MESA Presidential Address 2007: Challenges and Responsibilities in a Time of Crisis

2008 ◽  
Vol 42 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 5-15
Author(s):  
Zachary Lockman
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Annual Meeting ◽  
Presidential Address ◽  
The United States ◽  
Professional Organization ◽  
Academic Field ◽  
First Time ◽  
Middle East Studies

Our annual meeting this year is distinguished both by its large number of participants and by its intellectual breadth and depth. To me these indicate, as I will be discussing a bit later, that Middle East studies as an academic field, and MESA as the pre-eminent professional organization in that field, are flourishing. But this annual meeting is, I would suggest, also significant because this year, for the first time since 1989, we are meeting outside the United States.

1973 Presidential Address Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting

1974 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Charles Issawi
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Annual Meeting ◽  
Economic History ◽  
Presidential Address ◽  
Thomas Carlyle ◽  
Henry Ford ◽  
Middle East Studies

Anything coming after the floor show we have just seen can only be an anticlimax, and my impulse is to tear up my prepared text and just quote two great men: Thomas Carlyle, who described economics as “the dismal science” and Henry Ford, who said “history is bunk” — from which it presumably follows that economic history is dismal bunk. Instead, I should like to take advantage of this captive audience and speak to you in praise of economic history. This is an old Arabic genre : mahasin al-iqtisad. And of course economic history means giving as little history for as much money as possible, so you will not expect a long speech.

Promoting Undergraduate Research at MESA

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 160-161
Author(s):  
Jeff VanDenBerg
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Middle East ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Undergraduate Research ◽  
The United States ◽  
Application Process ◽  
Research Workshop ◽  
Middle East Studies ◽  
Professional Context

In November 2017, the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) sponsored the fourth annual Undergraduate Research Workshop in Washington, D.C. Organized by MESA's Committee for Undergraduate Middle East Studies, the workshop provides an opportunity for talented undergraduate students to present their scholarship in a professional context. Participants are selected through a competitive application process, and, since the program's inception have come from universities in Sweden, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Singapore, Canada, Mexico, France, and across the United States.

scholarly journals ANDRÉ RAYMOND (1925–2011)

2011 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 779-781
Author(s):  
Jane Hathaway ◽  
Randi Deguilhem
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
North America ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Small Town ◽  
Far East ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Far East ◽  
The University ◽  
Middle East Studies

André Raymond, who passed away at his home in Aix-en-Provence on 18 February 2011, leaves an international legacy in Middle East studies. Born in 1925 in Montargis, a small town situated about seventy-five miles south of Paris, Monsieur Raymond, as he was known to his numerous students and to younger scholars in Europe, Russia, the Middle East, the Far East, and North America, taught for many years at the University of Provence and, after his retirement, in the United States.

Eye Opening and Actually Enjoyable: Using Online Newspapers to Teach Modern Middle Eastern History

2012 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-164
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
The United States ◽  
Learning Objectives ◽  
Online Newspapers ◽  
Analytical Skills ◽  
Eye Opening ◽  
Middle East Studies ◽  
Compare And Contrast

Challenging students to identify and analyze diverse perspectives is a key objective in any Middle East studies course. This article describes an assignment used in a history course which asks students to compare and contrast articles from Middle Eastern online newspapers. Comparing multiple articles on the same topic exposes students to contrasting views on significant issues. The easy availability of online newspapers “de-centers” students’ perspectives by requiring use of materials from outside the United States. This assignment teaches specific analytical skills, such as finding relevant articles, reading them critically, writing effective summaries, and developing synthetic comparisons. Through an analysis of this assignment, this article discusses the advantages, as well as limitations, of this approach, using students’ own evaluations to assess the achievement of desired learning objectives.

Question: How Should Middle East Studies Address the Issues of Academic Freedom and Academic Boycotts?

2008 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 188-190
Author(s):  
Laurie A. Brand
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Academic Freedom ◽  
Junior Faculty ◽  
The United States ◽  
High Profile ◽  
Middle East Studies ◽  
College Newspapers

Challenges to academic freedom have been much in the news of late, with coverage and interest extending well beyond college newspapers and the publications of our profession.In the United States, there is no question that members of the Middle East studies community have been disproportionately targeted. A number of our colleagues have been victims of ugly smear campaigns regarding their scholarship; several tenure cases have triggered vicious, high-profile “extramural” attacks against junior faculty; and, in a handful of cases, our colleagues have been barred from giving talks or participating in educational events, owing to their political positions on Middle East-related issues. Others from outside this community who have also ventured to engage key regional issues in critical ways have had their invitations to give presentations in policy or academic forums rescinded.

MESA and Middle East Studies: An International Perspective from North America

1986 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-170
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
North America ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
The United States ◽  
International Perspective ◽  
Middle Eastern Studies ◽  
Middle East Studies

This Presentation is a rather impressionistic as well as eclectic view of Middle Eastern Studies, one which does not pretend to be complete. Many of you have been associated with Middle Eastern Studies for much longer than I have, and you could undoubtedly see greater changes—or lack of changes—than I will present.Let me begin by briefly looking at the history and growth of the Middle East Studies Association of North America, for the growth of MESA is somewhat a reflection of the structure and changes in Middle East studies, particularly, of course, in the United States. Also, in this way I can make comparisons with MESA when looking at developments elsewhere.

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