Joseph Massad is the Palestinian scholar of Middle East Studies who was the focus of the campaign against criticism of Israel at Columbia that was led by the David Project a few years back. Word has it that his prolonged battle for tenure is over, and he has gotten tenure. A friend at Columbia tells me that Massad, who is in Cairo on leave, emailed friends to say that he had been approved; and that his appointment was pushed by provost Alan Brinkley, a mensch who also stood up for Rashid Khalidi last fall.
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I read about this over at the Angry Arab. I don't know if it is a "turning point" but it has raised some eyebrows that this marks a breakpath in academia.
Indeed! Yea, Columbia!
And, naturally, Martin Kramer in his "Sandbox" has raised the alarm about this "crime."
Long time coming. It's not clear if it breaks a path, though. Massad has published scholarly studies on non-contentious topics. The path clears when Finkelstein is offered a post somewhere.
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