Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association of North America | Senator Richard Durbin Chair, Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate fax: (202) 228-0400 Senator Lindsay O. Graham Ranking Member, Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate fax: (202) 224-3808 Dear Senators Durbin and Graham: We write on behalf of the Middle […]
US Mideast Experts Condemn Israeli Killing of Gaza Professors, University Administrators
Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association of North America | – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pmoh@pmo.gov.il . . . Prime Minister, Ministers, Major General: We write to you on behalf of the Committee on Academic Freedom of the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA) to vehemently condemn the ongoing […]
Condemning Punitive Measures against Palestinian Students in Israeli Universities
Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association of North America | – Bar Ilan University Ben Gurion University of the Negev Hebrew University of Jerusalem Open University Reichman University Technion Tel Aviv University University of Haifa Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, pmoh@pmo.gov.il Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir, sar@mops.gov.il Minister […]
Academic Freedom Violations at Indiana U against Professor Abdelkader Sinno and artist Samia Halaby
Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association of North America | – Abdelkader Sinno Indiana University Samia Halaby Rahul Shrivastav, Provost and Executive Vice President provost@indiana.edu Rick Van Kooten, Executive Dean, College of Arts and Sciences rvankoot@indiana.edu . . . Dear Provost Shrivastav and colleagues: We write on behalf of the […]
Open Letter to Higher Ed Presidents on Palestine-Israel and Academic Freedom
Middle East Studies Association of North America | Letters and Statements from the Board | – Open Letter to US and Canadian College and University Presidents We write on behalf of the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA) and its Committee on Academic Freedom to urge you to uphold academic freedom on your […]
Concerns about Treatment of Faculty Teaching Israel-Palestine by U of Arizona’s College of Education
Letter to the president of the University of Arizona expressing concern about the College of Education’s treatment of two faculty members by Committee on Academic Freedom, Middle East Studies Association. | – Robert C. Robbins President, University of Arizona president@email.arizona.edu Dear President Robbins, We write on behalf of the Middle East Studies Association […]
US Scholars of Mideast dispute House Resolution 894’s Equation of anti-Zionism with Antisemitism
Committee on Academic Freedom, North America, Middle East Studies Association | – Representative Mike Johnson Speaker of the House of Representatives Representative Hakim Jeffries Minority Leader, House of Representatives Dear Speaker Johnson and Minority Leader Jeffries, We write on behalf of the Committee on Academic Freedom of the Middle East Studies Association […]
Protesting the University of Pennsylvania Ban on the Screening of the Documentary, “Israelism”
Committee on Academic Freedom, Middle East Studies Association Liz Magill President, the University of Pennsylvania president@upenn.edu John Jackson Provost, the University of Pennsylvania provost@upenn.edu . . .
Intensified Targeting of Palestinian Students in Israeli Universities must Cease
Committee on Academic Freedom, Middle East Studies Association Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Fax: +972-2-5664838 Minister of Education Yoav Kisch Fax: +972-2-5602390 Minister of Justice Yariv Levin Fax: +972-2-6285438 Prime Minister and Ministers, We write to you on behalf of the Committee on Academic Freedom of the Middle East Studies Association of […]