Tag Archives: Columbia

Coming to Columbia

Posted on November 13, 2009 by Martin Kramer

For those who have Columbia University ID’s, I will be lecturing on Monday evening, November 16, on “How Not to Fix the Middle East” at the invitation of the Columbia University International Relations Forum (CUIRF). The lecture will take place … Continue reading →

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An extreme case at Columbia

Posted on April 26, 2009 by Martin Kramer

It’s now up to Columbia’s trustees to say what all the world south of 116th Street knows perfectly well: Joseph Massad does Columbia no credit. Back in 2005, Columbia’s faculty radicals, anticipating this moment, wrote a statement in favor of … Continue reading →

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Columbia set to crash

Posted on April 23, 2009 by Martin Kramer

The New York Post features an article by Jacob Gershman on the Joseph Massad tenure case at Columbia. I highly recommend it. Gershman covered this story for the now-defunct New York Sun, and he knows all the ins and outs. … Continue reading →

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Too late to stop Massad?

Posted on April 15, 2009 by Martin Kramer

Isn’t it too late to stop tenure for Joseph Massad? This question has been posed to me by a reader, in light of the claim by Massad (via the Angry Arab) that he’s already been tenured. There’s no way for … Continue reading →

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Massad’s alcohol analysis

Posted on April 14, 2009 by Martin Kramer

If you were a secular, liberal Palestinian intellectual (and perhaps a Christian to boot) living in the West Bank, would you have forebodings about Hamas coming to power? You might, and with good reason. Edward Said agonized over the Hamas … Continue reading →

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