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...Islam scholar has been mentioned as a possible successor to Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies Nadav Safran as head of the center. Following an investigation this winter into his use of CIA grants, Safran resigned the post effective July...
...Nadav Safran, the professor who resigned his position as director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies after an investigation of his handling of two CIA grants, has failed in his bid to snag a spot on the steering committee of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences...
...response to my letter to The Crimson (May 5) Professor Stanley Hoffman agrees with many of them. Scholarship should be based on sources that are accessible to all scholars who are competent to evaluate the evidence. As a rule, scholars should not work on classified materials (as Professor Nadav Safran did not in this case). The offer of privileged access of scholars to personal papers no less the privileged access of scholars to the archives of closed societies raise serious problems for scholarship aiming at truths about such persons or societies and arouses suspicion as to why some scholars...
...that most departments of Middle East studies in the United States pay scant if any serious attention to Israel, and that the field is highly politicized. What American scholars of the Middle East write is often not far removed from the Arab-Israeli conflict. Nor is the fact that Nadav Safran is both Jewish and supportive of the broad contours of Israeli policy incidental to events of the last six months. Is not the politicization of this discipline and the role played by Middle East politics in American scholarship as equally important and interesting as the story you've been...
...climate at Harvard it takes courage to assist American intelligence agencies. It is not often that a scholar can both contribute to advancing knowledge and, at the same time, help his country. It is crucial that we defend the individual liberty of scholars to do so. Those such as Nadav Safran, as well as Samuel Huntington and Richard Betts who try to balance these potentially conflicting commitments deserve our respect and suppport. Jeffrey Herf Research Associate Center for International Studies Resident Tutor, Adams House