Le CEDEJ, sa bibliothèque, son service de documentation et ses locaux de recherche sont des outils qui ont servi à des centaines de chercheurs français, européens et égyptiens et plus encore d’étudiants. Le CEDEJ est lié par des conventions avec de nombreux établissements universitaires et de recherche.
La lettre en anglais, reproduite ci-dessous, est à une initiative d’universitaires égyptiens (Université du Caire et American University in Cairo). Elle a été envoyée aux autorités françaises. Elle donne un aperçu du rayonnement local et international du CEDEJ.
December 17, 2009
His Excellency Jean Félix-Paganon
Ambassador, Embassy of France to the Arab Republic of Egypt
29 Rue Charles de Gaulle
Giza, Egypt
B.P. 1777
jean.felix-paganon@diplomatie.gouv.frMarie Masdupuy
Consul-General Consulate General of France in Egypt
5 Sekket El Fadl Cairo, Egypt
B.P. 1777
cgfcaire@link.netcc: Jean-Pierre Debaere
Cultural Counselor
Centre Français de Culture et de Coopération
1 Rue Madrasset El Huquq El Frinseya, Mounira
Cairo, Egypt
jean-pierre.debaere@cfcc-eg.orgDear Ambassador Félix-Paganon and Consul Masdupuy:
The undersigned scholars and researchers are writing to express serious concern and dismay at the recent decision to close by the end of this month the valuable library of the Centre d’Études et de Documentation Économiques, Juridiques et Sociales (CEDEJ). CEDEJ is one of the premier research institutions in Egypt, supporting a steady stream of significant social research on Egypt and the Arab world.
Shuttering any kind of library in Egypt is a real loss. Social science research in the country is hamstrung by scant resources, political and bureaucratic constraints, and notorious difficulty in securing even the most basic information. In such a context, the resources offered by CEDEJ are nothing short of indispensable for both generalists and specialists working in dozens of disciplines.
Closing the CEDEJ library in particular would be tragic. Since 1969, the library has been a unique and welcoming space for researchers hailing from all parts of the world. Its holdings have been raw materials for hundreds of theses, articles, and books. And its dedicated staff of seven is unfailingly helpful and professional; some have been serving library patrons for more than two decades.
As you know, the library houses in one compact space a wealth of sources: social science periodicals published in Egypt, Europe, and elsewhere, including publications of the Egyptian women’s press of the 1920s and 1930s; books on Egyptian and Arab politics in several languages, some dating from the early 20th century; a rich archive of Egyptian press clippings from 1977 to the present on a wide range of topics, perhaps the best such archive in Egypt; and Egyptian government documents, including contemporary ministerial reports and censuses dating from 1848.
In the spirit of knowledge-building that CEDEJ has embodied for so many years, we strongly urge you to reconsider the decision and keep the library doors open. Generations of past and future researchers will be grateful.
Sincerely,
- Mona Abaza, Professor, American University in Cairo
- Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi, Associate Professor, The University of Tehran
- Aleya Abdel-Hadi, Emeritus Professor, Helwan University
- Rabab Ibrahim Abdulhadi, Associate Professor, San Francisco State University
- Reem Abu Zahra, Researcher, EBHRC, American University in Cairo
- Raja Adal, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University
- Gerd Marie Adna, Associate Professor, School of Mission and Theology, Norway Hatsuki Aishima
- Nabila Al-Asyouti, Senior Instructor, ALI, American University in Cairo
- Holger Albrecht, Assistant Professor, American University in Cairo
- May al-Ibrashy, Lecturer, The British University in Egypt
- Mustapha al-Sayyid, Cairo University
- Evelyn Alsultany, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
- Saeed Alwakil, Arabic Language Institute, American University in Cairo
- Mona Amer, French Section Coordinator, Political Science Faculty, Cairo University
- Lisa Anderson, Provost, American University in Cairo
- Hadjar Aouardji, Sciences Po – CERI
- Lucien Arino, Director of Centre Rézodanse, Egypte
- Walter Armbrust, University Lecturer, University of Oxford
- Khaled Asfour, Associate Professor, Misr International University
- Ika Audano, University of Leipzig
- André Azzam, Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale
- Paola Bacchetta, Professor, University of California-Berkeley
- Beate Backe, University of Leipzig
- Andrea Baer, PhD Student, Centre Sèvres, Paris
- Anna Baldinetti, Associate Professor, Università degli Studi di Perugia
- Celame Barge, ex-Chercheur Associé CEDEJ Réalisatrice
- Hannes Baumann, PhD Candidate, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London
- Asef Bayat, Professor, Leiden University
- Claire Beaudevin, Paul Cezanne University, France
- Joel Beinin, Professor, Stanford University
- Lise Bender Joergensen, Professor, Norwegian University of Science & Technology
- Sarah Ben Néfissa, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
- Emanuel Beska, Research Fellow, Slovak Academy of Sciences
- Almut Besold, Oriental Institute, Leipzig University
- Francesca Biancani, PhD Candidate, The London School of Economics and Political Science
- Cécile Boëx, PhD Candidate, IFPO Damas/ IREMAM Aix en Provence
- Anne-Sylvie Boisliveau, PhD Candidate, IREMAM (Aix-Marseille University)
- Marilyn Booth, Professor, The University of Edinburgh
- Assia Boutaleb, Assistant Professor, University Paris VIII-St Denis
- Fatiha Bouzidi, Graphic Designer
- Anna Bozzo, University of Roma Tre
- Laurie Brand, Professor, University of Southern California
- Torsten Brandenburg, Centre for Research on the Arab World, University of Mainz
- Imco Brouwer, Independent Researcher
- Jason Brownlee, Associate Professor, University of Texas-Austin
- Philipp Bruckmayr, Institute of Oriental Studies - University of Vienna
- Friedemann Buettner, Professor (rtd.), Freie Universitaet Berlin
- Nils A Butenschøn, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo
- Dalia Chams, Journalist, al-Ahram Hebdo newspaper
- Chérine Chams El Dine, Maitre de Conférences, Université du Caire.
- Kiren Chaudhry, Associate Professor, University of California, Berkeley
- Hannah-Louise Clark, PhD Candidate, Princeton University
- Anne Clement, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Toronto
- Catherine Cobham, Lecturer, University of St Andrews, Scotland
- Lawrence Cohen, Associate Professor, University of California, Berkeley
- Juan Cole, Professor, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
- Fanny Colonna, Directrice de Recherche Emérite au CNRS
- Peter Colvin, Library, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
- Helene Condylis, Professeur d’etudes arabes a l’Universite d’Athenes
- Eduardo Costa Dias, Professeur, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa
- Federico Cresti, Dipartimento di Studi politici dell’Università di Catania
- Philip Croom, Associate Dean for Rare Books, American University in Cairo Libraries
- Kenneth Cuno, Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Huma Dar, Postdoctoral Scholar, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
- May Darwich, Institut d’Etudes Politiques
- Anne-Claire de Gayffier-Bonneville, Ecoles de Saint Cyr-Coëtquidan-France
- Randi Deguilhem, CNRS, Directrice de Recherche, IREMAM-MMSH, Aix-en-Provence
- Nicolas de Lavergne, IFPO
- Jean-Baptiste Demaison, Filière francophone, Université du Caire
- Lateitian Derenne, Volontaire AFVP-PACA Bibliothéca, section jeunesse
- Helene Djoufelkit-Cottenet, Senior Advisor, World Bank
- Sabine Dörry, Goethe-University of Frankfurt am Main
- Maria Adib Doss, Paris II Pantheon
- Assas Madiha Doss, Cairo University
- Dick Douwes, Dean, Faculty of History and Arts, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
- Kim Duistermaat, Director, Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo (NVIC)
- Hans-Georg Ebert, Universitaet Leipzig / Orientalisches Institut
- Jill Edwards, Director of European Studies Graduate Program, American University in Cairo
- Lamia Eid, Director, Center of Excellence for the Middle East, American University in Cairo
- Ahmed H. I. El Ahwany, Professor, Cairo University
- Malika El Bouarfati, Graduate of Oriental Studies at University of Francfort, Germany
- Mohamed El Dahshan - Sciences-Po Paris
- Saneya Elfiky, Researcher, Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies
- Mona El-Ghobashy, Assistant Professor, Barnard College/Columbia University
- Alaa el-Habashi, Associate Professor, Monofia University
- Kismet Mohamed El Husseiny, American University in Cairo
- Walid El-Khachab, York University, Canada
- Mona El-Kouedi, PhD Candidate, King’s College London
- Rabab El-Mahdi, Assistant Professor, American University in Cairo
- Sophie Elmenthaler, Studentin der Arabistik, Universität Leipzig
- Rose Elmihy, Political Science Researcher
- Hoda El Ridi, Head of Interlibrary Loan, American University in Cairo Libraries
- May El Sallab, Program Officer, Women and Memory Forum, Cairo
- Ines El-Serafi, Maitre de conferences, Cairo University
- Waleed el-Shobaki, Librarian for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Manchester
- Julia Elyachar, Assistant Professor, University of California, Irvine
- Amal Ewida, Researcher, al-Ahram daily newspaper
- Judith Ezekiel, Maître de conferences, Université de Toulouse le Mirail
- AbdelAziz EzzelArab, Professor, American University in Cairo
- Khaled Fahmy, Associate Professor, New York University
- Iman Farag, Sociologist, CEDEJ
- May Farouk, Cairo University
- Amanda Fields, Instructor, American University in Cairo
- Alexander Flores, Prof. Dr., Bremen University of Applied Sciences Nathan Fonder, PhD Candidate, Harvard University
- Vincent Foucher, chargé de recherché, CNRS
- Aranye Fradenburg, Program in Literature & the Mind, University of California
- Patrick Franke, Prof. Dr., Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg
- Valentina Frate, Sociologue Chercheur EHESS/ERC Paris
- Ulrike Freitag, Prof. Dr., Direktorin, Zentrum Moderner Orient
- Jamie Furniss, University College, Oxford
- Anna Gabai, Freie Universität Berlin
- Farida Gad El Hak, Professeur adjoint, Université du Caire
- Maha Gad El Hak, Université du Caire
- Nancy Gallagher, Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara
- Sonja Ganseforth, University of Leipzig
- George Gavrilis, Assistant Professor, University of Texas-Austin
- Joerg Gertel, Prof. Dr., Universitaet Leipzig, Germany
- Gennaro Gervasio, Director, Centre for Middle East Studies, Macquarie University, Sydney
- Pascale Ghazaleh, Assistant Professor, American University in Cairo
- Bishnupriya Ghosh, Professor, University of Santa Barbara Iris Glosemeyer, Researcher
- Ellis Goldberg, Professor, University of Washington
- Maria Golia, Author
- Araceli González Vázquez, Universidad de Cantabria
- Bettina Gräf, Research Fellow, Freie Universität Berlin
- Peter Gran, Historian, United States
- Ali Granmayeh, London Middle East Institute, SOAS, University of London
- Zoe Griffith, PhD Candidate, University of California at Berkeley
- Johan Grussendorf, Berlin
- Laura Guazzone, Professor, Sapienza Università di Roma
- Mohamad Reza Hafeznia, Professor, Tarbiat Modares University - Tehran, Iran
- Iman Hamam, Instructor, American University in Cairo
- Iman Hamdy, American University in Cairo
- Juliane Hammer, George Mason University
- Dyala Hamzah, Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin
- Sarah Hartmann, PhD Candidate, Freie Universität Berlin
- Angela Harutyunyan, Visiting Professor, American University in Cairo
- Tapani Harviainen, Professor, University of Helsinki, Finland
- Sonja Hegasy, Vizedirektorin, Zentrum Moderner Orient Berlin – Germany
- Marie-Christine Heinze, Bielefeld Graduate School in History and Sociology
- Nourane Helmy, Ancienne assistante au CEDEJ
- Clement M. Henry, Professor, University of Texas-Austin
- Thomas Herzog, Chercheur Associé au GREMMO, Université Lumière Lyon 2
- Thomas Hildebrandt, Lehrstuhl für Islamwissenschaft, Bamberg, Germany
- Jacob Høigilt, Researcher, Fafo Institute for Applied International Studies, Oslo, Norway
- Karin Hörner, Asien-Afrika-Institut, Hamburg
- Valeska Huber, University of Konstanz, Germany
- Barbara Ibrahim, Director, Gerhart Center for Philanthropy, American University in Cairo
- Muhammed Ibrahim Salima Ikram, Professor, American University in Cairo
- Salwa Ismail, Professor, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
- Christine Issa El Asmar, Student
- Ivan Ivekovic, Professor of Political Science, American University in Cairo
- Frauke Jäckel, Leibniz Universität Hannover
- Hassan Jamsheer, Prof. Dr., University of Lodz, Poland
- Margret Johannsen, Senior Research Fellow, University of Hamburg
- Baber Johansen, Professor, Harvard University
- Suad Joseph, Professor, University of California, Davis
- Dietrich Jung, Prof. Dr., University of Southern Denmark
- Nadia Kamel, Cineaste Egyptienne
- Doreen Wadad Kays, Journalist & Author
- Alexander Kazamias, Senior Lecturer, Coventry University
- Walid Kazziha, Professor, American University in Cairo
- Arang Keshavarzian, Associate Professor, New York University
- Nirvana Khadr, UN-AFICS Egypt
- Mahmoud Khalifa, Librarian, Library of Congress, Cairo Office
- Farida Khalil, Independent Researcher
- Laleh Khalili, Senior Lecturer, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
- Manal Khedr Cairo University
- Azadeh Kian, Professeur, Université Paris7-Diderot
- Katherine C. King, Professor, University of California at Los Angeles
- Julius Kirchenbauer, University of Tübingen, Germany
- Enrique Klaus, Research Associate, CEDEJ CNRS USR 3123 – Cairo
- Dorothea Köhler, Freie Universität Berlin
- Florian Kohstall, Instructor, Université Lumière Lyon2, Former Research Fellow at CEDEJ
- Agnes Korn, Universitaet Frankfurt a.M.
- Sophie Körte, Rhin Vivant, Strasbourg
- Dennis Kortheuer, California State University, Long Beach
- Caner Köseoglu, University of Bochum
- Aymon Kreil, CEDEJ
- David Kreuer, Researcher, University of Leipzig, Germany
- Akihito Kudo, Project Researcher, Osaka University, Japan
- Uri M. Kupferschmidt, Professor, University of Haifa
- Malak Labib, American University in Cairo
- Shams Labib, Paris 5 (René Descartes) University
- Amira Latif, University of Zurich
- Jean Leca, Professor (emeritus), Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris
- Fabian Ledwon, Mannheim, Germany
- J-F Legrain
- Ann Lesch, Associate Provost for International Programs, American University in Cairo
- Sotirios S. Livas, Lecturer, Ionion University, Greece
- Maha Maamoun, Independent Researcher and Visual Artist
- Heba Machhour Cairo University
- Shireen Mahdavi, University of Utah
- Dina Makram Ebeid, PhD Candidate, The London School of Economics and Political Science
- Malgorzata Malinska, University of Warsaw, Poland
- Katrin Mannartz, Bibliothek Islamwissenschaft, Freie Universität Berlin
- Nicholas Marinides, PhD Candidate, Princeton University
- Marianna Massa
- Norbert Mattes, inamo-Redaktion, Berlin
- Torsten Matzke, Research Associate, University of Tübingen
- René G. Maury, Professor, Universita’ “L’orientale” di Napoli
- Mandy McClure, Independent Researcher
- Samia Mehrez, Professor, American University in Cairo
- Astrid Meier, University of Zurich
- Christian H. Meier, PhD Candidate, University of Konstanz, Germany
- Helmut Mejcher, Prof. Dr., University of Hamburg, Germany
- Gunvor Mejdell, Professor, University of Oslo, Norway
- Guenter Meyer, President, European Association for Middle Eastern Studies (EURAMES)
- Georgios Michalakopoulos, Ass. Professor, Ionian University (Corfu), Greece
- Alan Mikhail, Mellon Scholar in the Humanities, Stanford University
- Shane Minkin, Assistant Professor, Swarthmore College
- Hiroko Miyokawa, Sophia university, Tokyo
- Esther Moeller, Jacobs University Bremen/Germany
- Erik Mohns, PhD Fellow, University of Southern Denmark
- John Møller Larsen, Post Doc., University of Aarhus
- Teymour Morel John Moreton, PhD Candidate, University of Leeds, UK
- Kazuo Morimoto, University of Tokyo
- Norma Claire Moruzzi, Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago
- Behrooz Morvaridi, Director of Doctoral Programme, University of Bradford
- Tamir Moustafa, Associate Professor, Simon Fraser University
- Martha Mundy, Professor, London School of Economics
- Silvia Naef, Université de Genève
- Rim Naguib, PhD Candidate, Northwestern University
- Sameh Naguib, Researcher
- Amr El-Sayed Nasr El-Din, Diplomatic Attache, The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Verónica Oelsner, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Mariam Osman, ELI, American University in Cairo
- Rachid Ouaissa, Prof.Dr., Philipps-Universitaet Marburg
- Insaf Ouhiba
- Friederike Pannewick, Prof. Dr., Philipps-University Marburg
- Ivan Panovic, DPhil Student, University of Oxford
- Jean-Paul Pascual, DR CNRS, Chercheur associé IREMAM, Aix-en-Provence
- Carmella Pfaffenbach, Prof. Dr., Aachen University
- Bárbara Azaola Piazza, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
- Daniela Pioppi, Associate Researcher, Sapienza Università di Roma
- Leslie Piquemal, PhD Candidate, CEDEJ/Sciences Po
- Otto Plassmann, Utarid, Free Consultant Near and Middle East, Germany
- Nina Prasch, Doctoral Student, University of Tübingen, Germany
- Nasser Rabat, Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Amina Rachid, Cairo University
- Dina Ramadan, PhD Candidate, Columbia University
- Heba Raouf Ezzat, Lecturer, Cairo University
- Baian Rayhanova, Professor, Sofia University
- Rush Rehm, Professor, Stanford University
- Donald M. Reid, Professor Emeritus, Georgia State University
- Michael Reimer, Associate Professor, American University in Cairo
- Christiane Reinecke, Humboldt-Universität Berlin
- Mònica Rius, Professor, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
- Maria Roeder, University of Mannheim/Germany
- Tetz Rooke, Associate Professor, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
- Geoffrey Roper, Bibliographical & Editorial Consultant, London
- Malak Rouchdy, American University in Cairo
- Samuel Rubenson, Professor, Lund University
- Werner Ruf, Professor Emeritus, University of Kassel, Germany
- Lucie Ryzova, Junior Research Fellow, St. John’s College
- Firouzeh Saatchian, Ruhr-Universiaet
- Bochum Hanan Sabea, Assistant Professor, American University in Cairo
- Guy Saez, Research Director, CNRS, France
- Atef Said, PhD Candidate, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
- Dana Sajdi, Assistant Professor, Boston College
- Marianna Salvioli, University of Naples “l’Orientale”
- Paula Sanders, Professor, Rice University
- Yezid Sayigh, Professor, King’s College London
- Jennifer Scarce, Honorary Lecturer, University of Dundee
- Nadine Scharfenort, Centre for Research on the Arab World (CERAW), University of Mainz
- Jens Scheiner, Freie Universität Berlin
- Sabine Schiffer, Head, Media Responsibility Institute, Erlangen
- Aline Schlaepfer, Université de Genève
- Alfred Schlicht, Berlin
- Oliver Schlumberger, Prof. Dr., Eberhard-Karls University of Tübingen
- Markus Schmidt, University of Cologne
- Rahel Schomaker, University of Speyer, Germany
- Wolfgang G. Schwanitz, Prof. Dr.
- Mark Sedgwick, Associate Professor, Aarhus University, Denmark
- Ahmed Sedky, Assistant Professor, King Fahd University
- Nimet Seker, Journalist, Köln
- Zakia Shafie, Professor Emeritus, Cairo University
- Maie Shawky, Alumna, American University in Cairo
- Laila Sheikh, EDA-Kurier (Gaza/Westbank), Bern, Switzerland
- Amir Sheikhzadegan, Doktorassistent, Universität Freiburg
- Lobna Sherif, Professor, Arab Academy for Science and Technology, Cairo
- Abdel Salam Sidahmed, Associate Professor, University of Windsor
- Aude Signoles, Université de Galatasaray, Istanbul
- Diane Singerman, Associate Professor, American University
- Peter Sluglett, Professor, University of Utah
- Eric Smoodin, Professor, University of California, Davis
- Gamal Abel Gawad Soltan, Director, Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies
- Jayme R. Spencer, Director, Public Services, American University in Cairo
- Christian Steiner, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz
- Jara Steinmetz, Student in Germany and Syria
- Jörn Thielmann, Friedrich-Alexander-Université Erlangen-Nürnberg
- Åge A. Tiltnes, Fafo Institute of Applied International Studies, Norway
- Junko Toriyama, Ph.D. Candidate, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, Japan
- Charles Tripp, Professor, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
- Annalaura Turiano, PhD Candidate, IREMAM-CNRS
- Frédéric Vairel, Assistant Professor, University of Ottawa
- Marie Vannetzel, PhD Candidate, Sciences Po Paris
- Charles Van Siclen, Librarian, American Research Center in Egypt
- Peter Verkinderen, Directeur Adjoint de l’Institut Néerlandais-Flamand au Caire
- Valerie Viehoff, University College London
- Robert Vitalis, Professor, University of Pennsylvania
- Élise Voguet, MCF-Université Toulouse 2-Le Mirail
- Katharina Völker, University of Otago, New Zealand
- Paulina von Mirbach, University of Leipzig
- Andrea von Sarnowski, Johannes-Gutenberg-University Mainz
- J.M. Wagstaff, Professor Emeritus, University of Southampton, UK
- Sherine Wahba, Associate Professor, Cairo University
- Lars Wåhlin, Researcher (ret.), Stockholm University, Sweden
- Heidi Walcher, School of Oriental and African Studies, London
- Harold Walker, British Society for Middle Eastern Studies
- Viktoria Waltz, Germany
- Frank Wehinger, Research Institute Vocational Training, Nuremberg, Germany
- Shelagh Weir, School of Oriental and African Studies
- Nerina Weiss, Research Fellow, University of Oslo
- Mark R. Westmoreland, Assistant Professor, American University in Cairo
- Inken Wiese, PhD Candidate, University of Konstanz
- Sara Wigger, Universität Hamburg, Germany
- Jessica Winegar, Assistant Professor, Northwestern University
- Gerd Winkelhane, Capacity Building International, Germany
- Stefan Winkler, Anna Lindh Foundation for the Dialogue of Cultures, Munich
- Steffen Wippel, Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO) Berlin
- Almut Woller, University of Leipzig
- Ulrich G. Wurzel, Prof. Dr., University of Applied Sciences, Berlin
- Elisa Wynne-Hughes, PhD Candidate, University of Bristol
- Anush Yeghiazaryan, Universität Konstanz
- Sherif Younis, Lecturer, Helwan University
- Hoda Youssef, Economic Research Analyst, The World Bank - Cairo Office
- Elsa Zakhia, Institut Français du Proche-Orient, Bibliothèque Etudes Contemporaines
- Tina Zintl, PhD Candidate, University of St Andrews, UK