Dear Colleague: The Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA) has extended its deadline for submission of paper proposals for its April 24-26 conference entitled “The Evolution of Islamic Politics, Philosophy and Culture in the Middle…
read morehttp://www.thejc.com/home.aspx?ParentId=m11s18&SecId=18&AId=57803&ATypeId=1 An attempt to brand Israel as an “apartheid” state by students at one of Britain’s leading universities fell by just seven votes last week. But members of the Jewish and Israel societies at the London School of Economics may…
read morehttp://www.thejc.com/home.aspx?ParentId=m11&SecId=11&AId=57791&ATypeId=1 An academic who, as a student, wrote a master’s thesis claiming that there were no gas chambers in Auschwitz, and questioned the scale of the Holocaust, now holds a senior academic post at the heart of the British defence…
read moreCo-sponsored with ISGAP, The Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy Jan. 24: Professor Mark Gelber, Ben Gurion University“Literary Antisemitism Revisited: Paul de Man and Mel Gibson” ISPS Room A-002, 77 Prospect St. Feb. 7: Professor Seyla Benhabib,…
read morehttp://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1200572520702&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Oxford University’s debating society is being accused of childishness and sensationalism by Jewish groups after inviting participants with alleged anti-Israel backgrounds to support a motion questioning Israel’s right to exist in a debate on Thursday. The title of Thursday’s…
read morehttp://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/news/story/0,,2244468,00.html Nur knew that as a bedouin – an Arab nomad – living in poverty in Israel’s Negev desert, the likelihood of going to university was remote. As a woman, it was almost unheard of. Tribal norms and finances ruled…
read morehttp://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hQikUGrz6aB04HFtlsU7O0sS5ROgD8UB4FAG1 LONDON (AP) – British police have offered to train university staff to spot extremists operating on campus despite complaints from Muslim students that they could be unfairly targeted, a government document said Tuesday. Lecturers have been urged to scrutinize…
read morehttp://www.memri.org/bin/opener_latest.cgi?ID=SD181308 . The following are excerpts from an interview with former dean of Islamic law at Qatar University Abd Al-Hamid Al-Ansari. The interview aired on Al-Jazeera TV on December 9, 2007: To view this clip, visit http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/1656.htm . To view…
read moreYIISA: The Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism “Antisemitism in Comparative Perspective” Seminar SeriesCo-sponsored with ISGAP, The Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy Spring Semester 2008 All seminars are from 4:15 – 5:45 p.m. Jan.…
read moreAntisemitismus an der Uni hat in Deutschland lange Tradition. Auch im Sommersemester 2005 sollte an der Universität Hamburg eine Vorlesung zum Thema „Der ‚neue’ Antisemitismus: Ein Weltproblem?” stattfinden. Prof. Dr. Rolf Hanisch, Professor am Institut für Internationale Angelegenheiten, war auf…
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