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| − | The '''Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures Department (MEALAC)''' has been involved in its fair share of controversies. Soon MEALAC will be joined by African studies in order to complete its third world trifecta.
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| − | ==Scandals==
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| − | MEALAC is perhaps the most controversial department at Columbia. Its professors were tarred in the unabashedly Zionist documentary ''[[Columbia Unbecoming]]'', which alleged anti-Semitism and intimidation of students by MEALAC faculty. Professor [[Joseph Massad]] in particular has come under scrutiny since the film's [[2004]] airing.
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| − | The denial of the department's chair in Armenian studies to [[James Russell]], a Columbia alumnus and by far one of the most accomplished scholars in the field, is another MEALAC controversy of note.
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| − | == External links ==
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| − | * [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/mealac/ MEALAC website]
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| − | [[Category:MEALAC|*]]
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| − | [[Category:Middle East studies]]
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| − | [[Category:South Asian studies]]
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