MEALAC

To incorporate African Studies, MEALAC plans name, curriculum change

Columbia’s MEALAC, is proposing to change its name to the department of Middle East, South Asian, and African Studies. MEALAC, the department hopes, will soon become MESAAS.

By Amber Tunnell and Madina Toure | Feb 4 03:20 am ET

Faculty Knox on wood for success in revamped building

University institutes and departments have new digs in Knox Hall, a building that remains classically Gothic on the outside but modern and sustainable on the inside.

By Tabitha Peyton Wood and Alix Pianin | Oct 13 12:49 am ET

Professors protest Massad's tenure

Fourteen Columbia professors protested the tenure of Middle East and Asian Language and Cultures professor Joseph Massad in a July letter, and plans may be in the works for the unhappy faculty members to take up the matter in person with newly-minted Provost Claude Steele.

By Alix Pianin | Sep 22 07:25 pm ET

Administration quiet about Massad

Middle East and Asian languages and cultures professor Joseph Massad is said to have been granted tenure earlier this summer, though mum’s still the word from the University about the status of his employment.

By Kim Kirschenbaum and Alix Pianin | Sep 8 07:20 pm ET

Massad tenured earlier in summer, sources say

Controversial Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures Professor Joseph Massad was granted tenure earlier this summer, sources say. Massad has received attention for his views on issues ranging from Israeli identity to American politics in the Middle East.

By Kim Kirschenbaum and Alix Pianin | Aug 28 10:30 am ET

African studies strewn across University

In the late spring of 1968, as Columbia attempted to regain its footing after the explosive student protests tied to the Vietnam War and campus expansion, a movement that would become a controversial issue was emerging at Barnard.

By Scott Levi | Apr 1 08:36 pm ET

ASA Hosts Experts on Gaza

Panelists examined the claim that Gaza is the “world’s largest prison” at an event hosted by the Arab Students Association that tackled a variety of issues surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian confl

By | Feb 15 02:42 am ET

Academic Freedom or a Culture War?

Barely a couple of weeks ago—almost strategically coinciding with the climax of the hunger strike affair—some Columbia faculty members issued a “statement of concern” regarding what they saw as Pre

By Alberto Tiburcio | Dec 6 11:57 pm ET

The Real Definition of Academic Freedom

The recent tenure battles regarding professors Nadia Abu El Haj and Joseph Massad have led to renewed allegations that undue “outside political influence” is threatening the academic freedom that i

By Jonathan Hollander | Dec 6 11:17 pm ET

After Hiatus, African Institute Reopens

With new director Mamadou Diouf on board, the Institute of African Studies is back on its feet consolidating courses, programming lectures, and transforming Columbia University into a space for deb

By Joy Resmovits | Sep 13 04:39 am ET

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