Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Letter to the University of Notre Dame expressing concern over the cancellation of a keynote lecture by Professor Eman Abdelhadi Mary E. Gallagher Dean, Keough School of Global Affairs University of Notre Dame mgalla33@nd.edu Dear Dean Gallagher: We write on behalf of […]
Protesting Yale’s Firing of Helyeh Doutagh based on Questionable Israeli AI-generated Charges
Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Susan Sawyer Senior Associate General Counsel Yale University susan.sawyer@yale.edu Dear Ms. Sawyer: We write on behalf of the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA) and its Committee on Academic Freedom to express our concern about the termination of Dr. Helyeh Doutaghi, deputy […]
Protesting Harvard’s Dismissal of Directors of its Mideast Center over Israel-Palestine as Attack on Academic Freedom
Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Committee on Academic Freedom Alan Garber President, Harvard University . . . Dear President Garber, Dean Hoekstra and Dean Cutler: We write on behalf of the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA) and its Committee on Academic Freedom to express our deep […]
Columbia University must Reject Trump Ultimatum and Stand up at long last for the Freedom and Independence of the Academy
Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Dr. Katrina Armstrong Interim President, Columbia University officeofthepresident@columbia.edu David Greenwald Claire Shipman Co-Chairs, Columbia University Board of Trustees secretary@columbia.edu Dear Dr. Armstrong, Mr. Greenwald and Ms. Shipman: We write on behalf of the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA) […]
Protesting to NY Gov. Hochul for Quashing the Palestinian Studies Post at Hunter College
Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – The Honorable Kathy Hochul Governor of the State of New York Governor.Hochul@exec.ny.gov . . . Dear Governor Hochul, Chairperson Thompson and Chancellor Rodriguez: We write on behalf of the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA) and its Committee on […]
Protest to MIT about Denying a Palestine Course to Professor Michael DeGraff
Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Sally Kornbluth President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sally.kornbluth@mit.edu . . . Dear President Kornbluth and colleagues: We write on behalf of the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA) and its Committee on Academic Freedom to express our concern about the […]
Emory University’s Shocking Suspension of Umaymah Mohammad for Exercising her Right to Free Speech on Palestine
Gregory L. Fenves President, Emory University president@emory.edu Dear President Fenves: We write on behalf of the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA) and its Committee on Academic Freedom to express our deep concern about the one-year suspension of Umaymah Mohammad, a dual MD/PhD student, from the Emory University School of Medicine (ESM) […]
Protesting to Columbia U. over Forced Retirement of Professor Katherine Franke for Palestine Advocacy
Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Senator Greg Fryer Co-Chair, Faculty Affairs, Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee Columbia University Senate gaf1@cumc.columbia.edu Senator Letty Moss-Salentijn Co-Chair, Faculty Affairs, Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee Columbia University Senate lm23@cumc.columbia.edu Dear Senators Fryer and Moss-Salentijn: We write on behalf of the […]
Protesting the Impact of the Israeli Military Campaign on Education in Lebanon
Middle East Studies Association Board Joint Statement with the Committee on Academic Freedom Concerning the Impact of the Israeli Military Campaign on Education in Lebanon The Board of Directors of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) and its Committee on Academic Freedom register our profound concern regarding the interruption of education and the damage to […]
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