Thirty years after the famous debate between Prof. Bernard Lewis and the late Prof. Edward Said, on the direction of Middle East studies:

Where does the discipline stand today? 

In his Keynote address at the recent Ninth Annual ASMEA Conference, Prof. Martin Kramer, founding president of Shalem College and author of Ivory Towers on Sand, shares his analysis of the impact of this watershed moment on Middle East studies, the social sciences, and the subsequent creation of ASMEA.

Click here for 29 min. video of talk