Mideast Scholars, Meeting in Montreal, Worry About a Splinter Group and Academic Freedom

Concerns over academic freedom loomed large over the scholarly presentations last week at the annual meeting of the Middle East Studies Association, a group whose members sometimes confess to feeling as besieged as they do blessed by the contemporary preoccupation with their region of study.

In an address before the group on November 18, Zachary Lockman, president of the association, said that turmoil in the Middle East had lifted the profile of those who study the region —

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