Campus Watch reports the following from February 15 - February 26:
New Howler of the Month:
“MESA is a pillar of the field, and a constant advocate for the best in scholarship and teaching, as well as the broader principles of academic freedom, with respect to both study and pedagogy,”
Asli Bâl, president of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) and professor of law at Yale, on MESA’s relocation to the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies in Georgetown University’s (GU) Walsh School of Foreign Service; MESA press release, February 21, 2024. (link to source)
Middle East Studies in the News
U. of North Carolina is repeatedly violating its legal obligations by holding anti-Israel events with profs such as Kylie Broderick and Nadia Yaqub: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65583/unc-keeps-breaking-legal-obligations-with-anti
Democratic campaigns receive money from an anti-Israel center under federal investigation (incl. Sahar Aziz): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65572/democrats-take-cash-from-lawyers-affiliated-with
On Qatari influence in higher education (incl. Laurie Brand, Hamid Dabashi): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65565/qatar-back-door-to-higher-education-incl-laurie
Rutgers slammed for its continued antisemitic events featuring profs such as Noura Erakat: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65595/rutgers-slammed-for-allowing-antisemitic-talks-to
Columbia U. facing lawsuits and campaigns targeting their failure to address antisemitism (incl. Hatem Bazian, Joseph Massad):
Algemeiner: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65592/columbia-university-sued-for-allowing-antisemitic
Jewish Voice: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65577/alums-for-campus-fairness-launches-campaign
MESA relocates its headquarters to Georgetown U. (incl. Nader Hashemi, John Esposito, Joseph Massad)
City Journal: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65593/georgetown-extremist-turn-incl-joseph-massad
The Hoya: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65596/premier-middle-east-studies-nonprofit-relocates
