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Committee on Academic Freedom

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Protesting New York University’s Arbitrary Repressive Actions toward Faculty and Students Protest Gaza War

Protesting New York University’s Arbitrary Repressive Actions toward Faculty and Students Protest Gaza War

Committee on Academic Freedom

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Linda G. Mills President, New York University linda.mills@nyu.edu   Georgina Dopico Provost, New York University georgina.dopico@nyu.edu Dear President Mills and Provost Dopico: We write on behalf of the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA) and its Committee on Academic Freedom to express […]

Israel/ Palestine
Protesting Criticism of Approved Gaza Course Proposal by Cornell University President

Protesting Criticism of Approved Gaza Course Proposal by Cornell University President

Committee on Academic Freedom

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Michael I. Kotlikoff Interim President, Cornell University mik7@cornell.edu   Dear Interim President Kotlikoff: 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 negative comments that you recently […]

Universities
Protesting MIT’s Disciplining of Grad for pro-Palestine Activism and Advocacy

Protesting MIT’s Disciplining of Grad for pro-Palestine Activism and Advocacy

Committee on Academic Freedom

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Sally Kornbluth President 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 grave concern about the recent disciplinary action […]

Education
Protesting Flawed Disciplinary Process toward Student Protesters at Swarthmore

Protesting Flawed Disciplinary Process toward Student Protesters at Swarthmore

Committee on Academic Freedom

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Valerie Smith President Swarthmore College president@swarthmore.edu Dear President Smith 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 flawed disciplinary proceedings involving a number of […]

Education
Taking Issue with Suspension of Harvard Library Access for Students and Faculty staging “Read-In” to Protest Gaza War

Taking Issue with Suspension of Harvard Library Access for Students and Faculty staging “Read-In” to Protest Gaza War

Committee on Academic Freedom

Committee on Academic Freedom | – Middle East Studies Association Alan M. Garber President, Harvard University alan_garber@harvard.edu . . . Dear President Garber, Provost Manning, and Vice President for the Harvard Library and University Librarian Whitehead:   We write on behalf of the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA) and its Committee on […]

Israel/ Palestine
Protesting U of Minnesota Barring Students from Campus for Protesting Gaza War

Protesting U of Minnesota Barring Students from Campus for Protesting Gaza War

Committee on Academic Freedom

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Rebecca M. Cunningham President, University of Minnesota upres@umn.edu . . . Dear President Cunningham 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 decision of […]

censorship
Protesting Wake Forest University’s Cancellation of a Lecture by Professor Rabab Abdelhadi

Protesting Wake Forest University’s Cancellation of a Lecture by Professor Rabab Abdelhadi

Committee on Academic Freedom

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Dear President Wente and Provost Gillespie:   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 Wake Forest University’s decision to cancel a scheduled lecture by Professor Rabab Abdelhadi, […]

censorship
Protesting Cornell University’s Suspension and threatened Deportation of graduate Student Momodou Taal for Protest

Protesting Cornell University’s Suspension and threatened Deportation of graduate Student Momodou Taal for Protest

Committee on Academic Freedom

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Dear Interim President Kotlikoff, Provost Bala, Dr. Lombardi and Ms. Liang: We write on behalf of the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA) and its Committee on Academic Freedom to express our extreme concern about your decision to temporarily suspend Cornell graduate […]

Anti-Zionism
Protesting the Firing of Tenured Professor Maura Finkelstein for Criticizing Zionism

Protesting the Firing of Tenured Professor Maura Finkelstein for Criticizing Zionism

Committee on Academic Freedom

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Dear President Harring, Provost Furge and Professor Dowd: We write on behalf of the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA) and its Committee on Academic Freedom to express our grave concern about the announcement by Muhlenberg College that it intends to terminate […]

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