Título: Bernard Lewis
Seção: Academic career
Background: Bernard Lewis, FBA (born 31 May 1916) is a British American historian specializing in oriental studies. He is also known as a public intellectual and political commentator. Lewis is the Cleveland E. Dodge Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University. Lewis' expertise is in the history of Islam and the interaction between Islam and the West.

Conteúdo: In 1936, Lewis graduated from the School of Oriental Studies (now School of Oriental and African Studies, SOAS) at the University of London with a BA in history with special reference to the Near and Middle East. He earned his PhD three years later, also from SOAS, specializing in the history of Islam. Lewis also studied law, going part of the way toward becoming a solicitor, but returned to study Middle Eastern history. He undertook post-graduate studies at the University of Paris, where he studied with the orientalist Louis Massignon and earned the "Diplome des Etudes Semitiques" in 1937. He returned to SOAS in 1938 as an assistant lecturer in Islamic History.  During the Second World War, Lewis served in the British Army in the Royal Armoured Corps and as a Corporal in the Intelligence Corps in 1940-41 before being seconded to the Foreign Office. After the war, he returned to SOAS. In 1949, at the age of 33, he was appointed to the new chair in Near and Middle Eastern History.  In 1974, aged 57, Lewis accepted a joint position at Princeton University and the Institute for Advanced Study, also located in Princeton, New Jersey. The terms of his appointment were such that Lewis taught only one semester per year, and being free from administrative responsibilities, he could devote more time to research than previously. Consequently, Lewis's arrival at Princeton marked the beginning of the most prolific period in his research career during which he published numerous books and 

user: what was bernards academic career like?

assistant: In 1936, Lewis graduated from the School of Oriental Studies (now School of Oriental and African Studies, SOAS) at the University of London with a BA in history

user: what did he do after he graduated?

assistant: He earned his PhD three years later, also from SOAS, specializing in the history of Islam.

user: what was his job after graduating with the PHD

assistant: He undertook post-graduate studies at the University of Paris, where he studied with the orientalist Louis Massignon and earned the "Diplome des Etudes Semitiques" in 1937.

user: Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?

assistant: Lewis served in the British Army in the Royal Armoured Corps and as a Corporal in the Intelligence Corps in 1940-41 before being seconded to the Foreign Office.

user: why was he seconded to the foreign office?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: what was his greatest accomplishment?

assistant: Lewis's arrival at Princeton marked the beginning of the most prolific period in his research career during which he published numerous books and articles

user: what were the names of some of the books or articles he published?

assistant: His lecture, entitled "Western Civilization: A View from the East", was revised and reprinted in The Atlantic Monthly

user: what else did he do throughout his life?

assistant: In 1966, Lewis was a founding member of the learned society, Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA),

user: what did the learned society do?

assistant: in 2007 he broke away and founded Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA) to challenge MESA,