Middle Eastern studies

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
For the journal, see Middle Eastern Studies (journal).
Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Barquq
, Cairo

Middle Eastern studies (sometimes referred to as Near Eastern studies, West Asian Studies or South Western Asian) is a name given to a number of academic programs associated with the study of the history, culture, politics, economies, and geography of the Middle East, an area that is generally interpreted to cover a range of nations including Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, and Yemen. It is considered a form of area studies, taking an overtly interdisciplinary approach to the study of a region. In this sense Middle Eastern studies is a far broader and less traditional field than classical Islamic studies.

The subject was historically regarded as part of

Muslims
in the region (with Israel and Lebanon being the only exceptions), others maintain these areas of study as separate disciplines.

Controversies

In 1978

Arab-Islamic peoples and their culture", claiming the bias amounted to a justification for imperialism. Western academics such as Irwin challenged Said's conclusions,[1] however the book became a standard text of literary theory and cultural studies.[2]

Following the

Wall Street Journal article claiming that Middle Eastern studies courses were "part of the problem, not its remedy."[citation needed] In a Foreign Affairs review of the book, F. Gregory Gause said his analysis was, in part, "serious and substantive" but "far too often his valid points are overshadowed by academic score-settling and major inconsistencies."[4]

In 2002,

Arab American community.[5]

In 2010,

Palestinian advocates were hijacking the academic field of Middle Eastern studies within several prominent American universities including Georgetown University, Harvard University, and Columbia University.[6][7] This has involved Saudi Arabia and other Gulf States funding centers and chairs at universities to promote a pro-Arabist agenda.[8] Bard has also accused several prominent Middle Eastern studies academics including John Esposito and Rashid Khalidi of abusing positions by advancing a pro-Palestinian political agenda.[9]

In addition, Bard has criticized the

pre-university education by tailoring education programs and resources to reflect a pro-Arabist agenda.[11]

Academic centers

See also

References

  1. ^ Flemming Rose: Forsvar for en profession [Defence of a profession], interview with Prof. Robert Irwin, Jyllands-Posten, 12 April 2008, section 1, page 17 (accessed via Infomedia.dk and the newspaper's website)
  2. ^ "Edward Said's Orientalism: Forty years later | Middle East | Al Jazeera". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2019-01-09.
  3. OCLC 249109890
    .
  4. ^ Gause, F.G. (March–April 2009). "Who Lost Middle-Eastern Studies?". Foreign Affairs. 81 (2). Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  5. ^ Dobbs, Michael (January 13, 2004). "Middle East Studies Under Scrutiny in U.S." Washington Post.
  6. ISBN 9780061987618. Archived from the original
    on 2019-01-10. Retrieved 2019-01-09.
  7. ^ Bard 2010, pp. 284, 306–11.
  8. ^ Bard 2010, p. 284.
  9. ^ Bard 2010, pp. 293–94, 307–08.
  10. ^ Bard 2010, pp. 295–97.
  11. ^ Bard 2010, pp. 284, 322–23.
  12. ^ "Middle East Centre | St Antony's College". www.sant.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  13. ^ "Centre for West Asian Studies - Jamia".
  14. ^ "CWAS | Welcome to Jawaharlal Nehru University".
  15. ^ "West Asia Center | Seoul National University Asia Center".

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Middle Eastern studies.
Library guides to Middle-Eastern studies
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Middle_Eastern_studies&oldid=1219369025"