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According to Dean of the Faculty A. Michael Spence, scholarship of the modern Middle East can be more susceptible to ethical problems. "It's a sticky area," he said in an interview shortly after the announcement of Mottahedeh's appointment...
Unlike the old director, Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies Nadav Safran--who earned headlines for accepting, without publicly disclosing, money from the CIA to sponsor a conference on modern diplomatic affairs--the center's new administrator, Professor of Islamic History Roy P. Mottahedeh '60, has little scholarly interest or experience with current events...
Observers say that by replacing Safran with Mottahedeh, an expert on Islam during the Middle Ages, the University provided an example of one technique for settling a thorny ethical issue--remove the atmosphere which fostered the controversy...
...Mottahedeh '60, a full professor in Princeton's Department of Near Eastern studies, turned down an offer of tenure last spring, several professors said yesterday. Mottahedeh could not be reached yesterday to explain his decision...
Also, William H. Hughes, in Chemical Physics; Roy P. Mottahedeh '60, in History; and Maxime Schwartz, in Bio-chemistry and Genetics...