ABSTRACT
This last stage in the historical account concerns the developments from 1933 until 1945. During that period, the social and cultural dynamics at the universities which had determined the history of Middle East studies were overridden by outright political force, which in its most immediate form entailed the exclusion of university teachers and students on the grounds of so-called race, religion, and/or political convictions. Though much work still needs to be done, university history under the NS regime has received considerable scholarly attention in recent decades (e.g., Adam 1977; Beyerchen 1977; Losemann 1977; Heinemann 1980; Vezina 1982; Tröger 1984; Lundgreen 1985; Näf 1986, 2001; Becker et al. 1987/1998, Burleigh 1988; Titze 1989: 224-38; Krause et al. 1991; Heiber 1991-94; Chroust 1994, 2006; Gerstengrabe 1994; Hammerstein 1995, 1999; Marchand 1996: 340-54; Jehle 1996; Wegeler 1996; Nagel 2000; Hausmann 2001, 2002, 2003, 1998/2007; Junginger 1999, 2008).
