East Studies in the News
Title Publication Date
A Voice of Sanity in the Campus Effort to Demonize Israel The Algemeiner November 22, 2023
'A Step Toward Eradicating Antisemitism on Campus': George Washington University Ends Partnership with Middle East Studies Association The Algemeiner July 25, 2023
The Flight from MESA Martin Kramer on the Middle East March 27, 2023
To Boycott or Not to Boycott? Martin Kramer on the Middle East March 15, 2023
SFSU Prof Abdulhadi Wins Middle East Studies Award Jewish Journal January 11, 2023
The (Sad) State of Middle Eastern Studies Sandbox Blog (Martin Kramer on the Middle East) December 19, 2022
Israel Boycotters Convene in Denver Martin Kramer on the Middle East December 1, 2022
Overwhelming Majority of Middle East Scholars Support Boycotting Israel, New Survey Shows The Algemeiner November 22, 2022
The Hijacking of Middle East Studies Tablet Magazine November 4, 2022
Will George Washington U let Middle East Studies Ass'n Operate International Anti-Israel Academic Boycott from its HQ on GWU's Campus? [incl. Ilana Feldman] Legal Insurrection January 25, 2022
MESA's Proposed Boycott of Israeli Universities Indicative of 'Spreading Intellectual Intolerance' JNS (Jewish News Syndicate) December 16, 2021
Bernard Lewis, Eminent Middle East Historian at Princeton, Dies at 101 News of Princeton University May 22, 2018
Bernard Lewis, 'the Imam' [incl. ASMEA, MESA] National Review May 20, 2018
Bernard Lewis, Celebrated Middle East Scholar, Dies at 101 [incl. MESA, ASMEA] The Jerusalem Post May 20, 2018
Scholars: Middle Eastern Studies Association's Vote to Remove Self-Description as 'Non-Political' Indicates It's Preparing to Pass Anti-Israel Boycott Resolution [incl. Rashid Khalidi] The Algemeiner March 29, 2017
The Unbearable Hypocrisy of MESA Commentary February 8, 2017
Martin Kramer Knows Why America Keeps Mucking Up The Middle East [incl. ASMEA] The Federalist October 28, 2016
Follow up to Galia Golan Appearance at UC Irvine Fousesquawk October 27, 2015
Boycott Israel? Faculty Caught Up in BDS Dispute [incl. Mark LeVine, Joel Beinin, Nathan Brown, Rabab Abdulhadi] J. (Jewish News Weekly of Northern California) October 15, 2015
Boycott Fever at MESA Commentary Magazine December 3, 2014
Muslim Journeys: Let's Talk About It … Again [incl. Mehnaz Afridi, Bernard Lewis, MESA, ASMEA] World Magazine May 17, 2013
Enough Said: The False Scholarship of Edward Said [incl. Bernard Lewis, Fouad Ajami, MESA, ASMEA] World Affairs Journal March/April 2013
Report of Asaf Romirowsky Assistant Executive Director, who chaired the SPME Panel at the ASMEA Conference in Washington, D. C. Scholars For Peace in the Middle East November 18, 2011
As'ad Abukhalil: America's Hezbollah Propagandist Family Security Matters October 17, 2011
The Revered and Reviled Bernard Lewis Moment: Independent Journalism from a Jewish Perspective September/October 2011
Why Do Anthropologists Have Their Own Foreign Policy? [incl. Fouad Ajami, Bernard Lewis, ASMEA, MESA] Minding the Campus February 24, 2010
ASMEA Diagnosis The Corner (National Review Online) December 11, 2009
An Interview with David Silverstein [incl. ASMEA and MESA] National Association of Scholars September 18, 2009
New Shift in Middle East Studies? [incl. Marc Lynch, Roger Allen] Inside Higher Ed August 4, 2009
Introducing ASMEA National Association of Scholars June 30, 2009
Global Academics Gather for First AFRI Africa Symposium [incl. Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa] The Maxwell-Gunter Dispatch February 23, 2009
It's Time To Change Our Libel Laws [on libel tourism] The Guardian (U.K.) January 30, 2009
Middle East Challenges to the Obama Administration: The Forthcoming Crises Counterterrorism Blog January 24, 2009
Challenging the Status Quo in Middle East Studies [incl. Juan Cole, MESA, Bernard Lewis, Fouad Ajami, ASMEA, Bassam Haddad] inFocus (Jewish Policy Center) Winter 2008
When Knowledge Is Critical [incl. Daniel Pipes, Bernard Lewis, Middle East Studies Association, Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa, et al.] National Review (Subscription) October 28, 2008
Studying the Islamic Way of War [incl. ASMEA, Bernard Lewis, Walid Phares, et al.] National Review Online September 11, 2008
Classroom Battlegrounds: Good News from American Campuses [incl. Bernard Lewis, Fouad Ajami, ASMEA, MESA, et al.] The Jerusalem Post Blog July 23, 2008
Why Arabian Gulf Countries Donate to US Universities FrontPage Magazine June 9, 2008
Islam's War Doctrines Ignored [incl. ASMEA, MES, Martin Kramer, et al.] Middle East Strategy at Harvard May 29, 2008
The Other Middle-Eastern Struggle [Letters to the Editor from Amy W. Newhall, MESA; incl. ASMEA, Bernard Lewis] The Wall Street Journal May 16, 2008
ASMEA's Debut Middle East Strategy at Harvard May 2, 2008
News Analysis: Competing Meetings Kick Up Sand in Middle-East Studies The Chronicle of Higher Education May 2, 2008
Balance of Power: A New Group Counters The Wall Street Journal May 2, 2008
First Meeting for New Group on Middle East and African Studies Places Islamic Extremism at Center of Its Agenda Chronicle of Higher Education April 28, 2008
Lack of Openness Makes Scholarly Discussion of Islam Dangerous, Says Bernard Lewis Congressional Quarterly's Homeland Security News and Analysis April 27, 2008
SPME Attends Inaugural Conference of ASMEA Scholars for Peace in the Middle East April 27, 2008
Mideast Scholars, Meeting in Montreal, Worry About a Splinter Group and Academic Freedom [incl. Zachary Lockman, Laurie Brand, Amy Newhall] The Chronicle of Higher Education November 30, 2007
Prof Contributes to New Association [on the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa] The Breeze (James Madison University) November 19, 2007
Meeting in Canada, Middle East Scholars' Group Worries About Academic Freedom [on the Middle East Studies Association; incl. Laurie Brand, Gershon Shafir, Amy W. Newhall; also the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa, Bernard Lewis, Fou The Chronicle of Higher Education November 19, 2007
Middle East Studies Group Acquires a New Rival [on the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa, Bernard Lewis, Fouad Ajami] The Chronicle of Higher Education November 16, 2007
Impromptus: How Original, etc [incl. Bernard Lewis, Fouad Ajami, MESA] National Review Online November 15, 2007
Ivory Tower Chills [interview with Juan Cole [incl. Bernard Lewis, Fouad Ajami, Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa] The Mirror (Montreal) November 15, 2007
The Battle for Middle East Studies [on the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa] The American Thinker November 13, 2007
New Scholars Group Seen as Close to White House [on the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa, refs. Bernard Lewis, Fouad Ajami, and Bassam Haddad] IPS Inter-Press Service News Agency November 12, 2007
Campus Watch in the Media
Title Publication Date
A Rebuttal and Rejoinder to 'Preserving Integrity in Middle Eastern Studies' Commentary Magazine September 20, 2015
The Political Nature of Today's Middle East Studies The Jewish Voice August 19, 2015
Berber Autumn... Ekurd.net August 29, 2011
Problems on Campus inFocus (Jewish Policy Center) Winter 2008
An Area of Darkness [incl. Daniel Pipes, Bernard Lewis, Fouad Ajami, MESA, Rashid Khalidi, John Esposito, ASMEA, et al.] National Review Online November 10, 2008
2007-2008: Another Year of Global Academic Anti-Semitism and Anti-Israelism [incl. MESA, ASMEA, Joseph Massad, Nadia Abu El-Haj, Yinon Conen, et al.] Institute for Global Jewish Affairs October 2008
Sidestepping the Sandstorm? [incl. ASMEA, Bernard Lewis, Bassam Haddad, Juan Cole, Laurie Brand, et al.] National Review Online September 11, 2008
Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa: Update on Its Activities (Interview) History News Network July 2, 2008
ASMEA To the Rescue Phi Beta Cons July 2, 2008
Cinnamon Stillwell: Truth About Islam in Academia? Solomonia Blog July 2, 2008
MESA's Alternative [on the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa and the Middle East Studies Association, incls. Bernard Lewis, Fouad Ajami] Solomonia Blog January 16, 2008
Juan Cole and the Eyes of the Canary The Greycat Blog November 28, 2007
Mideast Civil War: MESA vs. ASMEA [incl. Bernard Lewis, Fouad Ajami] The Middle East (Time magazine blog) November 19, 2007
ASMEA to the Rescue? [on the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa] Phi Beta Cons November 13, 2007
Campus Watch Research
Title Publication Date
Campus Watch Weekly Update November 27, 2023
Campus Watch Weekly Update August 28, 2023
Campus Watch Weekly Update August 7, 2023
American Anthropological Association Boycott of Israel Will Be to Its Detriment The Jerusalem Post July 30, 2023
Campus Watch Weekly Update March 27, 2023
Campus Watch Weekly Update January 16, 2023
Campus Watch Weekly Update January 2, 2023
Campus Watch Weekly Update November 28, 2022
Campus Watch Weekly Update November 6, 2022
Campus Watch Weekly Update April 4, 2022
Campus Watch Weekly Update January 31, 2022
Campus Watch Weekly Update December 20, 2021
Educators, Don't Let Yourselves Be Used by Middle Eastern Autocrats Commentary Magazine September 16, 2015
The Political Nature of Today's Middle East Studies National Review Online August 10, 2015
The Middle East Studies Establishment vs. Walid Phares American Thinker November 11, 2011
Truth About Islam in Academia? FrontPage Magazine July 2, 2008
Seeking True Diversity in Middle East Studies FrontPage Magazine January 16, 2008
Moonlighting: Non-Specialists in the News
Title Publication Date
CUNY, Under Fire for Antisemitism Complaints, Hires Prominent Anti-Israel Scholar as 'Presidential Professor' [incl. Marc Lamont Hill] The Algemeiner August 23, 2023