Edward Said Edward Said was a professor of literature at Columbia University, a public intellectual, and a founder of the academic field of postcolonial studies The current status of Jerusalem This is an excerpt of the paper delivered by Edward Said, author of the famous book Orientalism, at a conference on Jerusalem held in London on 15-16 June, 1995. 16 May 2021, 18:00 PM 16 May 2021, 18:00 PM