Surveys: Middle East Studies Association (MESA)

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Muslim Journeys: Let's Talk About It … Again [incl. Mehnaz Afridi, Bernard Lewis, MESA, ASMEA]
May 17, 2013 - World Magazine

Peter Sluglett on the End of a (Monolithic) Islamic History
April 26, 2013 - News of Middle East Institute (National University of Singapore)

Enough Said: The False Scholarship of Edward Said [incl. Bernard Lewis, Fouad Ajami, MESA, ASMEA]
March/April 2013 - World Affairs Journal

New Institute on Israel Studies [incl. Nathan J. Brown, Middle East Studies Association]
February 27, 2013 - Inside Higher Ed

The Mission of Middle East Studies [incl. Lisa Anderson, Middle East Studies Association, Bassam Haddad]
February 10, 2013 - The Cairo Review of Global Affairs

UT Student Omid Kokabee Gains More International Support Amid Prison Sentence [incl. Peter Sluglett, Middle East Studies Association]
January 8, 2013 - The Daily Texan (student newspaper of University of Texas at Austin)

Iran vs. Iranian Studies Association [incl. Middle East Studies Association]
September 11, 2012 - Inside Higher Ed

Leila Fawaz Owes Award to Her Childhood [incl. Middle East Studies Association]
September 3, 2012 - The Daily Star (Lebanon)

The Echo Chamber of Campus Anti-Semitism [incl. Middle East Studies Association]
August 29, 2012 - Al Jazeera

Middle East Studies Association to Israelis: "Go to the Back of the Bus"
August 13, 2012 - History News Network

Superman and Academic Freedom [incl. Middle East Studies Association]
July 5, 2012 - Inside Higher Ed

Middle East Studies Group Blasts 'New York Times' [on Middle East Studies Association]
May 18, 2012 - Inside Higher Ed

An Academic Right to an Opinion [incl. Middle East Studies Association]
May 3, 2012 - Inside Higher Ed

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

The Terrorists and Their Protectors [incl. Middle East Studies Association, John Esposito]
March 25, 2012 - The Jerusalem Post

Sex, Marxism and Fraud [on Marc Ellis; incl. the Middle East Studies Association]
February 29, 2012 - Frontpage Magazine

Why Is Marc Ellis on the Outs at Baylor University?
February 10, 2012 - JTA (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Refusing to Back Down [incl. Keith David Watenpaugh]
December 6, 2011 - Inside Higher Ed

Disciplinary Groups Speak Out on Right to Protest [incl. Middle East Studies Association]
November 29, 2011 - Inside Higher Ed

The Middle East Studies Establishment vs. Walid Phares
November 11, 2011 - American Thinker

The Middle East Studies Establishment vs. Walid Phares
November 11, 2011 - Jihad Watch

University of Utah Historian Peter Sluglett to Head Mideast Studies Organization [on Middle Eastern Studies Association]
November 2, 2011 - The Salt Lake Tribune

Huron University College Appoints Former ISNA President As New Islamic Studies Chair [on Ingrid Mattson]
October 16, 2011 - The Global Muslim Brotherhood Daily Report

John L. Esposito: Apologist for Wahhabi Islam
September 18, 2011 - American Thinker

Since 9/11: Did Phyllis Schlafly Win the Foreign Policy Debate? [incl. Middle East Studies Association]
September 2, 2011 - Tenured Radical (Blog of The Chronicle of Higher Education)

The Revered and Reviled Bernard Lewis
September/October 2011 - Moment: Independent Journalism from a Jewish Perspective

Berber Autumn...
August 29, 2011 - Ekurd.net

The Islamic Supremacist Propaganda Machine Cranks Out Another "Islamophobia" Report [incl. Middle East Studies Association]
August 26, 2011 - FrontPage Magazine

Professor denied appointment at Yale sues CIA and FBI [on Juan Cole, Middle East Studies Association]
July 16, 2011 - Yale Daily News

Juan Cole's Fictions [incl. Middle East Studies Association]
July 11, 2011 - The Weekly Standard

Yale Rejects Call for Inquiry on Treatment of Juan Cole [incl. Middle East Studies Association]
July 11, 2011 - Inside Higher Ed

Call for Inquiry Into Juan Cole's Non-Offer From Yale [incl. Middle East Studies Association]
July 6, 2011 - Inside Higher Ed

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

Letter to Richard C. Levin, Peter Salovey Concerning Juan Cole
July 5, 2011 - Middle East Studies Association

How The Bizarre World of Middle East Studies Messes Up U.S. Foreign Policy [incl. Middle East Studies Association]
April 2, 2011 - The Rubin Report

Unusual Ruling for Academic Freedom [incl. Middle East Studies Association]
March 31, 2011 - Inside Higher Ed

Juan Cole's Map of Lies [incl. Middle East Studies Association]
March 23, 2011 - FrontPage Magazine

Professor Arash Khazeni Wins 2010 Middle East Studies Association Book Award
March 22, 2011 - News of Pomona College

Middle East Studies Group Urges End to Suit Against U. of Minnesota [on MESA]
January 19, 2011 - Inside Higher Ed

A Brief MESA Nostra Taxonomy
December 5, 2010 - The Iconoclast - New English Review

Jean Campbell Receives Lifetime Award from Middle East Outreach Council [incl. Middle East Studies Association]
December 1, 2010 - Portland State Magazine (Portland State University)

Cruising Speed [incl. Bernard Lewis]
November 23, 2010 - Impromptus (National Review Online)

MESA Announces New Book Award Named for Roger Owen
November 22, 2010 - Harvard Center for Middle Eastern Studies News

Columbia U Creates Facts, Opens Study Center for 'Palestine' [incl. Amy Newhall, Rashid Khalidi]
October 18, 2010 - Arutz Sheva (Israel National News)

Columbia Launches Palestinian Center [incl. Joseph Massad, Middle East Studies Association]
October 6, 2010 - International Business Times

Learning Arabic Prepares Goshen Students for Semester in Egypt
September 13, 2010 - Goshen College News (Indiana)

Raising the Bar [incl. Middle East Studies Association]
September 10, 2010 - Inside Higher Ed

MTSU to Offer Kurdish Language Instruction
August 18, 2010 - The Murfreesboro Post (TN)

Arab Money in the US and a Vibrant 5th Column [incl. Middle East Studies Association]
July 31, 2010 - Caution America Blog

The Impresario: Gilles Kepel, Scholar of Radical Islam [incl. Middle East Studies Association]
July 15, 2010 - The National (UAE)

Arab Money in the US and a Vibrant 5th Column [incl. Middle East Studies Association]
June 30, 2010 - JABEJA

California's Middle East Studies Profs Target Israel
June 15, 2010 at 11:49 am

California's Middle East Studies Profs Target Israel
June 15, 2010 - FrontPage Magazine

Cinnamon Stillwell: Target Israel
June 15, 2010 - Solomonia Blog

William Quandt's Embarrassing Memo
May 24, 2010 - Daniel Pipes Blog

Suad Joseph, President-elect of MESA, Defends Status Quo of Middle Eastern Women
May 21, 2010 at 7:58 am

Suad Joseph, President-elect of MESA, Defends Status Quo of Middle Eastern Women
May 21, 2010 - FrontPage Magazine

Meet Suad Joseph, President-Elect Of MESA NOSTRA
May 21, 2010 - The Iconoclast - New English Review

Omid Safi Lies Again, Claims I Threatened To Kill Him
April 26, 2010 - Jihad Watch

Professor Delves Deeper Into Relations Between Iran and US [on Ali Banuazizi, incl. Middle East Studies Association]
April 14, 2010 - The Daily Free Press (student newspaper of Boston University)

MESA Names VanDenBerg Founding Member
April 7, 2010 - The Mirror (student newspaper of Drury University)

Why Do Anthropologists Have Their Own Foreign Policy? [incl. Fouad Ajami, Bernard Lewis, ASMEA, MESA]
February 24, 2010 - Minding the Campus

Is Israel-bashing Anti-Semitic? [incl. Juan Cole]
February 16, 2010 - CNN Opinion

MESA Conference Probes Themes in Armenian and Turkish Literature as Tools for Remembrance and Reconciliation
January 21, 2010 - Asbarez Armenian News

Abdul-Karim Rafeq Becomes Honorary Fellow of MESA
January 20, 2010 - Global Studies News of The College of William & Mary

Another Hotel Controversy for a Scholarly Association [on Middle East Studies Association]
January 18, 2010 - Inside Higher Ed

Middle East Studies – A Dangerous Profession [on Richard Antoun]
December 6, 2009 - Daniel Pipes Blog

How Do We 'Know' the Middle East? [Middle East Studies Association 2009 Presidential Address]
November 22, 2009 - Middle East Studies Association

Collaborators in the Campus War against Israel and the Jews: Joel Beinin
October 16, 2009 - FrontPage Magazine

Should Neve Gordon Be Punished? [incl. Middle East Studies Association]
October 12, 2009 - In These Times (Chicago, IL)

Arab Feminists Map Out the Status of Women's Rights in the Region [incl. Mervat Hatem, Middle East Studies Association]
October 11, 2009 - Al Bawaba (UAE)

MESA Letter To Khamenei
October 7, 2009 - Iranian.com

Alums Ask Yale to 'Reverse Mistake' [incl. AAUP, Middle East Studies Association]
October 1, 2009 - Yale Daily News

An Interview with David Silverstein [incl. ASMEA and MESA]
September 18, 2009 - National Association of Scholars

Free Speech and Academic Groups Blast Yale Officials Over Censorship of Mohammed Images
September 16, 2009 - National Coalition Against Censorship

Letter to Yale University Opposing Removal of Mohammed Images from Book
September 14, 2009 - National Coalition Against Censorship

On Academic Freedom [on Neve Gordon; incl. Middle East Studies Association]
September 3, 2009 - ForeignPolicy.com

Israel and Academic Freedom [incl. Middle East Studies Association]
August 31, 2009 - Inside Higher Ed

Middle Eastern Studies Association Defends Israeli Scholar [on Neve Gordon]
August 28, 2009 - Inside Higher Ed

Letter to Rivka Carmi, President, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Israel [in defense of Neve Gordon]
August 27, 2009 - Middle East Studies Association

New Shift in Middle East Studies? [incl. Marc Lynch, Roger Allen]
August 4, 2009 - Inside Higher Ed

Two Scholarly Groups Issue Statements on Iranian Crackdown [incl. Middle East Studies Association]
July 6, 2009 - Inside Higher Ed

Talkin' Sarah, &c. [incl. Joel Beinin, the Middle East Studies Association]
July 2, 2009 - National Review Online

Taking Sides on Professor's E-Mail Comparing Israel and Nazis [on William Robinson, incl. Middle East Studies Association]
May 12, 2009 - Inside Higher Ed

Foul Play at Bard? [on Joel Kovel, incl. Middle East Studies Association]
May 2009 - The Graduate Center Advocate

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

Pro-Hamas Prof Protests Suspension From Army War College [on Sherifa D. Zuhur, incl. Middle East Studies Association]
March 9, 2009 - Pajamas Media

U.S. Army War College Suspends Prominent Scholar of Middle East [on Sherifa D. Zuhur]
March 4, 2009 - Chronicle of Higher Education

Army War College Suspends Zuhur [incl. Middle East Studies Association]
March 4, 2009 - The Investigative Project on Terrorism

Aramex Supports Scholars with Middle East Studies Association Partnership
February 26, 2009 - AME Info

The Normalization of Evil [incl. Middle East Studies Association]
February 3, 2009 - The Lone Star Times

Fiasco at the War College: An Update [incl. Middle East Studies Association]
January 27, 2009 - ForeignPolicy.com

New School Flunks Unity Test: Hebrew-Language Charter School Should not Have Been Approved [incl. Khalil Gibran International Academy; Hebrew Language Academy Charter School]
January 18, 2009 - The New York Daily News

Robert Spencer on 'Stealth Jihad' [incl. MESA]
January 16, 2009 - Family Security Matters

Juan Cole, The People's Oracle? [incl. MESA]
January 15, 2009 - The Volokh Conspiracy

Vanderbilt Scholar of Islam Awarded Third Major Book Prize [on Leor Halevi]
January 12, 2009 - Vanderbilt University News Network

Middle East Studies on the Mend?
January 4, 2009 - The American Thinker

Elizabeth Warnock Fernea [incl. MESA]
December 22, 2008 - The Telegraph (U.K.)

Orientalism: Something Like A Disclaimer [incl. Daniel Pipes, Martin Kramer, MESA, Juan Cole]
December 17, 2008 - CUMINet (Copenhagen University Middle East and Islam Network)

Challenging the Status Quo in Middle East Studies [incl. Juan Cole, MESA, Bernard Lewis, Fouad Ajami, ASMEA, Bassam Haddad]
Winter 2008 - inFocus (Jewish Policy Center)

The Israeli Lobby Fantasy: A Book Review [incl. MESA, Juan Cole]
December 12, 2008 - Spero News

The Academy and the Palestinian Refugees [incl. Fawaz Gerges, Joseph Massad, Hatem Bazian, Rashid Khalidi, et al]
Winter 2008 - inFocus

MESA 2008: Put Said on the Backburner [incl. Mervat Hatem]
December 1, 2008 - CUMITet: Cophenhagen University Middle East and Islam Network

Stealth Jihad [incl. John Esposito and MESA]
November 27, 2008 - FrontPage Magazine

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

Israeli Human Rights Group Honored
November 26, 2008 - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Academics Struggle for Civil Society in Iraq [incl. Abbas Kadhim]
November 25, 2008 - Inside Higher Ed

Hopes for Israeli-Palestinian Harmony? Not Many, Scholars Say [incl. Joel Beinin, Beshara Doumani]
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]
November 24, 2008 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Tales From The Inside…The Real Problem With Obama's Khalidi [incl. MESA and the Kevorkian Center For Near Eastern Studies]
November 1, 2008 - Israpundit

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.]
October 28, 2008 - National Review (Subscription)

UMES Teacher Visits Egypt [on Univ. of Maryland Eastern Shore]
October 16, 2008 - Delmarva Media Group

Looking Ahead By Looking Back [on Colin Shindler; incl. Bernard Lewis, Edward Said, Joseph Massad]
October 12, 2008 - The Jerusalem Post

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.]
October 2008 - Institute for Global Jewish Affairs

Sidestepping the Sandstorm? [incl. ASMEA, Bernard Lewis, Bassam Haddad, Juan Cole, Laurie Brand, et al.]
September 11, 2008 - National Review Online

The Inevitability of 9/11 [incl. MESA]
September 11, 2008 - Family Security Matters

Middle Eastern Program Expands [at Syracuse University; incl. Mehrzad Boroujerdi, Rania Habib, MESA]
September 8, 2008 - The Daily Orange (Syracuse Univ.)

Genocide Denial [incl. the Middle East Studies Association, Donald Quataert]
Fall 2008 - Southern Poverty Law Center (Intelligence Report)

A Minor Miracle [incl. Title VI, Juan Cole, MESA]
August 8, 2008 - FrontPage Magazine

Classroom Battlegrounds: Good News from American Campuses [incl. Bernard Lewis, Fouad Ajami, ASMEA, MESA, et al.]
July 23, 2008 - The Jerusalem Post Blog

PARC's Anti-Israel Polemics [incl. Joel Beinin, Rashid Khalidi, Ian Lustick, MESA, et al.]
July 11, 2008 - National Review Online

Board Members Quit Turkey-Funded U.S. Institute in Flap Over Armenian Genocide [incl. Donald Quataert, the Middle East Studies Association]
July 8, 2008 - Southern Poverty Law Center

Dispute Over Academic Freedom Roils Turkish-Studies Institute [incl. Donald Quataert, MESA, Mervat F. Hatem]
July 6, 2008 - The Chronicle of Higher Education News Blog

Board Members Resign to Protest Chair's Ousting [incl. MESA, Donald Quataert, Laurie Brand, et al.]
July 5, 2008 - The Washington Post

Truth About Islam in Academia?
July 2, 2008 - FrontPage Magazine

Cinnamon Stillwell: Truth About Islam in Academia?
July 2, 2008 - Solomonia Blog

ASMEA To the Rescue
July 2, 2008 - Phi Beta Cons

Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa: Update on Its Activities (Interview)
July 2, 2008 - History News Network

American History Textbooks: More Revisionist Dreck [incl. the Middle East Studies Assocation, Council on Islamic Education]
June 8, 2008 - The Doughout Blog

Institute of Turkish Studies Chair Forced Out For Rebuking Genocide Deniers [incl. Merv Hatem, the Middle East Studies Association]
June 6, 2008 - Hatewatch (Southern Poverty Law Center)

Closely Watched Tenure Case at Columbia U. Is Still Unsettled [on Joseph Massad; incl. Nadia Abu El-Haj, Zachary Lockman, et al.]
June 6, 2008 - After provost rejects his bid, a professor of Middle East studies awaits the verdict of a new review panel

Turkish Ambassador Dismisses U.S. Scholar For Telling the Truth on Armenian Genocide [incl. Donald Quataert, Fatma Muge Gocek, Mervat Hatem, the Middle East Studies Association]
June 3, 2008 - Huffington Post

US: Challenge Israel's Restrictions on Gaza Students [incl. the Middle East Studies Association]
June 3, 2008 - Human Rights Watch

Professor Norman Finkelstein Denied Entry into Israel
June 3, 2008 - Committee on Academic Freedom Letters, Middle East Studies Association

Between the Trenches [on Bernard Lewis; incl. Khaled Abu El Fadl]
May 22, 2008 - The National (UAE)

The Other Middle-Eastern Struggle [Letters to the Editor from Amy W. Newhall, MESA; incl. ASMEA, Bernard Lewis]
May 16, 2008 - The Wall Street Journal

Academic Point Counterpoint [incl. Nadia Abu El-Haj, MESA]
May 16, 2008 - On the Square Blog (of First Things magazine)

Learned Societies' Gathering Delves Into Political and Publishing Challenges [incl. Amy Newhall, MESA]
May 12, 2008 - The Chronicle of Higher Education, Today's News

Bernard Lewis Strikes Back [On the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa]
May 10, 2008 - Faith Freedom International

Balance of Power: A New Group Counters
May 2, 2008 - The Wall Street Journal

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

Spencer and Pipes Explain Jihad
April 22, 2008 - The Stanford Review

Lisa Anderson, former SIPA Dean, Named Provost of American University in Cairo
April 15, 2008 - The BWOG (by the staff of The Blue and White, Columbia U. undergraduate magazine)

Saudi Giving at the Heart of a Great Debate Over Middle East Studies
April 11, 2008 - Congressional Quarterly

The Fate of Jewish Anti-Zionists [incl. Joel Beinin, MESA]
March 31, 2008 - Israelenews.com

Shilling for Sharia at Harvard [on Noah Feldman]
March 27, 2008 - FrontPage Magazine

Religion Isn't Going Away, but It Needs Examination [incl. Carleton Univ., MESA]
March 25, 2008 - The Vancouver Sun

Profs Hammer Israel, Fail to Predict Palestinian War [incl. Fawaz Gerges, Rashid Khalidi, Joseph Massad, et al.]
March 12, 2008 - The American Thinker

Studying Religiously [ref. Muslim studies at Carleton U. in Ontario, the Middle East Studies Association]
March 1, 2008 - The Ottowa Citizen

Making Islam the Problem [incl. the Middle East Studies Association, John Esposito, Rashid Khalidi, Laurie Brand, Joel Beinin, et al.]
February 13, 2008 - Jihad Watch

Profile of Juan Cole
January 23, 2008 - DiscovertheNetworks.com

The Spirit of the Oxford Union [incl. Juan Cole, MESA]
January 17, 2008 - National Review Online

Seeking True Diversity in Middle East Studies
January 16, 2008 - FrontPage Magazine

Juan Cole's Crooked Tales of Hormuz
January 15, 2008 - FrontPage Magazine

Experts and Authorities [on Stephen Coughlin, MESA]
January 11, 2008 - Jihad Watch

Taking Sides on Title VI
December 12, 2007 - National Review Online

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

Juan Cole and the Eyes of the Canary
November 28, 2007 - The Greycat Blog

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
November 19, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Mideast Civil War: MESA vs. ASMEA [incl. Bernard Lewis, Fouad Ajami]
November 19, 2007 - The Middle East (Time magazine blog)

Winfield Myers: MESA Turns Down Campus Watch Ad
November 17, 2007 - Solomonia Blog

MESA Turns Down Campus Watch Ad
November 16, 2007 - FrontPage Magazine

Impromptus: How Original, etc [incl. Bernard Lewis, Fouad Ajami, MESA]
November 15, 2007 - National Review Online

Studying Middle East Studies: Editors' Introduction [on Nadia Abu El-Haj, refs. the Middle East Studies Association]
Fall 2007 - The Current (Columbia University)

House Democrats and Saudi Money [incl. Juan Cole, MESA, Title VI]
November 14, 2007 - The Corner at NRO

The New McCarthyism [refs. Nadia Abu El-Haj, Norman Finkelstein, Beshara Doumani, Khalil Gibran International Academy, MESA]
November 12, 2007 - The Nation

MESA Turns Down Campus Watch Ad
November 11, 2007 - History News Network

USC "Middle East Awareness Week" Features the Usual Suspects
November 9, 2007

USC "Middle East Awareness Week" Features the Usual Suspects
November 9, 2007

Group Formed to Improve Middle East Scholarship [on the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa; Bernard Lewis, Mark Clark, Middle East Studies Association, Zachary Lockman]
November 8, 2007 - The New York Sun

The "New McCarthyism": Are Left-Wing Academics Being Persecuted? [incl. Nadia Abu El-Haj, Joseph Massad, Rashid Khalidi]
November 8, 2007 - Pajamas Media

A Different View of the Middle East [on Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa; quotes Bernard Lewis, et al., Middle East Studies Association]
November 2, 2007 - Inside Higher Ed

Spooking Middle East Profs on Halloween: The Anti-MESA [on the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa]
October 31, 2007 - The Jewish Policy Center Blog

The Failure of Western Universities [incls. Middle East studies, MESA, Saudi funding at Georgetown and Harvard, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, John Esposito, Martin Kramer, Daniel Pipes]
October 14, 2007 - Global Politician

Middle East Studies Self-Parody
September 18, 2007 - The Corner at NRO

El-Haj and the Wall of Silence [on Nadia Abu El-Haj]
September 16, 2007 - Democracy Project Blog

A Book on Hold [incl. Laurie A. Brand, MESA]
September 11, 2007 - Inside Higher Ed

Controversy over Barnard Professor up for Tenure [on Nadia Abu El-Haj; Laurie Brand]
September 11, 2007 - Associated Press

Fracas Erupts Over Book on Mideast by a Barnard Professor Seeking Tenure [on Nadia Abu El-Haj]
September 10, 2007 - The New York Times

MESA Protests Cancellation of Mearsheimer-Walt Talk [on the Middle East Studies Association, Juan Cole]
September 6, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education Blog

Now Here is a Syllabus [on Rice University professor David Cook's course, "Jihad and the End of the World," refs. MESA]
September 6, 2007 - Jihad Watch

Middle East Tensions Flare Again (in U.S.) [incl. Nadia Abu El-Haj, Middle East Studies Association]
September 5, 2007 - Inside Higher Ed

Librarians Say No to Censorship While MESA Stays Silent [on the Middle East Studies Association, "Alms for Jihad," Cambridge University Press]
August 17, 2007 - The Corner at NRO

Shedding Light on the Professoriate [on Lisa Anderson, Arzoo Osanloo, Joel Beinin, Kathryn Babayan, Middle East Studies Association, et al.]
August 16, 2007 - The Washington Examiner

Book Banning and the Middle East Studies Association [on "Alms for Jihad," Khalid bin Mahfouz, Cambridge U. Press, Juan Cole]
August 6, 2007 - The Corner at NRO

MIT's Jerusalem Contest: A "Veneer" of Neutrality Can't Conceal Bias [incl. Leila Farsakh, Philip Khoury, MESA, et al.]
July 23, 2007 - Camera Media Analysis

Divide and Conquer [on evangelical support for Israel; MESA]
July 11, 2007 - The American Thinker

Center for Near Eastern Studies Celebrates Golden Anniversary [at UCLA; incl. Khaled Abou Al Fadl, Gabriel Piterberg, Saree Makdisi, et al.]
July 3, 2007 - UCLA International Institute

Middle East Studies Association Hypocrisy [refs. Haleh Esfandiar, Juan Cole, Walid Phares]
June 20, 2007 - The Corner on National Review Online

Support the Arab People [ref. MESA, Edward Said, Middle East Studies professors]
June 15, 2007 - The Ottawa Citizen

MESA Letter Objecting to U.S. Civil Rights Commission's Report "Campus Anti-Semitism"
June 11, 2007 - Middle East Studies Association

AHA Supports the Middle East Studies Association's Protest of the Detention of Scholars in Iran [on Haleh Esfandiari, Kian Tajbakhsh]
June 4, 2007 - American Historical Association

Middle East Scholars Protest Iran's Arrest of Wilson Center Scholar [on Haleh Esfandiari; quotes Juan Cole]
June 1, 2007 - Chronicle of Higher Education

Academic Fallout From Middle East [on UCU's vote to boycott Israel; incl. reaction by MESA]
May 31, 2007 - Inside Higher Education

Joint letter with ISIS to Iran regarding Dr. Haleh Esfandiari and Dr. Kian Tajbakhash
May 30, 2007 - Middle East Studies Assoc. and the International Society for Iranian Studie

Statement of Concern Regarding Travel to Iran [re Haleh Esfandiari, Kian Tajbakhsh]
May 29, 2007 - Middle East Studies Association

A Balancing Act [on Joel Beinin]
Spring 2007 - AUC [American University of Cairo] Today

New Iranian Hostage Crisis [on Haleh Esfandiari]
May 23, 2007 - The Washington Post

Academia Sees "Chilling Message" in Iran's Detention of Scholar [on Haleh Esfandiari; cites MESA, quotes Zachary Lockman, Juan Cole]
May 23, 2007 - USINFO, Department of State

Iran Accuses American of Revolution Plot [on Haleh Esfandiari; ref. Juan Cole, MESA]
May 22, 2007 - The New York Times

A Scholar Detained [on Haleh Esfandiari]
May 22, 2007 - Inside Higher Education

Imprisoned in Iran [on Haleh Esfandiari; ref. Juan Cole, Zachary Lockman, MESA]
May 20, 2007 - The Spine (TNR Online)

Iran: What Is a Good Reason for a MESA Academic Boycott?
May 20, 2007 - Zionism and Israel News

An Ominous Arrest in Iran [on Haleh Efsandiari, references MESA]
May 14, 2007 - Guardian Unlimited

Middle East Studies Association Letter to Ahmadinejad Regarding Haleh Efsandiari
May 11, 2007 - Middle East Studies Association

Spengler, Spencer, Armstrong, Adonis [on Edward Said, Joseph Massad, MESA, et al.]
May 9, 2007 - Jihad Watch

Academic Repression Update / A Question of Scholarship: On the Tenure Controversy of Prof. Norman G. Finkelstein
May 4, 2007 - The Advocate (CUNY Graduate Center)

Zachary Lockman's Letter of Support for Norman Finkelstein [president of MESA to president of DePaul Univ.]
April 11, 2007 - Blog of Peter N. Kirstein

Students Who Grade Themselves [on Title VI and MESA]
March 27, 2007 - NRO's Corner Blog

Waging Peace: MESA Discusses Academic Boycott Of Israel
March 2007 - Washington Report on Middle East Affairs

Intellectual Leader [on Bernard Lewis]
March 13, 2007 - News & Notes (from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies)

Enough Said [review of Robert Irwin, Dangerous Knowledge]
March 2007 - Commentary

MESA & Academic Freedom [email to MESA members from MESA Exec. Dir. Amy W. Newhall of U. Arizona]
February 5, 2007 - MESA Membership Email List

Turks Investigate U Prof [on Taner Akçam of the University of Minnesota]
January 31, 2007 - The Minnesota Daily (student newspaper of the U. of Minn.)

Can Middle East Studies Regain Credibility? [on MESA, Rashid Khalidi, Joseph Massad, et al.]
January 18, 2007 - The Washington Examiner

Bernard Lewis and What He Ignores
January 17, 2007 - Dhimmi Watch

Old MESA President [on Juan Cole]
December 11, 2006 - NRO's Corner Blog

Education Vs. Jihad [on Middle East studies]
November, 2006 - Homeland Security Today

Middle East Academics Disregard Quest for Balance
November 23, 2006 - Indianapolis Star

Input or Intrusion?
November 21, 2006 - Inside Higher Education

Debating the Place of Israeli Academics [report on conference of the Middle East Studies Assoc.]
November 20, 2006 - New York Sun

A Witch's Brew: The Gutmann Affair and Middle East Studies
November 16, 2006 - The Washington Examiner

Actions Have Consequences [on Alberto Fernandez, MESA]
November 5, 2006 - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Alberto Fernandez, Another State Department Disaster in the Karen Hughes Mold
October 23, 2006 - PipelineNews.Org

Letter to Condalezza Rice [from MESA on Tariq Ramadan]
October 3, 2006 - Middle East Studies Association

Questions Surround the Decision by a Dean to Leave Columbia
September 29, 2006 - The New York Sun

Planned Obsolescence [on the Middle East Studies Association]
August 2, 2006 - The Daily Standard

Liberal Professor Takes On Conservative Firebrand in Federal Lawsuit
May 31, 2006 - Forward

Joel Beinin: Apologist for Terrorists
May 19, 2006 - FrontPage Magazine

Beinin chosen as face of terrorism for book cover, sues publishing company
May 15, 2006 - Stanford Daily

Overview of MESA's 2005 Annual Meeting
November 30, 2005 - Campus-Watch.org

Researchers and Reporters Misread the Struggle for Democracy in the Muslim World, Scholars Say
November 23, 2005 - Chronicle of Higher Education

Middle East Studies Association Salutes University of California Press for Publishing Beyond Chutzpah
November 22, 2005 - normanfinkelstein.com

MESA: The Academic Intifada.
November 21, 2005 - MartinKramer.org

Disconnected [on the MESA annual conference]
November 21, 2005 - Inside Higher Ed

MESA Looks in the Mirror
November 21, 2005 - DanielPipes.org

The Middle East Studies Association in 2005: More of the Same
November 17, 2005 - FrontPage Magazine

MESA Chooses and You Can Too
October 3, 2005 - MartinKramer.org

Critique from the Right: The Neo-Conservative Assault on Middle East Studies
August 2, 2005 - CR: The New Centennial Review 5.1 (2005) 63-110

Academic freedom in Gaza and beyond
July 13, 2005 - American Thinker

Letter of Dissent regarding the CAFMENA statement dated May 13, 2005, condemning the AUT boycott of two Israeli Universities.
June 21, 2005 - Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Open Letter to MESA Members [regarding the AUT boycott of two Israeli universities]
May 20, 2005 - Middle East Studies Association

MESA letter regarding the Association of University Teachers boycott of two Israeli universities
May 13, 2005 - Middle East Studies Association

In These Times
April 28, 2005 - Middle East Studies Association

Exclusion of Rashid Khalidi from participation in NYC teacher development workshops.
April 7, 2005 - Middle East Studies Association

From the Editor's Keyboard
June 2004 - Middle East Studies Association Bulletin

Try saying it in Arabic
February 19, 2005 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Hugh Fitzgerald Announces the MESA Nostra Contest, and Makes You An Offer You Can't Refuse
January 27, 2005 - Jihadwatch.org

MESA Nostra
January 26, 2005 - FrontPage Magazine

Islamic scholars face visa issues
January 26, 2005 - Daily Bruin

Report on the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Conference
December 15, 2004 - Campus Watch.org

Scholars For Terror
December 7, 2004 - FrontPage Magazine

Juan Cole, Media -- and MESA -- Darling
December 7, 2004 - FrontPage Magazine

MESA Lunacy Continues
December 7, 2004 - Striding Lion

On the MESA conference in San Francisco
December 3, 2004 - History News Network

Ivory Tower Angst
December 2004 - New Voices

Middle East Scholars Voice Concerns About U.S.
November 24, 2004 - New York Sun

Gullible MESAn Walked the "Arab Street."
November 21, 2004 - MartinKramer.org

Pressure to dismiss Columbia U Prof Joseph Massad
November 5, 2004 - Middle East Studies Association

Middle East Studies in the U.S.
Fall 2004 - AMIT

The Middle East Studies Association's letter in support of Tariq Ramadan
August 30, 2004 - MESA Newsletter

Islamic study rises a level at DePaul
June 1, 2004 - Chicago Tribune

Traveler's Check
April 29, 2004 - New Republic

Bernard Lewis and MESA's Shame
March 9, 2004 - MartinKramer.org

Is the ‘Orientalist' past the future of Middle East studies?
March 2004 - Third World Quarterly Vol. 25, Num. 2

The Clash Over Middle East Studies
February 6, 2004 - Chronicle of Higher Education

President's Letter
February 2004 - Middle East Studies Association

Pipes stifles debate
January 26, 2004 - Eagle (American University)

Culture War, Round 3077
January 2004 - American Prospect

In Memoriam: Edward W. Said (1935-2003), Honorary Fellow of MESA
December 2003 - MESA Bulletin

True patriotism from MESA, whatever its critics say
November 22, 2003 - Daily Star (Lebanon)

The Middle East Studies Left
November 6, 2003 - FrontPage Magazine

Scholarship, Policy, Debate and Conflict:Why We Study the Middle East and Why It Matters
November 2003 - Middle East Studies Association

Title VI Fix Passes in House
October 30, 2003 - MartinKramer.org

Pipes Declares War on Militant Islam
October 30, 2003 - Stanford Review

Khalidi's Hiring, Columbia's Bias
October 3, 2003 - FrontPage Magazine

Calling the shots on the Middle East
September 13, 2003 - Daily Star (Lebanon)

Concealment Continues at Columbia
September 8, 2003 - MartinKramer.org

Diverse viewpoints need to be heard at Stanford
August 28, 2003 - Stanford Daily

Hauser Helped Fund Professor of Hate
July 23, 2003 - New York Sun

Saudi Prince on Academic Shopping Spree
July 9, 2003 - MartinKramer.org

à÷ãîéä úçú ç÷éøä
July 4, 2003 - Maariv (Hebrew)

Congress Probes Middle Eastern Studies
June 23, 2003 - MartinKramer.org

Daniel Pipes
June 22, 2003 - freeforessays.com

A Saudi Education, Right Here at Home
June 19, 2003 - National Review

Studying Title VI
June 16, 2003 - National Review

Embedded Terrorist
May 14, 2003 - FrontPage Magazine

The Arabist Predicament
Summer 2003 - Azure

The Expulsion That Never Was
April 25, 2003 - MartinKramer.org

Edward Said and Twelve Disciples at Post-Orientalist Passover
April 16, 2003 - MartinKramer.org

Important alert re USIP [US Institute for Peace] nomination
April 11, 2003 - Middle East Studies Association [listserv]

Saudi Oil Lobby Puffs Middle East Centers
April 8, 2003 - MartinKramer.org

Glasnost in MESA
April 2, 2003 - MartinKramer.org

Playing watchdog to Middle East scholars
March 14, 2003 - Cleveland Jewish News

Beinin Watch
February 26, 2003 - Stanford Review

We Must Always Remain Critical
February 26, 2003 - Stanford Review

Professors for Terrorist Al-Arian
February 24, 2003 - FrontPage Magazine

U.S. Mideast Academics Fight Charges of Bias
February 12, 2003 - Reuters

America: The Victim Is Not the Guilty One [on MESA]
February 9, 2003 - Liberty for All

Moral commitments, emotions can't be kept from the classroom, professor
February 4, 2003 - Stanford Report

President's Letter
February 2003 - Middle East Studies Association

Pipes to speak at York despite earlier veto
January 30, 2003 - Canadian Jewish Times

Getting Nervous?
January 28, 2003 - National Review

Why Are Arch Conservatives Ganging Up on the Middle East Studies Association?
January 20, 2003 - History News Network

After threats and postponements, pro-Israel scholar allowed to speak
January 2, 2003 - JTA

The New Push for Middle East Studies
January/February 2003 - Saudi Aramco World

President Beinin's Farewell Address
December 30, 2002 - MartinKramer.org

King Fahd's plan to conquer America
December 20, 2002 - TownHall.com

The 'Hate Israel' Faculties (Hebrew)
December 17, 2002 - Maariv

Middle Eastern Studies: What Went Wrong?
December 16, 2002 - Policywatch

The Two Faces of Islamic Studies
December 15, 2002 - Boston Globe

Lessons in hate, on a campus near you
December 14, 2002 - Ottawa Citizen

What's MESA's alternative?
December 2, 2002 - United Press International

Academia Silent on Militant Islam
November 25, 2002 - FrontPage Magazine

Middle East Studies After September 11
November 23, 2002 - Middle East Studies Association

The Incredible Shrinking MESA
November 16, 2002 - MartinKramer.org

MESA's Committee on Academic Freedom in a Time of Crisis
October 23, 2002 - Middle East Studies Association

Letter attacking Campus Watch from MESA
October 3, 2002 - Middle East Studies Association

MESA: Nothing Learned, Nothing Forgotten
October 2, 2002 - MartinKramer.org

Academic Freedom in Times of War
September 24, 2002 - Emory University Academic Exchange

MESA Culpa
September 2002 - Middle East Quarterly

Scholars Revive Boycott of U.S. Grants to Promote Language Training
August 16, 2002 - Chronicle of Higher Education

The See-No-Evil Middle East Experts
July 29, 2002 - Weekly Standard

Treason of the Academics
July 22, 2002 - FrontPage Magazine

Message from Joel Beinin, MESA President
July 16, 2002

Jihad 101
Spring 2002 - Middle East Quarterly

Professors of Palestine
Winter 2002 - Middle East Quarterly

Academic blindsight
December 14, 2001 - Ha'aretz

Disoriented
December 3, 2001 - New Republic

Not Academic: The Middle East Studies Association Wards Off Rebukes
November 29, 2001 - American Prospect

AT WAR
November 19, 2001 - National Review

MESA Presidents' Letter
November 19, 2001 - Wall Street Journal

MESA Madness
November 19, 2001 - National Review

Pro-Israel lobby trying to hijack the hearts and minds of US policy-makers
November 17, 2001 - Daily Star (Lebanon)

Terrorism? What Terrorism?!
November 15, 2001 - Wall Street Journal

It's a Volatile, Complex World...
November 11, 2001 - New York Times

Middle East-Studies Programs Are Accused of Scholarly Orthodoxy
October 26, 2001 - Chronicle of Higher Education

Policy Entrepreneurs: The Third Dimension in American Foreign-policy Culture
September 1997 - Middle East Policy, Vol. 5 Num. 3

Is There a Future for Middle East Studies?
July 1995 - Middle East Studies Association

Middle Eastern Studies: What Went Wrong?
Winter 1995-96 - Academic Questions