In Algeria, Pope Leo countered Trump with a message of peace, but he missed a chance to honor the Tibhirine monks, who modeled the kind of coexistence the pontiff has been championing — and the U.S. president has maligned. | @erinclarebrown.bsky.social  

“I thought it was me as a doctor,” Mr. Napoleon said of the Antoine-Jean Gros' image of him as Christ-like figure healing lepers in Jaffa in 1804, which he deleted after an outcry. “Only the fake news could come up with that.”

Floated negotiation proposals for long-lasting peace: 1) Rename to "Strait of Trumpmuz" 2) Google relabels it the "Iranian Gulf" 3) Agree to split ship toll receipts, paid in crypto, US portion goes to #$TRUMP meme coin

“While Gen Z 212’s slogans and hashtags are new, the underlying message of citizens weary of government indifference is not.” Good Samia Errazzouki analysis of Morocco’s latest protest movement. arabcenterdc.org/resource/mor...

We are running a search for an Associate Professorship (or Professorship) in Modern Middle Eastern History 1830-1970, with expertise in across key regions, including Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Turkey, Egypt, and the Maghreb. www.trinity.ox.ac.uk/vacancies

In Morocco in the 1930s, hundreds of women and girls were trapped by the French authorities inside the walls of Bousbir — Casablanca’s red-light district and a tourist destination for Europeans. Catherine Phipps uncovers their stories for @newlinesmag.bsky.social

TWO DAYS LEFT to apply! POMEPS is pleased to announce a Call for Papers: Political Movements in North Africa and the Sahel after the Arab Uprisings. The deadline to apply is Friday, Nov. 7th, COB. For more information on how to apply: pomeps.org/call-for-pap...

DEADLINE EXTENDED! POMEPS is pleased to announce a Call for Papers: Political Movements in North Africa and the Sahel after the Arab Uprisings. The deadline to apply is Friday, Nov. 7th, COB. For more information on how to apply: pomeps.org/call-for-pap...

Help! Teaching an Intro to the Middle East in spring and looking for a short reading to assign that covers the rise/politics/context of the Gulf and Saudi Arabia in 21st century?

Grateful to @centuryintl.bsky.social for the chance to bring together, update, and expand some of my writing on maps and Middle Eastern borders tcf.org/content/repo...

@nicholasdanfort.bsky.social ‘s history of Middle Eastern border creation, richly illustrated with historical maps, shows that there is nothing exceptionally conflict-prone about the shape of regional states. (4/5)

Universities like UT Austin have shown that they will place ideology and political power ahead of the most vulnerable students, faculty, and staff they serve. Fight against the closure of Black, Latino, and Gender Studies at UT Austin. Support our students. #Blacksky #polisky

A great opportunity for Middle East scholars looking to workshop their first book.

POMEPS is pleased to call for proposals for the POMEPS Junior Scholar Book Development Workshops to be held in a virtual format throughout the academic year 2025-2026. The deadline to apply is Sept. 15. More info: pomeps.org/pomeps-junio...

In the latest bulletin of the Syrian Studies Association there's a report by Michael Provence on the current state of the Syrian national archives. They'll be an important resource for any future Syria, but they're in a precarious state. www.syrianstudiesassociation.org/ssa-bulletin

An opportunity for those working on Islam in the Americas!

18,500 names wapo.st/3IRLZn6

#sociology job!

“The challengers, led by the AAUP, say the administration’s efforts to revoke green cards and visas from pro-Palestinian campus activists amount to proof of a policy of “ideological deportation” that has terrified noncitizens in higher education and chilled their speech.” www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

Rabat Casbah views of Bouregreg valley development area

Brilliant read about Franco-Algerian Nutella affair "It was about nostalgia, memory, injustice, nationalism, globalization, decolonization, protectionism, racism, identity, immigration, invasion—the same things that all arguments are about nowadays, transposed to the realm of spreadable snacks."

From France 2, a profile of my Yale colleague Jeffrey Wickersham and the attacks on science in the USA. www.franceinfo.fr/replay-magaz...

Life-long Mavs fan (as in, I went to a game in the inaugural 1980 season), and this season has been OD, as the kids say. But somehow we have a new day Still shell-shocked, but this time in a good way! #MFFL #Dallas #Mavs www.theringer.com/2025/05/12/n...

This is satisfying on SO many levels

By ordering the Columbia student's presence in his courtroom and ordering his release then and there, a federal judge robbed Trump and his team of the opportunity to defy his order, which was implemented on the spot by court officers. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

Super important story - connected to larger decolonization history that involves 100,000s of colonial troops deployed to fight wars from 1940s-60s. Also important, the 60K Moroccans / 100Ks other Africans that fought for France then went home after 1954 Dien Bien Phu. Their story still to be told

AACU Anti-Trump Letter Map (updated 4/28/2025) - 523 universities/colleges Geography still reflecting red/blue state division for the most part www.google.com/maps/d/u/1/v...

I updated my map of the now 500+ universities and collegers have signed the fight Trump letter

If Trump can keep obsessively tweeting about this I will too: foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/28/t...

A book I’ve very much been waiting to read! Out this October with @ucpress.bsky.social.

Here's a quick visualization of the colleges and universities signed the AAC&U letter pushing back on the Trump Admins hostile takeover of higher education www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/e...

Not defying gravity

3000+ Yale alumni signing to fight for academic freedom and institutional autonomy and against cuts

Enfin "As leaders of America’s colleges, universities, and scholarly societies, we speak with one voice against the unprecedented government overreach and political interference now endangering American higher education." www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...

If you are in or near New Haven - come out at 12:30 for "Hands Off Higher Ed" rally! #yale

"In the letter, faculty call on McInnis and Strobel to legally challenge “unlawful demands that threaten academic freedom and university self-governance” and to commit that the University will not reorganize or remove any departments or programs in response to political threats."

Harvard will not comply. “No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue.” — Harvard President Alan M. Garber www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Join colleagues and students from across campus this Thursday at 12:30pm on Cross Campus for a Rally to Stand Together for Higher Education. We are standing together to protect all people, programs, and research at Yale and at schools across the country! #handsoff #yale #newhaven #highered

COMPARE: the results of fighting back to the results of not fighting back

Great retrospective on Jim's life and work, using latest book "In Praise of Floods" as starting point by @pasenatorsaval.com He's been on my mind a lot these days, missing having him around

Today, a group of legal scholars explain how universities are being weaponized against their own members through allegations of “support for” or “alignment with” terrorism. Universities must prepare for this, and refuse to operate on the basis of fear rather than legal necessity or moral principle.

Jewish Academics & Holocaust Scholars stand beside Professors Cemal Kafadar & Rosie Bsheer; Denounce Harvard for legimitizing Trump's "cynical weaponization of antisemitism." Read the full statement: app.box.com/s/yxg6i0hs89...

"How long we hang on..far we get..all of that is now up to us. I would rather die trying to take them down than giving them what they want. You need to help each other. You see someone who's confused, lost...keep them moving until we put this place behind us." —Kino Loy youtu.be/TKB67KzjO4A

In response to reports that OCR is requesting names and nationalities of people who may have been involved in alleged Title VI violations, the AAUP has written college general counsels to clarify that they are under no legal compulsion to comply and should NOT comply www.aaup.org/news/institu...

I think it fair to say there is a deep-rooted American consensus through the ages: WE NO LIKE TARIFFS!

🚨Georgetown University Law Center students are detailing which law firms have caved and which have stood up to the Trump regime. They have created this spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share widely.

Princeton leading the way - shove your federal cut threats where the sun don't shine www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2025...

Apparently this can be done

Finally. www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2025...