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Group Formed to Improve Middle East Scholarship


[New York Sun] Annie Karni - Middle East scholars are forming a new group to promote high standards of teaching and scholarship on the Middle East. The Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa, founded by a noted Middle East scholar at Princeton University, Bernard Lewis, will challenge the Middle East Studies Association, which is dominated by academics who have been critical of Israel and of America's role in the Middle East. "Given the importance of these regions, there is an acute need for objective and accurate scholarship and debate, unhampered by entrenched interests and allegiances," Professor Lewis said in a statement.
2007-11-09 01:00:00
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