scholarly journals Middle Eastern studies

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chaoqun Lian
Keyword(s):  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Middle Eastern Studies

What Works in the Language Classroom: The 2005 Western Consortium Multi-Language Conference

2005 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-60
Author(s):  
Lance Askildson ◽  
Bryan Meadows
Keyword(s):  
Conference Proceedings ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Language Instruction ◽  
What Works ◽  
Middle Eastern Studies ◽  
University Of Arizona ◽  
Language Classroom ◽  
Conference Presentations ◽  
The University ◽  
Participant Reactions

The 2005 Western Consortium Multi-Language Conference was hosted by the University of Arizona Center for Middle Eastern Studies. The theme and focus of this year conference proceedings was titled, hat Works in the Language Classroom. The conference thus aimed to bring together teachers and scholars of Middle Eastern languages in order to elucidate relevant pedagogical trends and techniques in the field of language instruction. Moreover, the conference served as a valuable venue for the exchange of pedagogically grounded scholarly material that provided for demonstrated classroom application. Conference participants and session presenters represented a diversity of institutions from around the country. The following provides a brief summary of the featured conference presentations and participant reactions.

It’s Not Just Academic—Writing Public Scholarship in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies

2011 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 164-171
Author(s):  
Carl W. Ernst
Keyword(s):  
Academic Success ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
American Culture ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
The Real ◽  
The Public ◽  
Islamic Studies ◽  
Public Scholarship ◽  
Middle Eastern Studies

Everyone knows that the work of scholars in America is often considered to be irrelevant to the real issues of life. According to the mild anti-intellectualism that seems to be an endemic feature of American culture, anything that is “academic” is automatically impractical, complex, and impenetrable—in short, it is bad. This is a little hard for professors to live with; no one likes being called a pointy-headed intellectual or an egghead. The very skills and specializations that are the keys to academic success can be seen by the public as defects that remove scholars from the sphere of ordinary existence and disqualify their pronouncements. Here I would like to argue that the gap between academics and an unappreciative public is in good part a function of the language and style of communication that scholars commonly practice in all fields. But if in fact there are large segments of the public who are keenly interested in issues relating to subjects like Middle Eastern studies, or the study of Islam, it should be possible for academics to communicate the results of their labor in clear and meaningful ways. If qualified scholars do not respond to the demands of the public, we know what the alternative is: the public will remain content with the standard media sources of information and disinformation.

Pensée 3: Free Speech and the Question of Israel: A British Perspective

2008 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-194
Author(s):  
Avi Shlaim
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Free Speech ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Academic Environment ◽  
Middle Eastern Studies ◽  
British Perspective ◽  
The Right ◽  
American Academic

As a member of the British academic community—an international relations professor who is deeply involved in Middle Eastern studies—I find it distressing that some of the most dismal aspects of the American academic environment are coming our way. Nowhere is this trend more pronounced than on the question of Israel. That country is, of course, no stranger to controversy, but the attack on the right of academics to criticize Israel is a relatively recent and a highly disturbing phenomenon.

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