scholarly journals Dr. Aziz Suryal Atiya and the Establishment of the Middle East Center and the Aziz S. Atiya Library for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Utah

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 43-60
Author(s):  
Leonard C. Chiarelli ◽  
Mohammad Mirfakhrai
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Science Research ◽  
University Of Utah ◽  
Middle Eastern Studies ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The 1950S ◽  
The University

Aziz Suryal Atiya was an Egyptian Coptic Studies expert, historian and orientalist specializing in the study of the Crusades era. He published several important books, including primarily The Crusades in the Later Middle Ages (1938). He contributed to the creation of the Institute of Coptic Studies in Cairo in the 1950s. He was also the originator and founder of the Middle East Center at the University of Utah, which today is one of the most important centers of wide science research on the Middle East. This article discusses the background and circumstances of the establishment of the Middle East Center and the Aziz S. Atiya Library for Middle Eastern Studies, both at the Univer­sity of Utah, which is the fifth largest institution of its kind in North America.

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.

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.

OPEC

2019 ◽  
pp. 88-134
Author(s):  
Giuliano Garavini
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Oil Fields ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The 1950S

In order to explain the creation of OPEC, Chapter 2 describes the spread of protests in the oil fields as well as the rise of nationalism in the Arab world, together with the radicalization of Venezuelan politics at the end of the 1950s. It explains in detail the organization of the first Arab Oil Congress in Cairo in 1959, the emergence of a group of oil technocrats in the Middle East and then the creation of OPEC in Baghdad in September 1960. The chapter further explores the nature of OPEC showing why, contrary to common beliefs, it cannot be defined as a “cartel,” while analyzing at the same time the first “operative” resolutions it approved in 1962.

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