CHICAGO (January 9, 2014) Distinguished members of the Modern Language Association (MLA) and an outside scholar, with help from Israel on Campus Coalition (ICC) hosted “Perspectives Against Academic Boycotts,” a panel discussion regarding academic freedom, education in Israel, and the boycott movement.

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Panelists for this alternative discussion were:

• Tina Price (Introduction)
  Board Chair, Israel on Campus Coalition
• Russell Berman (Moderator)
  MLA member, professor at Stanford University and past president of MLA
• Cary Nelson (Panelist)
  MLA member, professor at the University of Illinois and past president of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) “2006-12”
• Ilan Troen, (Panelist)
  Director of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University and professor at Ben-Gurion University
• Gabriel Brahm, (Panelist)
  MLA member and professor at Northern Michigan University, SPME & CAE Fellow