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Middle East Studies in the News
Title Publication Date
Anti-Israel Programs Cause Concern at Rutgers [incl. Noura Erakat, Marc Lamont Hill, Joseph Massad] The Jewish Link January 4, 2024
Dr. Amna Khalid Hosts Panel of Scholars to Discuss Hamline 'Islamophobic' Incident The Oracle (Hamline University) January 26, 2023
Continued Criticism Leads Hamline to Reconsider (Maybe) Inside Higher Ed January 17, 2023
Should University Have Fired Lecturer for Showing Painting of Prophet Muhammad? [incl. Todd Green] GV Wire January 11, 2023
Hamline Enters the National Spotlight — for All the Wrong Reasons The Oracle (Hamline University) January 10, 2023
Academic Freedom vs. Rights of Muslim Students Inside Higher Ed January 3, 2023
Hamline University Lecturer "Is Fired Over a Medieval Painting of the Prophet Muhammad" [incl. Omid Safi] Volokh Conspiracy (Reason Magazine) December 26, 2022
Top 10 Jew-hating Colleges and Universities Across America [incl. Rashid Khalidi, Rabab Abdulhadi, Noura Erakat, Sa'ed Atshan, Saree Makdisi] Front Page Magazine April 25, 2022
Pro-Israel Groups Urge University of Michigan to Cancel SJP Conference Featuring 'Vicious' Anti-Semites [incl. Hatem Bazian] JNS (Jewish News Syndicate) January 21, 2020
BDS Monitor [incl. Middle East Studies Association, Sarah Ihmoud, Marc Lamont Hill, Joseph Massad, Norman Finkelstein] Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) November 27, 2019
BDS Monitor [incl. Norman Finkelstein, Amer Zahr] Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) October 29, 2019
Nazi Authored Arabic-English Dictionary Causes Stir at University of Minnesota [incl. Katrien Vanpee] Jerusalem Post October 24, 2019
UMN Arabic Department Works to Address History of Arabic-English Dictionary [incl. Katrien Vanpee] Minnesota Daily (University of Minnesota) October 20, 2019
Students for Justice in Palestine National Conference Set for Twin Cities [incl. Hatem Bazian] The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle September 26, 2019
Israel-Advocacy Groups Urge Cancellation of 'Anti-Semitic,' Pro-Palestinian Conference at University of Minnesota [incl. Rabab Abdulhadi, David Palumbo-Liu, Ahlam Muhtaseb] JNS (Jewish News Syndicate) September 24, 2019
Asian Language Department Renamed for Better Representation, Employability [incl. Joseph Farag, Christine Marran] Minnesota Daily (University of Minnesota) June 13, 2019
Taner Akçam Speaks at Washington Event Commemorating Genocide Anniversary The Armenian Mirror-Spectator May 9, 2019
UMN Students Weigh in on Ilhan Omar Controversy [incl. Todd Green] Minnesota Daily (University of Minnesota) April 21, 2019
New Islamic Studies Minor Underway at UMN [incl. Mohsen Goudarzi, Aisha Ghani] Minnesota Daily (University of Minnesota) April 21, 2019
University Creating Islamic Studies Program The Minnesota Daily (student newspaper of the University of Minnesota) October 8, 2018
The Hypocrisy of the Middle East Studies Association AEIdeas June 30, 2017
Campus Fascists and the Suppression of Academic Free Speech Times of Israel November 19, 2015
New Video Supports UT-Austin Israeli Studies Professor After Confrontion By Protesters [on Ami Pedahzur] Legal Insurrection November 17, 2015
Anti-Israel Students Target UT-Austin Israeli Studies Professor After Disrupting His Speech [incl. Ami Pedahzur] Legal Insurrection November 16, 2015
Why Disrupting Israeli Law Professor's Speech Was So Wrong [on Moshe Halbertal] Forward November 6, 2015
Pro-Palestinian Activists Disrupt Talk by Israeli Scholar at University of Minnesota [on Moshe Halbertal] Haaretz November 5, 2015
Denounce the Hooligans Who Jeered a Guest Lecturer at the University of Minnesota Law School [on Moshe Halbertal] Minneapolis Star Tribune November 5, 2015
Halting Halbertal Power Line November 5, 2015
Another 'Heckler's Veto' [on Moshe Halbertal] Inside Higher Ed November 5, 2015
Israeli Professor Shouted Down at University of Minnesota [on Moshe Halbertal] The Times of Israel November 5, 2015
Israeli Professor Shouted Down at University of Minnesota [on Moshe Halbertal] Jewish Telegraphic Agency November 4, 2015
Three Arrested After Renowned Israeli Scholar Shouted Down at University of Minnesota [on Moshe Halbertal] The Tower Magazine November 4, 2015
Protesters Disrupt Israeli Professor's Lecture at University of Minnesota [on Moshe Halbertal] Minneapolis Star Tribune November 4, 2015
'Heckler's Veto' Hits Israeli Professor at U.S. Campus [on Moshe Halbertal] Arutz Sheva November 4, 2015
Ideophobia on Campus [on Moshe Halbertal] New York Daily News November 4, 2015
Law Speaker Spurs Protest [on Moshe Halbertal] Minnesota Daily November 4, 2015
Israeli Academic Shouted Down in Lecture at University of Minnesota [on Moshe Halbertal] Volokh Conspiracy (Blog of The Washington Post) November 4, 2015
Statement by Jewish Studies Professors in North America Regarding the Amcha Initiative The Jewish Daily Forward October 1, 2014
Egypt Deemed Unsafe for Student Travel The Minnesota Daily (student newspaper of the University of Minnesota) September 5, 2013
University of Minnesota Students Leave Egypt Amid Unrest KSTP News (Minneapolis, MN) July 3, 2013
University of Minnesota Joins Handful of Schools with Islamic Law Program [incl. Abdulwahid Qalinle] Minnesota Public Radio February 4, 2011
Middle East Scholar Named University Professor [on Michael Barnett] GW Today (The George Washington University) June 2, 2010
Student Groups Host Gaza Week [incl. Hatem Bazian] The Minnesota Daily (student newspaper of the University of Minnesota) January 26, 2010
New Courses Require Demand [on U. of Minnesota; incl. Arabic, Persian, Urdu] The Minnesota Daily February 8, 2008
Foreign Language Enrollment Up at U, in US [incl. Arabic at the Univ. of Minnesota] The Minnesota Daily November 21, 2007
Israel Studies Has an Israel Problem [incl. Dov Waxman] Sapir Journal Summer 2022
Campus Watch in the Media
Title Publication Date
Iran's Nuclear Program a Figment of Imagination? [on William O. Beeman] Phi Beta Cons (NRO) December 18, 2007
Demonizing: Never Should Be Heard a Discouraging Word [on Univ. of Minnesota prof. William O. Beeman] Neo-Neocon Blog December 14, 2007
Campus Watch Research
Title Publication Date
Campus Watch Weekly Update January 16, 2024
Campus Watch Weekly Update January 30, 2023
Campus Watch Weekly Update January 23, 2023
Campus Watch Weekly Update January 16, 2023
Campus Watch Weekly Update January 9, 2023
Campus Watch Weekly Update August 14, 2022
Campus Watch Weekly Update May 3, 2022
Campus Watch Weekly Update April 12, 2021
Does Iran Even Need Spies in Academia? The Hill April 8, 2021
Profs Prefer Stale Status Quo to Trump's Foreign Policy The Algemeiner February 22, 2018
The Profs Who Love Obama's Iran Deal FrontPage Magazine August 10, 2015
Ingrid Mattson: No Longer Leading ISNA, but Still Advancing Radical Islam American Thinker February 20, 2011
Israel-bashing at UCLA FrontPage Magazine November 10, 2009
University of Minnesota's William Beeman Praises Iranian Regime, Ignores Detainees July 26, 2007
Moonlighting: Non-Specialists in the News
Title Publication Date
University of Illinois Nears Settlement With Controversial Professor [on Steven Salaita] Chicago Tribune November 10, 2015
Campus Watch Blog
Title Publication Date
Israeli Prof Moshe Halbertal Faces the Mob Campus Watch Blog November 9, 2015
Middle East Studies Profs Team with Iran Lobby to Push Deal Campus Watch Blog August 28, 2015
Israel-bashing at UCLA Campus Watch Blog November 10, 2009
University of Minnesota's William Beeman Praises Iranian Regime, Ignores Detainees Campus Watch Blog July 26, 2007