CURRICULUM VITAE
ANTONY
T. SULLIVAN
Personal:
Personal
Status: Married, two adult children
Address: 908 Westwood
Ann Arbor, Michigan
48103
Telephone: 734
996 2535
E-mail:
atsullivan4321@comcast.net
Education:
BA Yale, 1960: MA
Columbia; 1961: Ph.D University of Michigan, 1976.
PRINCIPAL PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT:
Assistant to the Program Officer, Relm and Earhart
Foundation (Ann Arbor, Michigan), 1970‑1971.
Program Officer, Relm and Earhart Foundation, 1971‑1978.
Corporate Secretary and Program Officer, Earhart
Foundation, 1978 –1987.
Corporate Secretary and Director of Program, Earhart
Foundation, 1987–2000 (retired 31 December 2000).
Senior Fellow, Mediterranean and Near East Programs,
Fund for American Studies, Washington, D.C, 2001-.
ACADEMIC/UNIVERSITY EMPLOYMENT AND AFFILIATION:
Instructor of History and English, Watkinson School,
Hartford, Connecticut (1961-1962).
Instructor of History, International College, Beirut,
Lebanon (1962-1967).
Freshman‑Sophomore Counselor, Office of Freshman‑Sophomore
Counseling, University of Michigan (1967-1968).
Lecturer (European and Middle East history), Hillsdale
College (Michigan) (1976-1977).
Center Associate, Center for Near East and North
African Studies, The University of Michigan (Honorary Appointment) (1987-)
Visiting Scholar, Saint George's College, Jerusalem
(1987; 1988)
Professor, Philosophy and History, International
Institute for Political and Economic Studies (www.iipes.org), Greece, sponsored
by Georgetown University and the Fund for American Studies (1997-).
Areas of Academic Specialization and/or Interest:
Arab and Islamic history, society and culture; Western
involvement in the Middle East; Dialogue between Western and Islamic
civilization; U.S. Foreign Policy and American national security; a wide range
of personal contacts especially in
Lebanon, Syria, and the Palestinian territories.
Books and Monographs:
1) Thomas‑Robert Bugeaud,
France and Algeria, 1784‑1849: Politics, Power and the
Good Society (Hamden, Connecticut: Archon Books, 1983).
Reviewed in: The
American Historical Review, Continuity: A Journal of History,
The Historian, Middle East Studies Association
Bulletin, The Middle East Journal, Military
Affairs, Modern Age, The University Bookman,
Times Literary Supplement (London), Rezensionen
(Germany).
2)
Palestinian Universities Under Occupation,
(Cairo, Egypt: The American University
in Cairo Press, 1988).
Reviewed in: Arab Studies Quarterly,
Chronicles of Culture, Harvard Educational Review, Journal
of Palestine Studies, Middle East Studies
Association Bulletin, Modern Age, The Middle
East Journal, The Muslim World
Contribution to Books:
1) "Khomeini Exploits Furor over
'Verses'," in Lisa Appignanesi and Sara Maitland, ed., The Rushdie
File, Syracuse, New York:
Syracuse University Press, 1990.
Commentary originally published in The Detroit News,
24 March 1989.
2) "The French Revolution, North Africa and
the Middle East," in David McComb, ed., World History: 1500 to the Present,
(V. II, Third Edition), Guilford, Connecticut:
The Dushkin Publishing Group, 1993.
3) "The Challenge to Liberal Modernity: Christianity, Islam and the Future," in
Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad and Ahmad Yousef, eds., Islam and the West: A Dialogue, Beltsville,
Maryland: United Association for
Studies and Research and American Muslim Foundation, 1998.
4) “Conservatism,
Pluralism, and Islam (in Turkish),” in Medeniyet Catismasi, Ankara, Turkey:
Association for Liberal Thinking, 2000.
5)
“Globalization and Culture Shock,” in Tim Kolly (rapporteur), Globalization: Prospects for Peace, Prosperity and World
Order, Chicago, Illinois: McCormick
Tribune Foundation, 2002.
6) “Conservative
Ecumenism: Politically Incorrect
Meditations on Islam and the West,”
in Islam and Global Dialogue:
Religious Pluralism and the
Pursuit of Peace,
London, UK: Ashgate, 2005.
Poetry
“Twilight in Khorasan,” published by poetry.com, 2005.
“American Mourning:
an Arabist’s Lament,” published by poetry.com, 2005. Winner of
poetry.com’s Editor’s Choice Award for displaying a “unique perspective and
original creativity.” Also
selected by the editors for inclusion
with 32 other poets in a professionally read, three-album CD set, entitled The
Sound of Poetry.
Articles, Review Essays, and Scholarly Comments:
"The Obstinate Mr. Doughty," Aramco World
Magazine, July‑August 1969, pp. 2‑5.
"Islam, Lebanon, and U.S. Middle East
Policy," Modern Age, Winter 1986, pp. 42‑49.
"Islam, Lebanon, and U.S. Middle East
Policy": Rebukes and Replies, Modern
Age, Winter 1987, pp. 60‑67.
"Israeli and Palestinian Voices: Anger and Hope," The World
and I, March 1987, pp. 128‑134.
"Politics and Relevance in Palestinian Higher
Education: The Case of Birzeit
University," American‑Arab Affairs, Winter 1988‑1989,
pp. 58‑69.
"The French Revolution, North Africa, and the
Middle East," The World and I, July 1989, pp.
563‑570 (republished in David McComb, ed., World History: 1500 to the Present,
The Dushkin Publishing Group, 1993).
"The Arab Awakening and Arab Nationalism," The
World and I, February 1990, pp. 467‑481.
"Poetry of the Heart: Bedouin Poetry Preserves Honor and Provides a Forum for
Dissent," The World and I, January 1991, pp.
421‑427.
"To Rule A Nation: Israel's Palestine
Policy," Arab Studies Quarterly, Summer/Fall 1991,
pp. 139‑144.
"Palestinian Universities in the West Bank and
Gaza Strip," Minerva: A
Review of Science, Learning and Policy,
Autumn 1991, pp. 249‑268; revised and updated version published in The
Muslim World, January‑April 1994, pp. 168‑188.
"Recent Developments in Palestinian Higher
Education and the CEEPAT Programme," Minerva: A Review
of Science, Learning and Policy, Spring
1995, pp. 37-43.
"Intellectual Origins of Islamic Resurgence in
the Modern Arab World," by Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi, in The Muslim
World, July-October 1996, pp. 367-377.
"Conservatism, Pluralism and Islam," Liberal
Dusunce Review, Spring 1997, pp. 71-78 (in Turkish).
"Jerusalem: Reality, Possibilities, Dreams,"
Middle East Affairs Journal, Vol. 3, Summer/Fall
1997, pp. 171-183.
"The West, Mediterranean Islam and the Search for
a New Beginning," Middle East Policy, October
1999, pp. 38-49.
“Hamas Perspectives on Peace, Dialogue, and
Resistance: Interview with Shaykh Hamid
K-al-Bitawi,” Middle East Affairs Journal,
Winter/Spring 2000, pp. 185-189.
“Improving East/West Relations Through Dialogue and
Inter-Religious Understanding:
Interview with Imam Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah, Middle East
Affairs Journal, Winter/Spring 2000, pp. 129-133.
“Has Samuel Huntington’s Prediction Come to Pass?”, The
Journal of the Historical Society,
Spring 2002, pp. 169-177.
“Wind, Sand, and Stars: Arabists, Arabs, and American Foreign Policy,” The Journal of
the Historical Society, Summer/Fall 2002, pp. 431-445.
“Whither Islam and the West?,” Middle East Affairs
Journal, Summer/Fall 2002, pp. 171-195.
“New Frontiers in the Ecumenical Jihad Against
Terrorism: Terrorism, Jihad, and the
Struggle for New Understandings,” The American Muslim, January-February
2003, at www.theamericanmuslim.org.
“The West and the Islamic World: The Search for a New Beginning,” al-Nashra,
(The Royal Institute for Interfaith Studies, Amman, Jordan), 2002, pp. 4-11 (in
Arabic).
“The West, Islam, and the Democratic Imperative,” Studies
in Contemporary Islam, Vol. 4, No.
1, Spring 2002, pp. 1-25.
“Understanding Jihad and Terrorism,” Historically
Speaking, Vol. 1V, Number 5, June 2003, pp. 33-35.
“Islam and the West After September 11: An Uneasy Crossroads. Interviews with Dr. Antony T. Sullivan,
Congressman Paul Findley and Joyce Davis,” Middle East Affairs Journal,
Vol. 9, 3-4, Summer/Fall 2003, pp. 85-99.
“Should American Policy Makers See Islam as an Enemy
of the West?,” The American Muslim (online), September, 2005.
“What Every U.S. Government Representative Seconded to
the Arab or Islamic World Needs to Know,” The American Muslim, The
American Muslim (online), September, 2005.
“How Well Should You be Sleeping?,” The National
Interest, September-October 2006, pp. 31-35. (Contribution to a symposium
of America five years after 9/11).
“A Bright, Shining Truth on Iraq,” an article
published in The National Interest Online, 24 October 2006.
“The Roadmap, Realistically,” The National Interest
Online, 22 November 2006.
“The ISG: Illusions Surrendered Group,” The
National Interest Online, 12.08.06.
“Levantine Labyrinths,” The National Interest,
May/June 2007.
“Islam, America, and the Political Economy of Liberty,”
Modern Age: A Quarterly Review, Vol. 49, No. 2, Spring 2007, pp.
148-155.
“The Israeli-Palestinian Situation,” Modern
Age: A Quarterly Review, Vol. 49,
No. 3, Summer 2007, pp. 285-289.
Short Reviews
The Art
of the Possible: Diplomatic
Alternatives in the Middle East, by Michael
Reisman, in The Academic Reviewer, Fall‑Winter 1973,
pp. 13‑14.
The Utopian
Vision of Charles Fourier: Selected Texts on Work,
Love, and Passionate Attraction, edited by Jonathan
Beecher and Richard Bienvenu, in The Academic Reviewer,
Fall‑Winter 1973, pp. 16‑18.
Expansion and
Reaction: Essays on
European Expansion and Reactions in Asia
and Africa, edited and with an introduction by H.L. Wesseling, in
TERRAE INCOGNITAE: The
Annals of the Society for the History
of Discoveries, Volume XI,1979,pp. 96‑97."A Clear View
of the Middle East" (review of Politics and Change in
the Middle East: Sources
of Conflict and Accommodation, by Roy R. Andersen,
Robert F. Seibert and Jon G. Wagner), in The University Bookman,
Spring, 1983, pp. 65‑67.
The United
States in the Middle East: Interests and Obstacles,
by Seth Tillman, in Middle East Insight, Volume Three,
Number One, 1983, pp. 42‑43.
Les
origines de la guerre du Rif, by
Germain Ayache, in The Middle East Journal, Autumn
1983, pp. 689‑691.
The Middle
East Remembered, by John S. Badeau, in American‑Arab
Affairs, Spring 1984, pp. 152‑154.
The Euro‑Arab
Dialogue: A Study in
Associative Diplomacy, ed. by Saleh A. Al‑Mani and Salah Al‑Shaikhly,
in The Middle East Journal, Summer 1984, p. 568.
The Republic
of Lebanon: Nation
in Jeopardy, by David C. Gordon, in Middle East Insight,
Volume Three, Number Four, 1984, p. 40.
The Genius
of Arab Civilization, edited by John R. Hayes, in American‑Arab
Affairs, Fall 1984, pp. 129‑131.
Connaissances
du Maghreb: Sciences
Sociales et colonisation, ed. by Jean‑Claude Vatin,
in The Middle East Journal, Summer 1985, pp. 411‑412.
The Arab
Predicament: Arab Political
Thought and Practice Since 1967, by Fouad
Ajami, in Modern Age, Fall 1985, pp. 365‑368.
The Blood
of Abraham, by Jimmy Carter, in American‑Arab Affairs,
Summer 1985, pp. 106‑109.
They Dare
To Speak Out: People
and Institutions Confront Israel's Lobby, by
Paul Findley, in Middle East Insight, Volume Four, Numbers
Four and Five, 1986, pp. 57‑59.
Reflections of
a Palestinian, by Mohammad Tarbush, in American‑Arab
Affairs, Spring 1986, pp. 128‑129.
Le Miroir: Apercu historique et statistique
de la Regence d'Alger, by Hamdan Khodja, in The
Middle East Journal, Summer 1986, pp. 529‑530.
The Other
Walls: The Politics
of the Arab‑Israeli Peace Process, by
Harold H. Saunders, in Middle East Insight, Volume Four,
Number Six, 1986, pp. 45‑46.
Muslim Law
Courts and the French Colonial State in
Algeria, by Allan Christelow, in The Muslim World,
April 1986, p. 135.
The West
Bank: History, Politics,
Society, and Economy, by Don Peretz, in American‑Arab
Affairs, Winter 1986‑1987, pp. 105‑107.
Algeria: The Revolution Institutionalized,
by John P. Entelis, in Arab Studies Quarterly, Spring
1987, pp. 212‑215.
Creating Facts: Israel, Palestinians and
the West Bank, by Geoffrey Aronson, in American‑Arab
Affairs, Spring 1988, pp. 133‑135.
War and
Intervention in Lebanon:
The Israeli‑Syrian Deterrence Dialogue,
by Yair Evron, in The Middle East Journal, Summer
1988, pp. 504‑505.
"The Prankster From Tripoli," (review of Qaddafi
and the Libyan Revolution by David Blundy and
Andrew Lycett), in Chronicles: A
Magazine of American Culture, May 1988, pp. 38‑39.
Islam and
Revolution in the Middle East, by Henry
Munson, Jr., in The Muslim World, July 1989, p. 258.
"Uri Avneri's My Friend, The
Enemy," by Uri Avneri, in The Return, September 1989,
pp. 34‑35.
"The Suez Files," (review of Cutting the
Lion's Tail: Suez Though
Egyptian Eyes by Mohamed H. Heikal), in Chronicles: A Magazine of American
Culture, November 1989, pp. 38‑39.
The Islamic
Question in Middle East Politics, by Alan R.
Taylor, in Arab Studies Quarterly, Fall 1989, pp. 119‑121.
Discovering Islam: Making Sense of Muslim
History and Society, by Akbar S. Ahmed, in Middle East
Studies Association Bulletin, December 1989, pp. 256‑257.
Piracy and
Diplomacy in Seventeenth‑Century North Africa: The Journal of Thomas
Baker, English Consul in Tripoli, 1677‑1685,
ed. by C.R. Pennell, in The Middle East Journal,
Winter 1990, pp. 148‑149.
Islam in
Perspective: A Guide
to Islamic Society, Politics, and Law,
by Patrick Bannerman, in Middle East Studies Association
Bulletin, July 1990, pp. 85‑86.
America's Confrontation
with Revolutionary Change in the Middle
East, 1948‑1983, by William Stivers, in Arab Studies
Quarterly, Summer/Fall 1990, pp. 133‑135.
Islam: The
Straight Path, by John L. Esposito, in Arab Studies
Quarterly, Summer/Fall 1991, pp. 149‑150.
"Follies of Development Theory," (review of The
Elementary Structures of Political Life: Rural Development in Pahlavi
Iran by Grace E. Goodell), in Modern Age, Fall 1991 pp. 84‑87.
Les etudes sur
le monde arabe et musulman en France: Contribution a un etat
des lieux‑propositions, in Middle East Studies
Association Bulletin, December 1991, pp. 244‑245.
"Arabs, Muslims, and History" (review of A
History of the Arab Peoples by Albert
Hourani), in Modern Age, Spring 1992, pp. 249-253.
Tribes with
Flags: A Dangerous Passage through the
Chaos of the Middle East, by Charles Glass,
in The Middle East Journal, Summer 1992, pp. 511‑512.
Peace and
International Conflict Resolution (Guides to Library of
Congress Subject Headings and Classification), in Middle East Studies
Association Bulletin, July 1992, p. 120.
The Origins
of Arab Nationalism, edited by Rashid Khalidi, Lisa
Anderson, Muhammad Muslih and Reeva S. Simon, in Middle East Policy,
V. 1, No. 2, 1992, pp. 151-154.
Shaping the
Gulf: In Search of
Order, by H.M. Amery and W.H. Madhoun, in Arab Studies Quarterly,
Winter 1993, pp. 114‑116.
Imagining the
Middle East, by Thierry Hentsch, in Middle East Policy,
V. 11, No. 1, 1993, pp. 144‑146.
The Islamic
Threat: Myth or Reality?,
by John L. Esposito, in Arab Studies Quarterly, Summer
1993, pp. 130‑133.
Inside the
Lebanese Confessional Mind, by Hilal Khashan, in Arab
Studies Quarterly, Fall 1993, pp. 95‑97.
Islam in
History: Ideas, People and Events in the
Middle East, by Bernard Lewis, in The University Bookman,
V. 34, N. 1, 1994, pp. 31‑33.
Le nationalisme
arabe, by Olivier Carre, in The Middle East Journal,
Summer 1994, pp. 546‑547.
The Arab
World: Society, Culture and State, by Halim
Barakat, in the International Journal of Middle East
Studies, V. 26, N. 2, May 1994, pp. 303‑305.
Peace for
Palestine: First Lost Opportunity, by Elmer Berger,
in the International Journal of Middle East Studies,
V. 26, N. 4, November 1994, pp. 715‑717.
Islamic Resurgence: Challenges, Directions and
Future Perspectives. A
Round Table with Kurshid Ahmad, ed. by
Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi, in The Muslim World, July-October
1994, pp. 365-367.
Bitter Legacy: Ideology and Politics in
the Arab World, by Paul Salem, in The Middle
East Journal, Spring 1995, pp. 349-351.
The Superpowers
and the Middle East: Regional and International Politics, 1955-1967, by Fawaz A.
Gerges, in Arab Studies Quarterly, Summer 1995, pp. 77-79.
Islams and
Modernities, by Aziz al-Azmeh, in the International Journal
of Middle East Studies,
V. 28, N. 1, February 1996, pp. 112-115.
Conflict Resolution
and Ethnicity, by Mohammed Rabie, in the International Journal
of Middle East Studies, V. 28, N. 1, February
1996, pp. 126-128.
The End
of Empire in the Middle East: Britain's Relinquishment of Power
in her Last Three Arab Dependencies,
by Glen Balfour-Paul, in The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences,
Summer 1996, pp. 265-268.
Rebel and
Saint: Muslim Notables,
Populist Protest, Colonial Encounters (Algeria
and Tunisia 1800-1904), by Julia A. Clancy-Smith, in The
Muslim World, July-October 1996, pp. 388-390.
A Sense
of Siege: The Geopolitics
of Islam and the West, by Graham E. Fuller
and Ian O. Lesser, in Arab Studies Quarterly, Summer 1996,
pp. 87-90.
"Democracy, Dragons and Delusions: The Middle East Today and Tomorrow," The
Middle East Journal, Summer 1997, pp. 437-440. For an exchange with Martin Kramer provoked
by this review essay, see The Middle East Journal, Winter
1998, pp. 157-159.
Cultural Schizophrenia: Islamic Societies Confronting
the West, by Daryush Shayegan, in Middle East Journal,
Spring 1999, pp. 320-321.
Political Islam: Revolution, Radicalism, or
Reform?, by John L. Esposito, ed., in Arab Studies Quarterly,
Fall 1999, pp. 109-112.
Arabism, Islamism
and the Palestine Question, 1908-1941: A Political History, by
Basheer M. Nafi, in The Muslim World, Spring 2000, pp.
244-247.
Islam Under Siege:
Living Dangerously in a Post-Honor World, by Akbar S. Ahmed, in Middle East Policy,
Spring 2004, pp. 154-159.
“The Case for Palestine: An International Law
Perspective,” by John Quigley, in Law and Politics Book Review (online),
Vol.15, no 5 (May 2005), pp. 366-369.
“The Struggle for Constitutional Power: Law, Politics,, and Economic Development in
Egypt,” by Tamir Moustafa, in Law and Politics Book Review (online).
Vol. 17, No. 9, 2007, pp. 768-771.
Lectures and Presentations
Some 80 lectures at such institutions as The
University of Michigan, American University of Beirut, University of
Mississippi, Hillsdale College, Wayne State University, Calvin College,
Michigan Technological University, Bloomsburg University, Birzeit University,
The Fletcher School of Law and
Diplomacy, Ferdowsi University (Mashad, Iran), The University of Iowa, Iowa
State University, Indianapolis, Dubuque, and Dallas Committees on Foreign Affairs, Cairo and al Fayyum
universities (Dar al-Ulum) (Egypt), The University of Maryland (College Park),
Kenyon College, Heidelberg College, Indiana University, and the Palestinian
Forum on Democracy (Gaza Strip).
Newspaper and Journalistic Articles, Interviews and
Letters
"Life Goes On Amid Turmoil in Beirut," The
Ann Arbor News, 5 October 1983.
"Local Experts:
Marines Should Go," The Ann Arbor News,
26 October 1983.
"The Problem in Lebanon: Fragmentation," Kenyon Collegian,
24 February 1984.
"U.S. Support for Lebanon Moderates Urged," The
Ann Arbor News, 29 June 1985.
"U.S.A., U.S.S.R. and The Middle East," Pathfinder,
December 1985, p. 3
"Lebanon Losing Its Chance for Peace," The
Detroit News, 14 February 1986.
"What Outlook for Peace?," AJME News,
December 1985 ‑ January 1986, pp. 1‑3.
"Expert Doubts Fair Mideast Peace," Indiana
Daily Student, 27 March 1986.
"Academics and Politics: Palestinian Universities Under Israeli
Occupation," Al Fajr, 21 February 1988.
"Needed: A
Reassessment of U.S. Middle East Policy," International Papers,
The World Youth Crusade for Freedom, September 1988.
"Reply to Daniel Pipes," in Chronicles: A Magazine of American
Culture, September 1988, pp. 50‑51.
"Slaying Will Rile Lebanon Even More, Say Local
Experts," The Ann Arbor News, 18 May 1989.
"U.S. Scholars Discuss Aftermath of Obeid's
Abduction," Al Fajr, 7 August 1989.
"Kelly's Visit Is a Get‑Acquainted Type
Tour for a New U.S. Official”, Al Fajr, 7 August 1989.
"Palestinian Universities and their Problems”,
The Bookman's Corner (Charles Goolsby, host), Arlington Community TV, Arlington,
Virginia, 2 October 1989.
"Islam, A Tolerant Faith," Policy Review”,
Summer 1990, pp. 94‑95.
"Sullivan Speaks on the Near Eastern Question”, The
Hillsdale College Collegian, 31 January 1991.
"More Trouble at War's End”, The Detroit
News, 21 February 1991.
"Iraq, Allies Push to Brink: Views Liken Two Leaders to Dealers”, The
Ann Arbor News, 23 February 1991.
"Can America Bring Peace?" (A Symposium on the Middle East), National
Review, 26 August 1991 (other contributors included J.B. Kelly, Dore
Gold, Shaw J. Dallal and Peter W. Rodman).
"West's Failures In Iran Speak To Limiting
Foreign Aid”, The Detroit News, 12 December 1991.
"The Middle East and the Intellectual War in the
U.S.”, al‑Fajr, 31 August
1992.
"A propos du voile
Islamique," L'Esprit Libre, No. 5, February 1995, p. 2.
"The Clash of Civilizations or the Wishful
Thinking of the Confrontationist School" (in English and Arabic), The
Diplomat: A Forum For
Dialogue of Cultures and Civilizations, 15
February 1996, pp. 18-19, 49-50 (see also the response by Abdel-Ilah Benikran
"A Comment on Antony Sullivan's Article," The Diplomat,
June 1996, pp. 50-51).
"Western and Islamist Leaders Consider 'Dialogue
of Cultures and Civilizations,'" Washington Report on
Middle East Affairs, August/September 1996, pp. 37, 98.
"Istanbul Conference Traces Islamic Roots of
Western Law, Society," The Washington Report on
Middle East Affairs, January/February 1996, pp. 36, 92.
"French Islam et Occident
Conference Stresses Muslim Moderation, Tolerance," The Washington
Report on Middle East Affairs,
April/May 1997, pp. 96-97.
"Taking the Mystery Out of Islam," The
World and I, September, 1997, pp. 22-25 (Introduction to a
special section on Islam with contributions from Abdulaziz Sachedina, Louis
Cantori, Graham E. Fuller, Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad, Jane I. Smith, and Fedwa
Malti-Douglas).
"Conservatism, Pluralism and Islam," The
Diplomat, June 1997, pp. 10-12.
Interview (with Ed Warner) on Voice of America (1 May
1997) concerning the current situation in Sudan.
Interview (with Ed Warner) on Voice of America (2 June
1997) concerning status of the Muslim community in the United States.
Interview (with Ed Warner) on Voice of America (28
January 1998) concerning Iraq and the United States.
“L’Islam et
L’Occident: Chassons les Malentendus,” Revue
de Presse, 20 juin 2000, le Cyber-Institut, Euro 92.
Interview (with Ed Warner) on Voice of America (19
October 2000) concerning Israeli-Palestinian relations.
“An Ancient
Voice on a Modern Debate,” The Washington Times, Forum Section, 29 April
2001.
Symposium (Debate):
“Should Policymakers see Islam as an Enemy of the West?” “No: Islam, Judaism and Christianity Historically
Produce Societies With Like Characteristics,” Insight Magazine, 16
October 2001.
Interviews with Muhammad al-Hachmi Hamdi,
al-Mustaqilla Television (U.K.), 1-3 March 2002, on the “Dialogue of
Civilizations.”
“Response to Capital Research Center Article on Muslim
Groups in ‘Organization Trends,’ April, 2002, in Capital Research Center Organization Trends, June, 2002.
“U.S. Gets Sudan to Ponder Peace” (with Louis J.
Cantori), The Baltimore Sun, 15 September 2002.
“Would Ousting Iraq’s Hussein Destabilize
Mideast? Yes: Possible Upheavals Might Create Problems Hurting U.S. Interests,”
The Detroit News, 22 September 2002.
“Did Bush Strengthen Case for Attacking Iraq? No,” The Detroit News, 30 January
2003.
“Keene Distorted Islam,” The Hill, 12 March
2003.
“What
Saddam’s Capture Means For America,” The Detroit News, 16 December 2003.
“Dimensions of National Security,” Muslim
Democrat, Vol. 6, No. 2, November 2004.
“Communication
Breakdown,” The New Republic Online, 3 March 2005 (Exchange on the Arabic language
with Joseph Braude)
“Dialogue
or Clash of Civilizations,” The Reader: A Journal of Iranian Culture, April, 2005. (Interview
conducted with Antony Sullivan by Dr.Ali Khazaee Far, Mashad, Iran, December 2004.
“Syria’s New Economic Liberalization and Business Intelligence: Theory and Praxis,” (with Muhammad al Agha), posted on the website of Strategic Axis Advisors (Damascus, Syria), May 2007:
Also numerous interviews on national and international media (including with Michael Dresser, Stan Solomon, Alan Nathan, Todd Feinberg, CNN Comcast Newsmakers, The Breakfast Club/Kingston, Jamaica), talk radio, and television concerning the Middle East.
Professional Activities:
Chair, "Michigan's Chicano Citizens," Annual
Meeting of Council of Michigan Foundations, 1974.
"Thomas‑Robert Bugeaud, France and
Algeria," paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for French
Colonial History, 1978.
Chair, "Problems and Prospects of Public Schools
in a Time of Austerity," Annual Meeting of Council of Michigan
Foundations, 1982
Chair, "Lebanese to Lebanese Dialogue," 1983
Near East Conference, The University of Michigan, 1983.
"The State of Freedom in the Middle East,"
paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Philadelphia Society, 1986.
Leader, tour for American professors to Israel, West
Bank, and Gaza Strip, summer 1986.
"Palestinian Universities Under Occupation,"
paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association,
1987 (panel organizer and Chair).
"Challenges to Palestinian Universities in the
Occupied Territories," paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the
Society for Comparative and International Education, 1987.
"Academics and Politics at Palestinian
Universities in the West Bank and Gaza," paper presented at the Annual
Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association, 1988.
Chair, "The China‑Japan‑United States
Triangle: A Forecast for the 1990's and
Beyond," Center for International Security and Strategic Studies,
Mississippi State University, 1988.
Invited lecturer on Gulf War (Political Science
460: Politics of Chemical and
Biological Warfare), University of Michigan, 3 and 5 March 1991.
Moderator and Discussant, "What Is Islam?",
First Methodist Church, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 7 April 1991.
Instructor, "The Gulf and the Search for Peace in
the Middle East" (Adult Minicourse), Alma College, Alma, Michigan, 28‑30
June 1991.
Chair, "Power and Weakness in State and
Society," Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association, 1991.
Chair, "18th and 19th Century Social
History," Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association, 1992.
"It Can't Happen Here: The Threat to Liberty," Annual Meeting of the John Randolph
Club, 1992.
"Intellectuals on the Right: The New Challenge to American Middle East
Policy," paper presented at an international conference at Birzeit
University (West Bank) sponsored by the Arab‑American University
Graduates (AAUG) on the topic, "Palestine, the Arab World and the Emerging
International System: Values, Culture
and Politics," 5‑9 July 1993.
Chair and Commentator, "The Conservative Mind in
America," Fall Regional Meeting of The Philadelphia Society, Dearborn,
Michigan, 1‑2 October 1993.
Organizer and Chair, "The Political Economy of
Liberty in the Arab and Islamic Middle East," Annual Meeting of the Arab‑American
University Graduates (AAUG), 1993 (Summary of papers published in AAUG Newsletter,
March 1994, pp. 5‑6); papers published in their entirety as a special
symposium in Middle East Policy, V. 3, No. 2, 1994, pp.
109‑124.
Chair, "Nationalist Movements," Annual
Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association, 1993.
Chair, "Implications of the Arab‑Israeli
Peace Process," Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association,
1994.
"Discourse and Dialogue: Reshaping Christian-Muslim Conversation in
the West," paper presented at a conference sponsored by the International
Institute of Islamic Thought on the topic, "Islam and the West,"
10-12 March, 1995.
Chair,"Proclaiming Identities," Annual
Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association, 1995.
Chair, "Politics, Religions and the Secular
City," at conference organized by Professor Jacob Neusner on
"Religion and the Political Order:
The State and the Sacred in Classical and Contemporary Christianity,
Islam, and Judaism," University of South Florida (St. Petersburg), 25
February 1996.
Chair, "Symposium on the Dialogue of Cultures and
Civilizations" (conference organized by The Diplomat),
London, 14-16 June 1996.
Chair, "The Mediterranean Powers and Foreign
Policy," Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association, 21-24
November 1996.
"Cultural Traditionalism and Western-Muslim
Dialogue," paper presented at conference in Paris sponsored by Islam et
Occident, 8-9 January 1997.
Conference Summation, "U.S.-Arab Relations and
the Challenge of Globalization," sponsored in Casablanca by the Foundation
on Democratization and Political Change in the Middle East, 12-20 February
1997.
"The New World Order, The West, and the Islamic
World," lecture in Khartoum
sponsored by the Sudanese Center for Geostrategic Studies, 12-20 March
1997.
“Jerusalem:
Realities, Possibilities, Dreams,” paper presented at conference in Jerusalem
organized by al-Quds University, 2-5 November 1997.
“Jihad, Ecumenical Jihad, and the New Century,” paper
presented at conference in Jerusalem by the Becket Fund, 16-18 December 1997
(subsequently published in Middle East Affairs Journal,
Vol. 3, Summer/Fall 1997, pp. 171-183).
"The New World Order: Hegemony or
Homogenization," paper presented at the International Institute of Islamic
Thought, Amman, Jordan, 20 December 1997.
"Globalization, Modernity and Tradition,"
paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Council for the Study of
Islamic Societies, 1998.
Participant, Liberty Fund colloquium, "Religion,
Constitutionalism, and Democratic Principles of Contemporary Islam," 25-28
February 1999.
"Turns in the Road: From There to Where?", paper presented at a conference of
the Circle for Tradition and Progress, Leicester, United Kingdom, 15-17 October
1999.
Participant, Liberty Fund Colloquium, "Commercial
Capitalism and Civilization: The Case
of Islam," 6-9 April 2000.
Chair, "Challenges and Opportunities for
East/West Cooperation," conference sponsored by the Center for
Christian-Muslim Understanding, Georgetown University, and the United
Association for Studies and Research, 26-28 April, 2000.
"Taking Stock," lecture delivered at the
Annual Meeting of the American Council for the Study of Islamic Society, 29-30
April 2000.
“Voegelin, Kirk, Eaton and Manzoor: Western and Muslim Critiques of the
Enlightenment Paradigm,” and “Thinking About Islam, the West, and the Future,”
papers presented at a meeting of the International Association of Middle East
Studies (Berlin, Germany, 4-8 October 2000).
Chair, “Religion, Islam and Democracy in the
Contemporary Middle East,” Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies
Association, 2000.
Participant, Thematic Conversation: “Religion as Explanation: Putting Islam First,” Annual Meeting of the
Middle East Studies Association, 2000.
“The Problematic of Professor Huntington and the
Return of Civilizations,” paper presented at the Fletcher School of Law and
Diplomacy, Tufts University, 4 December 2000.
Lecture, “What is Islam?”, Hillsdale College, 28
December 2000.
Participant, Liberty Fund Colloquium, “Civil Society
in the Middle East,” 1-4 March 2001.
Chair, “Democracy in Practice, and Islam in Context,”
Annual Conference of the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy,
Georgetown University, 7 April 2001.
Lecture, “Whither Islam and the West?”, The University
of Maryland (College Park), 23 April
2001.
Plenary Session Address (with Shawn Steel, Chair, Republican Party, State of California),
“The Present Crisis,” American Muslim Alliance Annual Meeting, San Jose, CA, 13 October 2001.
Plenary Session Address, “Tradition, Modernity, and
the Future,” Association of Muslim Social Scientists Annual Meeting, Dearborn,
Michigan, 26 October 2001.
“Terrorism,” paper presented at the Association of
Muslim Social Scientists Annual Meeting, Dearborn, Michigan, 26 October 2001.
“Christian-Muslim Understanding: The Way Forward,” paper presented at a
conference in Doha, Qatar, organized by The Muslim Institute, Washington, D.C.,
28 March 2002.
“Clashes, Cultures, and Conversations: The West, the
Muslim World, and The Way Forward,” paper presented at the Royal Institute for
Interfaith Studies, Amman, Jordan, 1 April 2002.
Chair, “Political Violence in the Middle East: Causes and Consequences,” annual Meeting of
the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy, Washington, D.C., 7 April
2002.
“Islam and the political Economy of Liberty,” paper
presented at an Atlas Foundation Workshop, Philadelphia, PA, 10 April 2002.
“America, the Middle East, and the War on Terrorism,”
Distinguished Visiting Lecture, Loomis-Chaffee School, Windsor, Conn., 26 April
2002.
Rapporteur, Sessions on “Curriculum,” Conference of
the Center for Civic Education for university professors, 1-2 June 2002.
“The American Muslim Community and the U.S.
Government: the Search for a Modus Vivendi,” paper delivered at the Islamic
Circle of North America and the Muslim American Society, Baltimore, Maryland, 5
July 2002.
Participant, Liberty Fund Conference, “Commercial
Capitalism and Civilization: The Case
of Islam,” 30 January-1 February 2003.
“The Arab Political Order: Evolution or Revolution,” paper delivered at the Qatar Conference on Democracy and Free
Trade, Doha, Qatar, 15 April 2003.
“After Iraq:
Whither the Arab World?,” paper delivered at the International Institute
for Islamic Thought, Amman, Jordan, 23 April 2003.
“Summary and Concluding Remarks” (with Akbar Ahmad),
Fourth Annual Conference of the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy
(“Why Democracy and Why Now?”), Washington, D.C., 16-17 May 2003.
“Toleration Among Civilizations: Towards Democracy and Security for All,”
paper delivered at an international conference on “Tolerance Values: Towards Human Security” sponsored by the
Regional Human Security Center at the Jordan Institute for Diplomacy, Amman,
Jordan, 20-22 October 2003
“West and East: Conflict or Cooperation?,” paper
delivered to an AK Party International Conference, Istanbul, Turkey,10-11 January 2004.
“Why Democracy and Why Now?,” paper presented at a
workshop on democracy sponsored by the Center for the Study of Islam and
Democracy and the Association for Liberal Thinking, Ankara, Turkey, 13-14
January 2004.
“Liberalism, Conservatism, and Islam: Shaping a Democratic Future for the Middle
East,” paper delivered to a conference sponsored by the Center for the Study of
Islam and Democracy, Amman, Jordan, 20-21 January 2004.
“The Middle East Today,” lecture presented to Ann
Arbor, Michigan, social studies teachers, 20 April 2004
Chair, “The Role of Social Organizations in Promoting
Justice,” 2004 Annual Conference of the Center for the Study of Islam and
Democracy (CSID).
“Globalisation, Catastrophes, and Responses,” paper
delivered at an international conference on “Inter-Civilizational Dialogue in a
Globalising World, New Delhi, India, 8-10 April 2005.
Chair, “The Impact of Globalisation on Democratization
and Development,” 2005 Annual Conference of the Center for the Study of Islam
and Democracy (CSID). Also delivered a
banquet address intreoducing former Malaysian Vice Premier Anwar Ibrahim and
presented to him the CSID “Muslim Democrat of the Year” award.
Moderator, Atlas Economic Research Foundation
workshop, “The Muslim World and the Challenge of Freedom,” Tarrytown, New York,
6 June 2005.
Summary and Concluding Remarks, 2005 Annual Conference
of the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID), Washington, D.C.
“What Every U.S. Government Official Assigned to the
Arab or Islamic World Needs to Know,” remarks made at the Foreign Service
Institute to students in training for assignment abroad, 23 June 2005.
Lecture,“U.S. Foreign Policy and the Middle East,”
delivered in Egypt at Cairo University (Dar al Ulum), Cairo University
(Department of Political Science and Economics), Fayyuum University (Dar al
Ulum), and the American Cultural Center in Alexandria under the auspices 0f the
American Embassy. Also at the Institute
of Economics, Bucharest, Romania., March, 2006
Lecture, “Islam, America, and the Political Economy of
Liberty, lecture, Grove City College, PA, 5 May 2006
Chair, “Theoretical Analysis of Democratization in the
Muslim World,” Annual Meeting of the Center for the Study of Islam and
Democracy, Washington, D.C.,
5-6 May 2006
Chair, “Citizenship in Islam,” Annual Meeting of the
Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy, Washington, D.C., 5-6 May 2006
Chair, “Challenges for Democracy in Muslim Asia,”
Annual Meeting of the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy,” 5-6 may,
2006
Lecture, “The Riddle of Palestine: Arab Politics, U.S. Policy, and the
Dialectic of Civilizations,” delivered in Salt Lake City, Utah, Dubuque, Iowa, and
Minneapolis, Minnesota under the auspices of the American Committees of Foreign
Relations during 2006
Lecture, “Freedom in Islam from a Political
Perspective: Problems and Prospects of Democracy in the Islamic World,”
delivered at a conference sponsored by the Atlas Foundation, “Finding Common
Ground: The Challenge of Freedom in the
West and in the Muslim World,” McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 14-15
November 2006
Lecture, “Terrorism and U.S. Foreign Policy,”
sponsored by the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, Wayne State University,
Detroit, Michigan, 27 February 2007
Chair, “Women’s Political and Social
Empowerment,”Annual Meeting of the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy,
Wsashington, D.C., 27 April 2007
Co-Director of Liberty Fund Conference on “Islam and
Liberty,” Cincinnatti, Ohio, 22-25 may 2007
Panel Chair, “America and the World,” 2007 inaugural
meeting of the Academy of Philosophy and Letters, Baltimore, Maryland, 1-3 June
2007
Paper, “America, Islam, and the Political Economy of
Liberty,” 2nd Istanbul Conference on Democracy and Global Security,
Istanbul, Turkey, 14-17 June 2007
Fellowships and Honors:
Sophie Davis Tucker Fellowship (1967‑1968); H.B. Earhart Fellowship (1968‑1969; 1969‑1970); Phi Kappa Phi (1969); Center for Near East and North African Studies, University of Michigan (1970); Department of History, University of Michigan (1973); Participant, Renaissance Weekend (1998-); Member, The Cosmos Club (Washington, D.C., 2006-)
Languages:
French (fluent); Arabic (advanced)
Academic and/or Public Policy Affiliations
The Philadelphia Society (member,1974-2004, resigned 2004); Alliance Francaise d'Ann
Arbor (Vice-President, 1978-1982); Michigan Selection Committee, Malcolm Kerr
Scholarships National Council for U.S.-Arab Relations, (1986-1988); Advisory
Board, Modern Age, 1987 - ); Alumni Records Coordinator,
International College, Beirut, Lebanon (1991); Michigan Grants Committee,
National Council for U.S.-Arab Relations (1991 - ); Claude R. Lambe Fellowship
Review Committee, Institute for Humane Studies (1993); Editorial Advisory
Board, The Muslim World, (1994 - ); Advisory Board,
Minaret of Freedom Institute (19942005, Director-2006- ); Advisory Board, The
Diplomat, (1996); Co-Founder and Member of the Steering Committee, The
Circle of Tradition and Progress, London, U.K., (1997 - ); Advisory Board, Fund
for American Studies Middle East Program, (1997 -); Member, Board of Directors,
Michigan Council for the
Humanities, (appointee of
Governor John Engler), (1996 - 1999); Member, Board or Directors,
Center for the Study of
Islam and Democracy
(2002-2004, Acting Chair and Vice Chair, 2004-2007); Advisory Board, Middle East Affairs
Journal (2000-2005)
Community
Service and Philanthropic Activities
Council of Michigan Foundations (Steering Committee,
1973-1975; Program Committee, 1981-1982; Advisory Cabinet, 1988-; Independent
Foundations Committee, 1994 - ); United Fund of Ann Arbor (Appropriations
Committee, 1973-1975); Senior Citizens Guild, Ann Arbor (Board of Directors,
1982-1983); Greenhills School, Ann Arbor (Parents Advisory Board, 1977-1979);
Eton Academy (then Adventure School), Birmingham, Michigan (Chairman, Board of
Trustees, 1982-1985).
Manuscript Reviewer
Arab Studies
Quarterly
Middle East
Policy Council
Presidential
Studies Quarterly
The American
Journal of Islamic Social Sciences
The Middle
East Journal
The Journal
of Historical Sociology
Foreign Travel:
Most of Middle East and Europe, 1962‑1967; also
India and Southeast Asia (1965); Morocco (1970); France (1972 and 1973);
Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Israel/West Bank (1974); Greece (1977); France (1979);
Lebanon, Israel/West Bank (1983); Jordan, Israel, West Bank (1985); Israel,
West Bank, Gaza (1986 ‑ Tour Leader); Israel, West Bank (1987); Israel,
West Bank, France (1989); Israel, West Bank, France (1990); Israel, West Bank,
France (1992); Israel and West Bank (1993); England, France, Israel and West
Bank (1995); England and Turkey (1996); France, Morocco, Sudan, Greece, Israel,
West Bank/Gaza, Jordan (1997); Greece, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and Syria (1998);
Greece, Lebanon, Israel, West Bank, 1999; Greece, Lebanon, Syria, Israel, West
Bank, Gaza, Jordan, 2000; Greece 2001;
Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Qatar, Greece, Sudan (2002); Greece, Jordan,
Lebanon, Qatar (2003); Greece, Qatar, Bahrein, Uman (2004); India, Romania,
Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and Greece (2005); Lebanon, Egypt, Romania’ and Greece
(2006); Turkey, Greece, Lebanon, Syria, and Egypt (2007).
Date: December, 2007