Marking Seven Years Today since The Passing of Bernard Lewis (My Father) open.substack.com/pub/michaell... #BernardLewis

On the 80th Anniversary of the end of the War in Europe "Victory in Europe Day" (VE Day) and as approach the 7th anniversary of his passing; reposting a poem Bernard Lewis wrote in September 1945 which he included in his "Notes On A Century")

The 80th Anniversary of "Victory in Europe Day" (VE Day). Bernard Lewis in his autobiography described his World War II as starting in the tank corp; then switched to British Intelligence/Foreign Office/MI6 "doing jobs, which...I am still not at liberty to discuss in any detail"

Flashback Seven Years Today: Bernard Lewis Named one of 70 "Americans who have strengthened Israel and its alliance with the United States" open.substack.com/pub/michaell... #BernardLewis #USIsrael #Israel

With Denmark in the news these days, courtesy of the current US-Denmark-Greenland "dispute;" just to note: This year marks 75 Years since Bernard Lewis (writing as "Louis Bernard") authored "Days in Denmark - An ABC of Denmark and the Danes" in 1950 #Denmark #Danes #BernardLewis

Tomorrow, on March 13, the AHA will host a Congressional Briefing offering historical perspectives on US deportation policies and practices. With moderator @jgrossman.bsky.social and panelists @hidehirota.bsky.social, Ana Raquel Minian Andjel, and @yaelschacher.bsky.social

Flashback 35 Years... #OnThisDay in 1990: Bernard Lewis gave the last of his three "Tanner Lectures on "Europe and Islam" at #Oxford’s Brasnose College. Bernard Lewis concluded his lecture... tannerlectures.org/wp-content/u... #BernardLewis #EuropeAndIslam #TannerLectures #Europe #Islam

#OnThisDay in 1974: Half-a-year before actually moving to the United States (Princeton) Bernard Lewis was testifying before Senator Henry "Scoop" Jackson's Senate Subcommittee. (This was not their first meeting) #BernardLewis #ScoopJackson

Flashback 35 Years... #OnThisDay in 1990: Bernard Lewis gave the first of his three "Tanner Lectures on "Europe and Islam" at Oxford University’s Brasnose College. Final paragraph of address below #BernardLewis #EuropeAndIslam #TannerLectures #Europe tannerlectures.org/wp-content/u...

#OnThisDay in 1979: Bernard Lewis, Mansour Farhang & Hamid Algar appeared on PBS NewsHour to discuss post-Shah #Iran and what Ayatollah Khomeini and his Islamic government would mean in terms of democracy, human rights, women's and Bahai rights etc americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-... #BernardLewis

4 Years ago today... #OnThisDay in 2021: Former Secretary of State, GEORGE SHULTZ died at age 100. (Flashback to Oct 2007 when #GeorgeShultz (and #BernardLewis) were honored with @Washinstitute.bsky.social inaugural "Scholar-Statesman Awards" #WashingtonInstitute www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UGH...

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) @WSJ.com Editorial on President Trump’s tariffs "The Dumbest Trade War in History" opens quoting #BernardLewis! "...This reminds us of the old Bernard Lewis joke that it’s risky to be America’s enemy but it can be fatal to be its friend..." www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...

#OnThisDay in 1998: Bernard Lewis on the day of his Grandson's Bar Mitzvah #BernardLewis

Flashback 18 Years today... #OnThisDay in 2007: Bernard Lewis with Robert Wistrich at Hebrew University’s Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism #BernardLewis #RobertWistrich #Antisemitism #RadicalIslam #Islam #MiddleEast www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9RX...

Flashback: January (23), 2014: Bernard Lewis visiting Tel-Aviv University to view some of his former-personal library which he had donated to #TelAvivUniversity Sourasky Library- exemplifying his long, deep relationship with #TAU and especially the #DayanCenter #AFTAU #BernardLewis

Holocaust Memorial Day/Holocaust Remembrance Day would seem to an appropriate day to repost this poem about the Holocaust written by Bernard Lewis in September 1945 #BernardLewis

By Martin Kramer "Semites, Antisemites, and Bernard Lewis: The Life and Afterlife of a Seminal Book" (Think subscription required) “Antisemitism Studies” Indiana University Press Volume 8, Number 2, Fall 2024 pp. 255-271) muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/articl... #MartinKramer #BernardLewis #Antisemitism

#OnThisDay in 1996: Bernard Lewis’ “Cultures in Conflict - Christians, Muslims, and Jews in the Age of Discovery" published by OUP global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Flashback 6 years ago today.... #OTD in 2019 - At the AHAhistorians 133rd Annual Meeting.... "The Middle East in the Academy: Examining the Legacy of Bernard Lewis" #Ahahistorians #BernardLewis

■ A Jewish Man in Traditional Clothes in Selanik (Thessaloniki, Greece), 1900s #history #jewishhistory #jewish

■ The Photograph Taken to Observe the Uniforms and Attire of the Gendarmerie Officers and Soldiers in Jerusalem (Palestine), 1890s #jerusalem #palestine #ottomanpalestine #1890s

■ An Ottoman Map of Northern America, 1868 #oldmaps #history #america #usa #ottomanempire #map

#OnThisDay in 1894: Bernard Lewis' Father, Hyman (Harry) Lewis was born (making him 22 when #BernardLewis was born)

On the occasion of the passing of former-President Jimmy Carter at age 100 (RIP): Flashback almost 40 Years - April 28, 1985: Review by Bernard Lewis in the @nytimes.com of Jimmy Carter's book "The Blood of Abraham“ www.nytimes.com/1985/04/28/b... #JimmyCarter #Carter #BernardLewis #ArabIsrael

A new Head of the Middle East Institute (MEI) Stuart E Jones www.mei.edu/press-releas... #MEI #MiddleEastInstitute

Flashback.... #OnThisDay in 2001: Jay Tolson in US News and World Report on Bernard Lewis "A Sage for the Age” ontology.buffalo.edu/smith/course... #JayTolson #BernardLewis #MiddleEast #Islam #USNewsAndWorldReport

#OnThisDay in 2001: Bernard Lewis in @newyorker.com.web.brid.gy “The Revolt of Islam Published in the print edition of the November 19, 2001, issue, with the headline “The Revolt of Islam.” www.newyorker.com/magazine/200... #BernardLewis #Islam #AlQaeda #BinLaden

From the Middle East Studies Association (MESA? “Letter to MIT expressing concern about its disciplinary action against Prahlad Iyengar…” mesana.org/advocacy/com... #MESA #MIT

The ASMEA Conference: Session in honor of Bernard Lewis sponsored by #TAU’s Moshe Dayan Center “October 7th and its Aftermath: Implications for the Region” Harel Chorev; Yogev Elbaz; Brandon Friedman; Michael Lewis; Bruce Maddy-Weitzman; Amos Nadan #ASMEA #October7 #Israel vimeo.com/1029730460

The Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA) recently held its Seventeenth Annual ASMEA Conference November 2 - 4, 2024 in Washington DC. Links to panels, papers and some Conference Videos www.asmeascholars.org/seventeenth-... #ASMEA #MiddleEastStudies #BernardLewis