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Almost 900 academics, claiming they are “transformational educators,” with a commitment to “education, learning and safety,” signed a letter in “Opposition to the Repressive Climate on US Campuses.” Is that repressive climate the one that attacks Jews and forbids any…
read moreThe Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA) is an organization devoted to the academic study of two of the world’s most important regions. Uniquely for an academic organization, it is predicated on the belief that…
read moreScholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) – a global network of over 40,000 academics – is shocked and heartbroken by today’s shameful surprise attack on the people and land of Israel. The violent acts perpetrated by the Iranian…
read moreThis membership-wide vote will be the second time that the AAA has considered whether the organization and its members should sever ties with Israeli academic institutions. Back in 2016, the AAA’s full membership was also asked to endorse a similarly…
read moreCommittee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure of the AAUP just published a problematic “Statement” in which it denounced the threat to academic freedom from two – it claims – closely related efforts by “conservative” legislation to suppress freedom of…
read morePhiladelphia, PA (April 6, 2022) – SPME joined three additional leading organizations in urging a dozen U.S. universities to withdraw institutional membership from the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) after the association endorsed an academic boycott of Israel. Failure to…
read more(March 23, 2022) Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) condemns the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) membership for its ratification of BDS against Israeli universities. During MESA’s annual meeting, a press release revealed that, “the resolution would direct…
read more(December 6, 2021) Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) condemns a recent vote by the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) to institute an academic boycott against Israeli universities as part of the anti-Israel and anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions…
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Scholars for Peace in the Middle East deeply mourns the passing of Professor Jonathan Adelman on October 29, 2021. Adelman served as SPME’s President for four years. Professor Adelman spent the majority of his career at the University of Denver…
read moreScholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) is a non-partisan community of more than 50, 000 scholars worldwide, including 41 Nobel Prize winners supports vigorous debate and dialogue about contentious issues, one of which is certainly the Middle East…
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