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.
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