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Tracing Change in Modern Egypt, Refrigerator by Refrigerator [on Laura Bier]
by Ursula Lindsey, October 28, 2012 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

American University in Cairo's Chief Has Bold Ambitions Amid Egypt's Upheaval [on Lisa Anderson]
by Ursula Lindsey, August 19, 2012 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

University of California Settles Lawsuit Alleging Anti-Semitism at Berkeley
by Peter Schmidt, July 11, 2012 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

For Koranic Studies, a Scholarly Society Is Born
by Peter Monaghan, June 6, 2012 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

'Osama bin Laden Made Me Famous' [on Bernard Lewis, incl. Middle East Studies Association]
by Evan R. Goldstein, April 22, 2012 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

American Islam [incl. Zaytuna College]
by Scott Korb, March 18, 2012 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Budget Presents Mixed Picture for International Education
by Ian Wilhelm, February 13, 2012 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Education Department to Investigate Some of Group's Complaints of Anti-Semitism at Rutgers
by Peter Schmidt, December 6, 2011 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Petition Calls on Baylor U.'s President to Stop 'Persecution' of Jewish-Studies Professor [incl. Marc H. Ellis]
by Brenda Medina, December 6, 2011 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Graduate Student Who Killed His Professor Gets 15-Year Sentence [on Richard Antoun]
September 24, 2011 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Remembering 9/11? [incl. Moustafa Bayoumi]
by George Williams, September 7, 2011 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Director of U. of Utah's Middle East Center Is Fired After Plagiarism Finding [on Bahman Baktiari]
August 18, 2011 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Where Are All the Islamic Terrorists?
by Charles Kurzman, July 31, 2011 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Middle East Scholars Raise New Questions About Yale's Rejection of Juan Cole
July 5, 2011 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

U. of Michigan Professor Was Target of Bush White House, Ex-CIA Officer Says [on Juan Cole]
June 16, 2011 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Faculty Raise Questions About Funds for Islamic-Studies Chair in Canada
May 17, 2011 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Where was Jeffrey Wiesenfeld in 2008? [incl. Kaukab Siddique]
by Naomi Schaefer Riley, May 8, 2011 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Campus Watch Is Not Hostile to Islam
by Winfield Myers, May 1, 2011 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

The 'Arab Spring,' Israel, and the Silence of the Academy
by Jacques Berlinerblau, May 1, 2011 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Language and International-Studies Programs Face 'Devastating' Cuts Under Budget Deal
by Ian Wilhelm, April 13, 2011 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Life Is Risky, and So Is Studying Abroad
by Peter Gumbel, April 6, 2011 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Mideast Unrest Reawakens Concern Over Taint of Foreign Money [incl. John Esposito]
by Scott Carlson, March 20, 2011 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Education Department Investigates Complaint of Anti-Semitism at UC-Santa Cruz [on Tammi Rossman-Benjamin]
by Peter Schmidt, March 15, 2011 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

The Suddenly New Study of Egypt [incl. Joel Beinin, Zachary Lockman, Joshua Stacher, Asef Bayat, et al.]
by Ursula Lindsey, March 13, 2011 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

U. of Utah's Middle East Center Is Jarred by Accusations of Plagiarism and Overspending [incl. Bahman Baktiari]
February 21, 2011 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

At American University in Cairo, Students and Officials Discuss Exit Strategies
by Ursula Lindsey, February 1, 2011 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Money Makes Academe Go Round [incl. Kristofer Petersen-Overton]
by Laurie Essig, February 1, 2011 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Brooklyn College Backs Off Decision to Prevent Hiring of Israel Critic [on Kristofer Petersen-Overton]
by Peter Schmidt, January 31, 2011 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Whether They Flee Egypt's Strife or Wait It Out, Students Face Uncertainties
by Karin Fischer and Ursula Lindsey, January 31, 2011 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Hundreds of American Students Lie Low in Egypt, as Protests Continue
by Ursula Lindsey and Aisha Labi, January 30, 2011 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

A Discipline Beyond Good vs. Evil: How 3 Professors Teach the History of Terrorism
by Peter Schmidt, January 30, 2011 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

A Rescinded Hiring at Brooklyn College Prompts Questions [on Kristofer Petersen-Overton]
January 28, 2011 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

State Dept. Pledges 'Sympathetic' Attitude in Granting Visas to Foreign Academics [incl. Tariq Ramadan]
by Tushar Rae, January 13, 2011 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

The New Huck Finn vs. Yale's Big Book of Rap Lyrics [incl. Jytte Klausen, Yale University Press]
by Peter Wood, January 12, 2011 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Does Academic Freedom Protect Holocaust Deniers? [on Kaukab Siddique]
by Cary Nelson and Naomi Schaefer Riley, November 7, 2010 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Across the Middle East, a 'Revolution' in Arabic Studies
by Brooke Anderson, October 10, 2010 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

At Guantánamo, a Sociologist Keeps an Eye on Military Trials [on Lisa Hajjar]
by David Glenn, August 12, 2010 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Dutch Court Rejects Muslim Scholar's Lawsuit [on Tariq Ramadan]
by Aisha Labi, August 11, 2010 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

In the Heart of Cairo, the Language of Immersion
by Ursula Lindsey, July 27, 2010 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

New Book on the Gaza Flotilla Tragedy [incl. Rashid Khalidi, Juan Cole, Sara Roy]
June 28, 2010 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Vetting Tariq Ramadan
by Carlin Romano, May 23, 2010 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

British Libel Law Chills U.S. Scholars' Speech, but Change Is Afoot [incl. Robert O. Collins]
by Jennifer Howard, April 18, 2010 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

More Students Taking Arabic May Not Translate Into More Cultural Comprehension [incl. John Voll, Roger Allen]
by Jill Laster, April 13, 2010 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Back in the U.S., South African Scholar Urges End to Policy That Had Kept Him Out [incl. Tariq Ramadan]
by Peter Schmidt, March 24, 2010 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Before Martyrdom, Breakfast [on Flagg Miller]
by Thomas Bartlett, January 24, 2010 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Colleges Are Urged to Defend Free Speech Against Threats of Violence [incl. Jytte Klausen]
by Peter Schmidt, November 30, 2009 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Zionist Group in Israel Urges Students to Report 'Subversive' Professors
by Matthew Kalman, November 16, 2009 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

The Book That Shook Yale [on Jytte Klausen]
by Evan R. Goldstein, September 29, 2009 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Islamic Scholars Plan for America's First Muslim College [incl. Hatem Bazian]
by Kathryn Masterson, September 21, 2009 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Why Start a Muslim College? [incl. John Esposito, Omid Safi]
by Beckie Supiano, September 21, 2009 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Academic and Free-Speech Groups Join Criticism of Yale U. Press Over Cartoons in Book
by Jennifer Howard, September 16, 2009 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Professors Urge TIAA-CREF to Divest From Company Involved in West Bank Settlements [incl. Joel Beinin]
by Emma L. Carew, September 11, 2009 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Author, Yale Press Director Weigh In on Decision Not to Publish Controversial Cartoons [incl. Jytte Klausen]
September 11, 2009 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Yale U. Press's Attempt to Avoid Risk Has Risks of Its Own [incl. Jytte Klausen]
by Jennifer Howard, August 26, 2009 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

AAUP Condemns Action by Yale U. Press
August 13, 2009 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Muslim Scholar Excluded from U.S. Wins a Victory in Federal Appeals Court [on Tariq Ramadan]
by Peter Schmidt, July 17, 2009 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Georgia State University Accused of Retaliating Against Professor Who Alleged Anti-Muslim Bias
by Peter Schmidt, July 1, 2009 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

New Private Universities in Kuwait Pin Their Hopes on U.S. Partners [incl. Dale Eickelman]
by Andrew Mills, May 22, 2009 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Study Finds Dichotomy in Middle East Programs
by Andrew Mills, April 3, 2009 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Obama Lawyer Disappoints Foes of 'Ideological Exclusion' of Foreign Scholars [on Tariq Ramadan]
by Peter Schmidt, March 24, 2009 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Report Highlights Challenges of Expanding Study-Abroad Opportunities in the Middle East
by Andrew Mills, March 20, 2009 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Obama Administration Urged to End Viewpoint-Based Exclusion of Foreign Scholars [incl. Tariq Ramadan, Middle East Studies Association]
by Peter Schmidt, March 18, 2009 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

MLA Contemplates Taking a Stand in Support of Scholars of Palestine
by Peter Schmidt, January 7, 2009 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Arabs Embedded; 'That Which Is Still Algerian in Me' [on Rhoda Ann Kanaaneh]
by Nina C. Ayoub, December 5, 2008 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Scholars Weigh Merits of Western-Style Universities in Persian Gulf
by David Glenn, November 26, 2008 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Hopes for Israeli-Palestinian Harmony? Not Many, Scholars Say [incl. Joel Beinin, Beshara Doumani]
by David Glenn, November 25, 2008 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

What's in a Scarf? Scholar Ponders the Meanings of the Kaffiyeh [incl. MESA]
by David Glenn, November 25, 2008 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Middle-East Scholars Hear of Academic Repression in Iraq and Iran [incl. Abdul Sattar Jawad, Fatemeh Haghighatjoo]
by David Glenn, November 24, 2008 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Muslim Scholar at German University Voices Doubts About Prophet [on Muhammad Sven Kalisch]
by Josh Fischman, November 16, 2008 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Gilles Kepel on the Future of the Middle East
by Evan R. Goldstein, November 14, 2008 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Professor in Canada Is Accused in 1980 Bombing of Synagogue in Paris [on Hassan Diab]
by Charles Huckabee, November 13, 2008 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Cal State Graduate Student Is Released From Prison in Iran [on Esha Momeni]
by Aisha Labi, November 11, 2008 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Scholars Sign Statement of Support for Bill Ayers [incl. Rashid Khalidi]
by Kelly Field, October 29, 2008 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

American Student Is Arrested in Iran While Working on Master's Thesis [on Esha Momeni; incl. Haleh Esfandiari]
October 23, 2008 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

What Not to Say in Class During an Election Season
by Robert M. O'Neil, September 19, 2008 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

'The Jewel of Medina': Anatomy of a Ruckus [incl. Denise Spellberg, Ephraim Karsh]
by Carlin Romano, September 19, 2008 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Controversy Over a Canceled Novel About Muhammad's Bride Lives On [incl. Denise Spellberg]
by Eric Kelderman, August 11, 2008 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Conservatives Claim Some Victories in Democratic Congress's Higher-Education Bill
by Kelly Field, August 6, 2008 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Scholarly Association Settles 'Libel Tourism' Case [incl. Joseph Massad, "Alms for Jihad," Cambridge University Press, Khalid bin Mahfouz]
by Jennifer Howard, June 18, 2008 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

U. of Michigan Press Will Stop Distributing Titles for 'Radical' Publisher [on Pluto Press, Joel Kovel, "Overcoming Zionism"]
by Jennifer Howard, June 18, 2008 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Disputes Leave the Middle East Center at the U. of Utah in Turmoil
by Paula Wasley, June 13, 2008 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Barack Obama: Muslim Apostate? [incl. Juan Cole, Ingrid Mattson, Richard Augustus Norton]
by Evan R. Goldstein, May 30, 2008 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Censorship and Security Agents Pervade Egypt's Universities [incl. Joel Beinin]
by Andrew Mills, May 30, 2008 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Israeli History at 60
by Carlin Romano, May 16, 2008 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

2 British Universities to Benefit From Saudi Prince's Gifts [on Alwaleed bin Talal; the universities of Cambridge and Edinburgh; John Esposito]
by Aisha Labi, May 9, 2008 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

American U. in Cairo Names a Provost
by Andrew Mills, David Glenn, Eugene McCormack, May 2, 2008 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

News Analysis: Competing Meetings Kick Up Sand in Middle-East Studies
by Richard Byrne, May 2, 2008 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Digging for Trouble: The Politics of Archaeology in East Jerusalem
by Yigal Bronner and Neve Gordon, April 25, 2008 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

A Dialogue Among Scholars About a Dialogue With Islam
by Evan R. Goldstein, April 18, 2008 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

How Just Is Islam's Just-War Tradition?
by Evan R. Goldstein, April 18, 2008 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Scholars See Need to Redefine and Protect Academic Freedom [incl. Zachary Lockman, Rashid Khalidi]
by Richard Byrne, April 7, 2008 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Colleges Face Ominous New Pressures on Academic Freedom
by Robert M. O'Neil, February 8, 2008 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Former Human Terrain System Participant Describes Program in Disarray [on Zenia Helbig]
by David Glenn, December 5, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Mideast Scholars, Meeting in Montreal, Worry About a Splinter Group and Academic Freedom [incl. Zachary Lockman, Laurie Brand, Amy Newhall]
by John Gravois, November 30, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Why Norman Finkelstein Would Have Tenure — in Israel
by Neve Gordon, November 30, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

For University Presses, Distribution Can Bring Profits—and Some Problems [on Univ. of Michigan Press & Pluto Press, Joel Kovel, "Overcoming Zionism"]
by Jennifer Howard, November 29, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

An Arrest on the Border [on Ghazi Falah]
by John Gravois, November 24, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Mapping Out the Investigation of Gazi Falah
by John Gravois, November 24, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

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
by John Gravois, November 19, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Middle East Studies Group Acquires a New Rival [on the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa, Bernard Lewis, Fouad Ajami]
by John Gravois, November 16, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Enrollments in Foreign-Language Classes Continue to Rise [quotes Karin C. Ryding; incl. Arabic]
by Jennifer Howard, November 14, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

A Glance at the November Issue of International Studies Perspectives: Criticism vs. Threats to Academic Freedom [refs. Middle East studies]
by Jason M. Breslow, October 15, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Why 'Soft' Power in Iran Is Counterproductive
by Haleh Esfandiari and Robert S. Litwak, October 8, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Dangerous Scholarship [on Haleh Esfandiari]
by Daniel Byman, October 5, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Speech Puts President of Columbia U. Back in the Eye of a Storm [incl. Gil Anidjar, MEALAC]
by Robin Wilson, September 27, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Opinion: Dangerous Scholarship [on Haleh Esfandiari]
by Daniel Byman, September 13, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

A Barnard Tenure Case Hits the Internet, and Petitions Fly [on Nadia Abu El-Haj]
by John Gravois, September 7, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Tenure Dispute at DePaul Ends With a Settlement and Professor's Resignation [on Norman Finkelstein]
by Paula Wasley, September 6, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Finkelstein Resigns at DePaul U., After Deal Forestalls Threats to Defy University [on Norman Finkelstein]
by Paula Wasley, September 5, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

DePaul U. Memos Accuse Professor in Tenure Dispute of Being Disruptive [on Norman Finkelstein]
by Elizabeth F. Farrell, September 4, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

DePaul U. Cancels Courses of Professor Who Lost Tenure Bid, but He Plans to Teach Them Anyway [on Norman Finkelstein]
by Jennifer Howard, August 27, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Iranian-American Scholar Is Released on Bail by Tehran Government [on Haleh Esfandiari, Kian Tajbakhsh]
by Aisha Labi, August 22, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Newest Battlefield of Middle East Conflict Is Tenure Case at Barnard College [on Nadia Abu El-Haj]
by John Gravois, August 20, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Sociologists Discuss the Middle East and Disasters at Annual Meeting [incl. Juan Cole]
by Richard Byrne, August 14, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Cambridge U. Press Seeks to Destroy All Copies of Book on Terrorism to Settle Libel Lawsuit by Saudi Businessman [on Robert O. Collins, et al.]
by David Glenn, August 1, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Tenure Decisions at DePaul U. [letter to the editor re Norman Finkelstein]
by Anne Clark Bartlett, July 27, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Bolivian Scholar, Denied Entry to the U.S. for 2 Years, Finally Gets His Visa [also Tariq Ramadan]
by Burton Bollag, July 23, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Banishing the Ghosts of Iran [on the "New Orientalism"]
by Fatameh Keshavarz, July 13, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Q&A With Juan Cole, Historian and Blogger [U of Michigan]
July 6, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Informed Comment: Global Affairs [on U of Michigan Juan Cole's new group blog]
by Evan Goldstein, July 5, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Students Protest Tenure Denials at DePaul U. [on Norman Finkelstein, et al.]
by Sierra Millman, June 22, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

DePaul U. Turns Norman Finkelstein Down for Tenure
by Jennifer Howard, June 11, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

DePaul Rejects Tenure Bid by Finkelstein and Says Dershowitz Pressure Played No Role
by Jennifer Howard, June 8, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Canadian Professor Defends Attendance at Tehran Holocaust Conference [on Shiraz Dossa]
by Karen Birchard, May 30, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Chemical Society Reinstates Iranian Chemists; Iranian-American Scholar Arrested [on Haleh Esfandiari]
by Burton Bollag, May 25, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

A Campus Divided Over Israel [on speakers at Brandeis]
by Sierra Millman, March 23, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

War of Words [on Juan Cole, Norman Finkelstein, Jimmy Carter, et al.]
by Sierra Millman, March 23, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education