SPME, representing over 50,000 academics worldwide is deeply alarmed by the recent developments at the University of Grenoble. There, two of our colleagues are being threatened by the students’ union Unef on the grounds of supposed “Islamophobia”, their names standing in…
read moreWashington, D.C. (January 12, 2021) Dr. Norman “Noam” Stillman, chairman of the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA), announced today that the organization is formalizing its collaboration with Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME).…
read moreSPME, representing over 50,000 academics worldwide is deeply concerned about the hiring process and potential hire of Dr. Valentina Azarova to lead the Faculty of Law’s International Human Rights Program (IHRP). We believe there is ample evidence that should question her ability…
read moreIn an important court-filing, Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) urged the District of Columbia Court of Appeals to reject an effort by Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) activists to shut down a lawsuit against the American Studies…
read moreWASHINGTON, Aug. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — On Friday, August 7, 2020, a coalition of more than 120 NGOs submitted a letter to Facebook, urging the social media company to implement a comprehensive hate speech policy on anti-Semitism that incorporates the full International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition…
read moreIn what should have proved to be a positive step, a group of Syracuse University (SU) students recently tried to experiment with social media in order to encourage open discussion about racism on their campus, an effort, as it were,…
read moreProfessor Diethard Pallaschke (1940-2020) Scholars for Peace in the Middle East deeply mourns the passing of Prof. Pallaschke who passed away on July 8, 2020. Prof. Pallaschke was a founding member of the SPME German Chapter which he co-founded with Matthias…
read morePHILADELPHIA, in an incident that uncomfortably recalled details of the Andrew Pessin case at ConnColl, students at Cornell University Law School have demanded the censuring of Professor William Jacobson, specifically in regard to two of his articles carried at his…
read moreWe do not know whether you signed because you are knowledgeable on the issue, or you are just trusting the colleague who encouraged you to “be one of the good guys” and sign. If you are of the latter, allow…
read moreSPME deplores the recent Faculty Council of DePaul University’s vote to censure an article by Prof. Jason Hill, advocating the Israeli annexation of the West Bank. Regardless of how one feels about Hill’s extreme policy recommendations, his treatment at the…
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