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Recent PhD's in Middle East studies at UCLA
This list is quite telling.
It lists twenty students who have completed PhDs in Middle East studies in the past three years, in the departments of Art History, Comparative Literature, Ethnomusicology, History, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, Political Science and the Islamic Studies Program.
Exactly one, Kerry Muhlestein (NELC, 2003), “Violence in the Service of Order: The Religious Framework for Sanctioned Killing in Ancient Egypt,” deals specifically with Islamic violence. And tellingly, the professor teaches at a Christian-centered school. Muhlestein is Assistant Professor of Religion and History, Brigham Young University, Hawaii.
Exactly one, Heidi Rutz (Islamic Studies, 2003), "Orders from God? The Implications of Ethno-religious Discourse and Transnational Networks on Group Mobilization and Violence," deals with racism and racist language in violent groups. And tellingly, Rutz is an Assistant Professor in the US Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island.
And exactly one, Julie Taylor (Political Science, 2004), “Prophet Sharing: Strategic Interaction between Islamic Clerics and Middle Eastern Regimes,” is dealing with the role that Islamic clerics play in the perpetuation of horrific regimes in the Arab world. And tellingly, Julie is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University, the institution and department dominated by Bernard Lewis.
All the remaining work is in esoteric subjects and historical alcoves such as Kathleen Hood,(Ethnomusicology, 2002), "Music and Memory in a Global Age: Wedding Songs of the Syrian Druzes," or Nahid Pirnazar (NELC, 2003), “The Place of the Fifteenth-Century Judeo-Persian Religious Epic Emrani’s Fathnameh in Iranian Literary Traditions.”
The words "terrorism" or "terrorist"do not appear in the list. No doubt these above are worthy topics of study, but to see such subjects so dominate a list of Middle East PhD's is all too common, and all somewhat alarming.
This list is quite telling.
It lists twenty students who have completed PhDs in Middle East studies in the past three years, in the departments of Art History, Comparative Literature, Ethnomusicology, History, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, Political Science and the Islamic Studies Program.
Exactly one, Kerry Muhlestein (NELC, 2003), “Violence in the Service of Order: The Religious Framework for Sanctioned Killing in Ancient Egypt,” deals specifically with Islamic violence. And tellingly, the professor teaches at a Christian-centered school. Muhlestein is Assistant Professor of Religion and History, Brigham Young University, Hawaii.
Exactly one, Heidi Rutz (Islamic Studies, 2003), "Orders from God? The Implications of Ethno-religious Discourse and Transnational Networks on Group Mobilization and Violence," deals with racism and racist language in violent groups. And tellingly, Rutz is an Assistant Professor in the US Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island.
And exactly one, Julie Taylor (Political Science, 2004), “Prophet Sharing: Strategic Interaction between Islamic Clerics and Middle Eastern Regimes,” is dealing with the role that Islamic clerics play in the perpetuation of horrific regimes in the Arab world. And tellingly, Julie is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University, the institution and department dominated by Bernard Lewis.
All the remaining work is in esoteric subjects and historical alcoves such as Kathleen Hood,(Ethnomusicology, 2002), "Music and Memory in a Global Age: Wedding Songs of the Syrian Druzes," or Nahid Pirnazar (NELC, 2003), “The Place of the Fifteenth-Century Judeo-Persian Religious Epic Emrani’s Fathnameh in Iranian Literary Traditions.”
The words "terrorism" or "terrorist"do not appear in the list. No doubt these above are worthy topics of study, but to see such subjects so dominate a list of Middle East PhD's is all too common, and all somewhat alarming.
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