Holocaust inversion, casting Israelis as Nazis and Palestinians as their Jewish victims, finds advocates on the faculty of Columbia University.
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Columbia Prof Plumbs the Shiite Mind
A lot is being written these days about Iraq's Shiites, and the media avidly pursue anyone who seems like an expert. When demand exceeds supply, expect tendentious analysis. Consider, for example, Professor Hamid Dabashi, head of the department of Middle Eastern and Asian Languages and Cultures (MEALAC) at Columbia. The other day, a correspondent from …
Columbia’s Troubles Bubble Up Through the Bubbly
Last night, Columbia College (the university's undergraduate college) threw its big bash of the year: a black-tie gala at the Plaza Hotel, held in honor of five alumni recipients of the John Jay Award for professional achievement. One of them, the renowned classical composer John Corigliano, added what a report this morning calls a "moment …
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Malpractice at Columbia
From Martin Kramer, "Arabic Panic," Middle East Quarterly, Summer 2002, pp. 88-95. Posted retroactively at Sandbox. "I've never used my classes to talk about political activism of the kind that I've done. I've stuck pretty carefully to the notion that the classroom is sacrosanct to a certain degree." The words belong to Edward Said, who …
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