Academic Study Group on Israel and the Middle East

The Academic Study Group (Charity No 801772) was an anti BDS charity registered 24 July 1989 and ceased to exist on 1 May 2020. The charity was resurrected on 28 August 2020 with a new charity number (1191067) and it is now called Academic Study Group on Israel and the Middle East.Register of Charities Governance. Accessed 16 March 2021.
According to its website in 2001: 
:The Academic Study Group was established in 1977 in order to forge closer links between political and social scientists in Britain, and their counterparts in the higher education sector in Israel. In its infancy A.S.G. concentrated almost exclusively on analysing developments in the newly-reborn State of Israel and conflicts raging in the Middle East. Latterly A.S.G. has radically revised and enlarged its terms of reference. 
The ASG was closely associated and shared a website with the Friends of Israel Educational Foundation, a Charity (No. 1095303) and company (No. 04392462) incorporated on 12 Mar 2002 as a copmany, registered as a charity on 9 January 2003 and dissolved on 23 July 2019. ASG Background on the ASG. Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 4 March 2001.
==Against BDS==
In spring 2018 the charity added a statement that it was oppsed to the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions campaign launched by Palestinian civil society in 2005. It stated:
:By definition as a Charity ASG presses no political line and eschews any form of propagandising. The only issue on which ASG has firm policy is opposition to BDS. The Charity is totally committed to the universality of knowledge and rejects any disruption to cross-national co-operation.The text was not there on 23 March but had been added by 25 April 2018: ASG ASG Home. Retrieved from the Internet ARchive of 25 April 2018.
==People==
===Circa 2020===
====Executive====
*President: Sir Walter Bodmer - University of Oxford
*Treasurer: Ms Aviva Petrie - UCL
*Director: John D A Levy
====National Council====
 Prof Peter Abrahams
 University of Warwick
 Baroness Amos
 SOAS
 Prof Bob Allison
 Loughborough University
 Prof Michael Arthur
 University College London
 Sir David Bell
 University of Reading
 Prof Vernon Bogdanor
 Kings College, London
 Prof Paul Boyle
 University of Leicester
 Dame Glynis Breakwell
 University of Bath
 Prof Chris Brink
 University of Newcastle
 Sir Keith Burnett
 University of Sheffield
 Prof Ed Byrne
 Kings College, London
 Prof Dame Averil Cameron
 University of Oxford
 Mr Francis Campbell
 St Mary's University
 Prof Sir Philip Cohen
 University of Dundee
 Prof Sir Ivor Crewe
 University of Oxford
 Prof Raymond Dwek
 University of Oxford
 Prof Sir David Greenaway
 University of Nottingham
 Baroness Greenfield
 University of Oxford
 Prof Sir Peter Gregson
 Cranfield University
 Lord Krebs
 University of Oxford
 Prof David S Latchman
 Birkbeck College
 Prof Sir Eli Lauterpacht
 University of Cambridge
 Sir Andrew Likierman
 London Business School
 Prof Trevor McMillan
 Keele University
 Prof Anton Muscatelli
 Glasgow University
 Rev Prof Peter Neil
 Bishop Grosseteste University
 Dr Wendy Piatt
 The Russell Group
 Prof Colin Riordan
 University of Cardiff
 Prof Dame Nancy Rothwell
 Manchester University
 Prof Marcus du Sautoy
 Oxford University
 Prof Sir Steve Smith
 University of Exeter
 Prof Sir Christopher Snowden
 Southampton University
 Prof Sir John Meurig Thomas
 University of Cambridge
 Prof Sir Richard Trainor
 Oxford University
 Prof Lord Winston
 Imperial CollegeASG National Council. Retrieved from the Internet ARchive of 4 May 2020 on 4 May 2020.
===Circa 2017===
====Executive====
*President: Sir Walter Bodmer - University of Oxford
*Treasurer: Ms Aviva Petrie - UCL
*Director: John D A LevyASG ASG National Council. Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 20 August 2017.
====National Council====
 Prof Peter Abrahams
 University of Warwick
 Baroness Amos
 SOAS
 Prof Bob Allison
 Loughborough University
 Prof Michael Arthur
 University College London
 Sir David Bell
 University of Reading
 Prof Vernon Bogdanor
 Kings College, London
 Prof Paul Boyle
 University of Leicester
 Dame Glynis Breakwell
 University of Bath
 Prof Chris Brink
 University of Newcastle
 Sir Keith Burnett
 University of Sheffield
 Prof Ed Byrne
 Kings College, London
 Prof Dame Averil Cameron
 University of Oxford
 Mr Francis Campbell
 St Mary's University
 Prof Sir Philip Cohen
 University of Dundee
 Prof Sir Ivor Crewe
 University of Oxford
 Prof Raymond Dwek
 University of Oxford
 Prof Sir David Greenaway
 University of Nottingham
 Baroness Greenfield
 University of Oxford
 Prof Sir Peter Gregson
 Cranfield University
 Lord Krebs
 University of Oxford
 Prof David S Latchman
 Birkbeck College
 Prof Sir Eli Lauterpacht
 University of Cambridge
 Sir Andrew Likierman
 London Business School
 Prof Trevor McMillan
 Keele University
 Prof Anton Muscatelli
 Glasgow University
 Rev Prof Peter Neil
 Bishop Grosseteste University
 Dr Wendy Piatt
 The Russell Group
 Prof Colin Riordan
 University of Cardiff
 Prof Dame Nancy Rothwell
 Manchester University
 Prof Marcus du Sautoy
 Oxford University
 Prof Sir Steve Smith
 University of Exeter
 Prof Sir Christopher Snowden
 Southampton University
 Prof Sir John Meurig Thomas
 University of Cambridge
 Prof Sir Richard Trainor
 Oxford University
 Prof Lord Winston
 Imperial College
===Circa 2010===
====Executive====
Sir Walter Bodmer (President) | Aviva Petrie (Treasurer) | John D. A. Levy (Director)ASG Background. Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 24 May 2010 on 4 May 2020.
====Members of the National Council====
 Prof Vernon Bogdanor, University of Oxford
 Prof R F Boucher, University of Sheffield
 Sir John Boyd, University of Cambridge
 Prof Glynis Breakwell, University of Bath
 Prof Sir Kenneth Calman, University of Durham
 Prof Dame Averil Cameron, University of Oxford
 Prof Sir Colin Campbell, University of Nottingham
 Prof Sir Philip Cohen, University of Dundee
 Prof Sir Graeme Davies, University of London
 Sir Howard Davies, London School of Economics
 Prof C R W Edwards, University of Newcastle
 Prof John Friend, University of Hull
 Prof Alan Gilbert, University of Manchester
 Prof Malcolm Grant, University College London
 Baroness Greenfield, The Royal Institution
 Prof Peter Gregson, Queen's University of Belfast
 Prof Sir Andrew Haines, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
 Gavin Henderson, Trinity College of Music
 Prof Stephen Hill, Royal Holloway College
 Prof Christine King, Staffordshire University
 Prof David S Latchman, Birkbeck College
 Prof Sir Eli Lauterpacht, University of Cambridge
 Prof Simon Lee, Leeds Metropolitan University
 Prof Peter Mathias, University of Cambridge
 Prof David Melville, University of Kent
 Prof Jerry Morris, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
 Prof Sir Howard Newby, University of the West of England
 Prof Daphne Osborne, Open University, Oxford
 Prof Sir Gareth Roberts, University of Oxford
 Prof Steve Smith, University of Exeter
 Prof Christopher Snowden, University of Surrey
 Sir Richard Sykes, Imperial College
 Prof Sir John Meurig Thomas, University of Cambridge
 Prof Richard Trainor, King’s College London
 Prof V D VandeLinde, University of Warwick
 Prof Paul Webley, School of Oriental & African Studies
 Prof Sir David Williams, University of Cambridge
===Circa 2001===
====Executive====
*Sir Walter Bodmer (President), Prof John Friend (Chair), Prof Graham Zellick (Vice-Chair), Aviva Petrie (Treasurer) John D. A. Levy (Director)
====Members of the National Council====
Prof Sir John P Arbuthnott, University of Strathclyde;
Dr John Ashworth, British Library;
Prof George Bain, Queen’s University of Belfast;
Prof Gerald Bernbaum, South Bank University;
Prof R F Boucher, UMIST;
Prof Sir Alec Broers, University of Cambridge;
Sir Kenneth Calman, University of Durham;
Prof Averil Cameron, University of Oxford;
Prof Sir Colin Campbell, University of Nottingham;
Prof Ron Cooke, University of York;
Prof Ivor Crewe, University of Essex;
Sir John Daniel, The Open University;
Prof Sir Graeme Davies, University of Glasgow;
Prof Patrick J Dowling, University of Surrey;
Prof Sir Brian Follett, University of Warwick;
Dr C E Gamble, Royal Institute of International Affairs;
Prof Anthony Giddens, London School of Economics;
Prof Susan Greenfield, The Royal Institution;
Rt Hon Lord Jenkins, University of Oxford;
Prof Christine King, Staffordshire University;
Sir Eli Lauterpacht, University of Cambridge;
Prof Simon Lee, Liverpool Hope University College;
Prof Peter Mathias, University of Cambridge;
Prof Jerry Morris, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine;
Prof Sir Howard Newby, University of Southampton;
Lord Oxburgh, Imperial College;
Baroness Perry, University of Cambridge;
Prof Ben Pimlott, Goldsmiths College;
Prof Sir Gareth Roberts, University of Sheffield;
Dr Harold Shukman, University of Oxford;
Prof Chris Llewellyn Smith, U.C.L;
Prof Sir David Smith, University of Oxford;
Prof Sir Stewart R Sutherland, University of Edinburgh;
Prof Sir John Meurig Thomas, University of Cambridge;
Prof Leslie Wagner, Leeds Metropolitan University;
Prof Sir David Williams, University of Cambridge 
==Resources==
*Charity Commission [] Retrieved from Archive.today of 2 May 2020 on 2 May 2020.
*Internet Archive holdings of foi-asg.org
==Notes==