J. Lorand Matory ’82 is professor of anthropology and of African and African-American studies. Comments to this article may be posted in the Harvard Crimson at http://www.thecrimson.com/postcomment.aspx?ArticleID=519498 Academic responses and comments to Prof. Matory’s analysis for the SPME Faculty Forum…
read morehttp://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/09/11/america/NA-GEN-US-Campus-Mideast-Controversy.php Another controversy involving Mideast politics has erupted on the Columbia University campus, this time over whether to grant tenure to an anthropology professor of Palestinian descent. Critics of Barnard College professor Nadia Abu El-Haj are trying to block Columbia…
read morewww.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/901583.html A Chicago university professor who has drawn criticism for accusing some Jews of abusing the legacy of the Holocaust agreed Wednesday to resign immediately “for everybody’s sake.” DePaul University officials and political science professor Norman Finkelstein issued a joint…
read moreIf embattled DePaul University professor Norman Finkelstein carries out his pledge to engage in civil disobedience at the start of the fall term Wednesday, it won’t be his first confrontation with school administrators and campus police, according to internal university…
read moreAcademics sympathetic to Norman Finkelstein, including “The Israel Lobby” authors John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt, will gather to protest his firing. The Oct. 12 protest at the University of Chicago, Mearsheimer’s employer, will include Tony Judt and Noam Chomsky, academics…
read morePublished: 08/30/2007 (JTA) Academics sympathetic to Norman Finkelstein, including “The Israel Lobby” authors John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt, will gather to protest his firing. The Oct. 12 protest at the University of Chicago, Mearsheimer’s employer, will include Tony Judt and…
read morehttp://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-depaul28aug28,0,7661996.story The required reading was at the bookstore, the students had the course syllabus, and space in Political Science 235, “Equality in Social Justice,” was standing-room only when DePaul University pulled the plug Friday on what was to have been…
read morehttp://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20070814ElHajbarnard.html A brewing battle over tenure for a polarizing Barnard College professor is threatening to thrust Columbia University back into the center of a Middle East-related controversy. Published: 08/14/2007 NEW YORK (JTA) — A brewing battle over tenure for a…
read morehttp://www.suntimes.com/news/education/425140,CST-NWS-DEPAUL13.article Faculty at DePaul University are considering taking votes of no confidence in the school president and other officials in the wake of tenure denials issued to two faculty members. Separate faculty councils are meeting today and Thursday to discuss…
read moreDePaul University on Friday formally denied tenure to Norman G. Finkelstein, who has taught political science there while attracting an international following – of both fans and critics – for his attacks on Israeli policies and the “Holocaust industry.” Finkelstein’s…
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