Joel Beinin

Professor of Middle Eastern History

At Stanford Since 1983

Ph.D., A.M.L.S., University of Michigan
A.M., Harvard University
A.B., Princeton University

Lectures:

• The Middle East in the Twentieth Century

• Women in the Modern Middle East

• Palestine, Zionism, and the Arab-Israeli Conflict

• Empires and Cultures in the Modern World

Colloquia and Seminars:

• Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict

• Confronting Islam: The United States and the Middle East Since 1967 (freshman seminar)

• The New Global Economy, Oil, and Islamic Movements in the Middle East

• Economic and Social History of the Modern Middle East

• Research Seminar in the Modern Middle East

BOOKS: 

• The Struggle for Sovereignty: Palestine and Israel, 1993-2005 (Stanford University Press, forthcoming 2006); co-edited with Rebecca L. Stein

• Political Islam: Essays from Middle East Report (University of California Press, 1996); co-edited with Joe Stork

• Intifada: The Palestinian Uprising Against Israeli Occupation (South End Press, 1989); co-edited with Zachary Lockman

RECENT ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS:

• “Forgetfulness for Memory: The Limits of the New Israeli History,” Journal of Palestine Studies 35 (no. 2, winter 2005):6-23.
• “Political Islam and the New Global Economy: The Political Economy of an Egyptian Social Movement,” The New Centennial Review 5 (no. 1, spring 2005):111-39.
• “The New American McCarthyism: Policing Thought about the Middle East,” Race & Class 46 (no. 1, July-September 2004):101-15; revised and expanded version: “The New McCarthyism: Policing Thought about the Middle East,” in Academic Freedom after September 11th, edited by Beshara Doumani (Zone Press, forthcoming).
• “Jews as Native Iraqis: An Introduction,” Foreword to Nissim Rejwan’s The Last Jews in Baghdad” (University of Texas Press, 2004), pp. xi-xxii.
• “Imposed Normalization and Cultural Transgression: Cultural Politics in Egypt and Israel since the 1979 Peace Treaty,” in John Bunzl (ed.) In God's Name?
  Islam, Judaism and the Political Role of Religions in the Middle East (Florida Universities Press, 2004), pp. 137-55.
• “The Karaites in Modern Egypt,” in Meira Polliack (ed.), Karaite Judaism: A Guide to its History and Literary Sources (Brill Press, 2003), pp. 417-30.
• “The United States-Israeli Alliance,” in Tony Kushner and Alisa Solomon (eds.) Wrestling with Zion: Progressive Jewish American Responses to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (Grove Atlantic Press, 2003), pp. 41-50.
• “Middle East Studies after September 11: Presidential Address to the Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association of North America,” MESA Bulletin 37 (no. 1, Summer 2003):2-18.
• “The Israelization of American Middle East Policy Discourse,” Social Text 21 (no. 2, summer 2003):125-39.
• “Nationalism in Israel: An Overview”, Saturday Seminar for Teachers, Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies, New York University, summer 2003 www.nyu/gsas/program/neareast
• “Is Terrorism a Useful Term in Understanding the Middle East and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict?” Radical History Review no. 85 (winter 2003):12-23.
• “Anti-Zionism, Anti-Semitism, and the Jewish Community in Egypt, 1939 to the Present,” Hagar: International Social Science Review 3 (no. 1, 2002):51-66.
• “Late Capitalism and the Reformation of the Working Classes in the Middle East” in Histories of the Modern Middle East: New Directions, Israel Gershoni, Hakan Erdem, and Ursula Wökek eds., (Lynne Rienner Press, 2002).
• “The Jewish Business Elite in Twentieth Century Egypt: Pillars of the National Economy or Compradors?” Bulletin of the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies 1 (no. 2, Autumn 1999): 113-38.
• “The Working Class and Peasantry in the Middle East: From Economic Nationalism to Neoliberalism,” Middle East Report no. 210 (Spring 1999):18-22.
• “Palestine and Israel: Perils of a Neoliberal, Repressive, Pax Americana,” Social Justice 25 (no. 4, 1998):20-39.
• “Society and Economy, 1923-1952,” in The Cambridge History of Egypt, M.W. Daly ed., (Cambridge University Press, 1998) 2:309-33.
• “Political Economy and Public Culture in a State of Constant Conflict: 50 Years of Jewish Statehood,” Jewish Social Studies 4 (no. 3, 1998):96-141.
• “Nazis and Spies: Representations of Israeli Espionage and Terrorism in Egypt,” Jewish Social Studies 2 (no. 3, 1996):54-84.

RECENT JOURNALISM AND ANALYSIS OF CURRENT EVENTS

• “Popular Social Movements and the Future of Egyptian Politics,” March 10, 2005, Middle East Report on Line
• "Imperial Lament," a review of: Niall Ferguson's Colossus: The Price of America's Empire, July 26, 2004 Middle East Report on Line
• "The US Congress Defies the World Court on Israel's Separation Barrier," July 20, 2004
• “Acts of Refusal: An Interview with Rela Mazali,” Middle East Report (no. 231, Summer 2004):22-25.
• “No More Tears: Benny Morris and the Road Back from Liberal Zionism,” Middle East Report no. 240 (Spring 2004):38-45.
• “'The Greater Middle East” and Prospects for Arab-American Dialogue and its Obstacles (in Arabic) al-Adab 52 (no. 5-6, May-June 2004): 31-43.
• “The Good War,” a review essay of: The Yom Kippur War: The Epic Encounter that Transformed the Middle East by Abraham Rabinovich and The Eve of Destruction: The Untold Story of the Yom Kippur War by Howard Blum, The Nation, May 31, 2004.
• “Thought Control for Middle East Studies,” History News Network, March 30, 2004 http://hnn.us/roundup/entries/4374.html reprinted at Alternet.org, Common Dreams.org, Axisoflogic.com, and Asia Times (Singapore), April 3, 2004
• “Sharon’s Unilateral Steps,” Middle East Report Online, Dec. 31, 2003
• “Iraq Today,” interview with Stanford Journal of International Relations 5 (no. 1, Fall 2003):57-58
• “Wise Words on Deaf Ears,” Index on Censorship 32 (no. 3, July 2003):51-59
  “Un ‘think tank’ au service du Likoud,” Le Monde Diplomatique, July 2003 (French, English, German, and Spanish editions)
• “Pro-Israel Hawks and the Second Gulf War,” Middle East Report Online, April 6, 2003, reprinted in Kenneth Brown (ed.), L’Irak de la crise au chaos, (Paris: Ibis Press, 2004), pp. 126-30
• “The Israeli Election Campaign Avoids the Issues,” Middle East Report Online, Jan. 14, 2003, http://www.merip.org/mero/mero011403.html
• “Neo-Conservatives in the U.S. Threaten Academic Freedom,” ISIM Newsletter (January 2003)
• “Who’s Watching the Watchers?” History News Network, Sept. 30, 2002
• “An Obligation to Question Prevailing Wisdom,” Los Angeles Times, Dec. 30, 2001 (syndicated)
• “The Reasons for Hate,” Stanford Daily, Oct. 2, 2001; Jordan Times, Oct. 23, 2001
• “Camp David II,” Press Information Note #26, Middle East Research and Information Project, July 26, 2000; reprinted in Peacework, September 2000
• “Israel’s Cabinet Crisis and the Political Economy of Peace,” Press Information Note #23, Middle East Research and Information Project, June 19, 2000
• “The Oslo Process Back on Track?” Press Information Note #8, Middle East Research and Information Project, Oct.7, 1999; translated and reprinted in al-Safir (Beirut), Oct. 13, 1999
• “Israel’s New Government,” Press Information Note #5, Middle East Research and Information Project, July 10, 1999
• “Interpreting Israel's 1999 Election Campaign,” Press Information Note #2, Middle East Research and Information Project, April 16, 1999
• “The Demise of the Oslo Process,” Press Information Note #1, Middle East Research and Information Project, March 11, 1999

• Fellow, Center for Arabic Study Abroad, Cairo, 2004
• Knight Favorite Professor, 2004
• Graduate Service Recognition Award, 2004
• Hewlett Faculty Research Grant, 2003 (Egypt)
• Distinguished Visiting Professor, Department of History, American University in Cairo, December 2002
• Mellon Foundation, Sawyer Seminar grant, 2002-04
• Fellow, Stanford Humanities Center, 1999-2000
• Fellow, University of California Humanities Research Institute, Winter 2000 (declined)
• Hewlett Faculty Research Grant, 1997 (Palestine and Israel)
• Social Science Research Council Advanced Research Grant, 1994 (Israel and France)
• Fulbright Research Grant, 1992-93 (Israel and Egypt)
• Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching, 1990
• Fellow, Stanford Humanities Center, 1987-88
• National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend, 1987 (research in Israel)
• Fellow, American Research Center in Egypt, 1986
• Pew Foundation Grant, 1985, 1987 (research in Israel)
• National Endowment for the Humanities Travel to Collections Grant, 1984, 1988 (England and Israel)
• Fellow, Fulbright Hays Doctoral Dissertation Abroad Program, 1980-81 (Egypt, France, and England)

• Faculty Advisory Committee on Islamic Studies, 2002-present
• Jewish Studies, Faculty Advisory Committee, 1988-present
• Modern Thought and Literature, Committee in Charge, 1993-99 (Director, 1995-99)
• Feminist Studies, Program Committee, 1995-98; International Relations Resource Faculty, 1984-97
• Conflict and Change in Western Culture (Western Culture track), 1985-88
• Resident Fellow, Potter House, 1995-99
• Coordinator, Workshop on Empires and Cultures, 1995-97, 1999-2001, 2002-03 

• Co-Editor, Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures, 2004-
• President, Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA), 2001-02
• Board of Directors, Middle East Research and Information Project
• Board of Directors, MESA, 1993-96, 2000-03
• Editorial Committee, Middle East Report, 1981 97, 2003 - (Chair 1987; Reviews Editor, 1988-95; Contributing Editor,1999-2003)