Saturday, November 19, 2005
This is just a quick link to follow -- an "aside." These are links to interesting things that, for one reason or another, I didn't place into a full posting. Click the link to visit the full article. Go to the blog index for a regular listing of posts.
Alexander H. Joffe: Juan Cole and the Decline of Middle Eastern Studies - 'When the Middle East Studies Association's annual conference ends on November 22, 2005, University of Michigan history professor Juan Cole is scheduled to become the organization's president...As such, this commentary provides a mirror into the state of Middle Eastern studies and the widespread urge of its practioners to promote polemic over scholarship...'
