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2. The Journal of Palestine Studies in the Twenty-First Century: An Editor’s Reflections
- Author:
- Rashid Khalidi
- Publication Date:
- 09-2021
- Content Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal:
- Journal of Palestine Studies
- Institution:
- Institute for Palestine Studies
- Abstract:
- The Journal of Palestine Studies is celebrating fifty years of uninterrupted publication as the journal of record on Palestinian affairs since its founding in 1971. Historian, book author, and Columbia University’s Edward Said Chair of Middle East Studies, Rashid Khalidi, has been at the helm as editor for almost two decades. In this article, he reflects on the Journal’s role in knowledge production on Palestine from a number of vantage points: the situation that obtained at the Journal’s founding when Palestinians simply did not have “permission to narrate” their own story in the Western public sphere; the evolution of the academic universe in the United States and its eventual embrace of disciplines, such as race, gender, Indigenous, and Palestine studies, once considered marginal or fringe; and the concomitant and virulent Zionist campaign to tar speech critical of Israel and the Zionist project with the brush of anti-Semitism, whether in the media, politics, or academia.
- Topic:
- BDS, Academia, Progressivism, Publishing, and Knowledge Production
- Political Geography:
- Middle East, Palestine, and United States of America
3. HOW TO GET RESEARCH TO IMPACT POLICY
- Author:
- Cyanne E. Loyle, Kathleen Cunningham, and Joe Young
- Publication Date:
- 05-2018
- Content Type:
- Commentary and Analysis
- Institution:
- Political Violence @ A Glance
- Abstract:
- As insular academics, we often grumble that if only people in power listened to us, the world would be a better place. Maybe this is the case, maybe this is wishful thinking. Regardless, it is not controversial to say that increased interactions and understanding between different experts across society is probably a good thing. Given this, what is the best way to get academic research and researchers in conversation with members of the policy community? Related, how do we recommend policy to this often diverse group of people? In March we held a National Science Foundation (NSF)-sponsored academic workshop at the Center for International Development & Conflict Management (CIDCM) at the University of Maryland on Rebel Governance and Legitimacy. As part of our workshop, we organized a policy/practitioner working group sponsored by American University. This meeting included practitioners from a range of government agencies, research centers, and think tanks, such as the US State Department, ICE, the Department of Homeland Security, the Stimson Center, and the Holocaust Memorial Museum among others. In addition to a conversation about our research findings from the CIDCM workshop, we engaged in a broader conversation about the relationship between our academic research and the challenges currently faced by the policy community. A lot has been made about translating between these communities (here and here as examples).
- Topic:
- Foreign Policy, Research, Academia, and Knowledge Production
- Political Geography:
- North America and United States of America