Our letter expressing concern over the decision of the Michigan State University administration to cancel the public opening event for “Diasporic Collage: Puerto Rico and the Survival of a People,” and then to impose a significant change to the exhibit itself
The Palestinian American Research Center (PARC) announces Fellowships for U.S. Scholars Conducting Research on Palestine
The Committee on Academic Freedom received a response from the President Muhlenberg College in response to our 26 September letter regarding Dr. Maura Finkelstein.
The Department of Art History at the University of Southern California invites applications for two full-time, tenure-track positions in Modern Art and Visual Culture, one Open Rank and the other at the rank of Assistant Professor.
Our letter expressing concern about Wake Forest University’s decision to cancel a scheduled lecture by Professor Rabab Abdelhadi, who is currently director of San Francisco State University’s Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas Initiative.
Our letter expressing concern about the decision to temporarily suspend Cornell graduate student Momodou Taal, without proper due process, on the grounds of his alleged disruptive participation in a pro-Palestine campus protest.
Our letter expressing concern about the announcement by Muhlenberg College that it intends to terminate Dr. Maura Finkelstein, a tenured member of the college’s faculty, because of an Instagram post that she had reposted.
Schedule and Registration are available for The Second Symposium on Middle Eastern, North African and Central Asian Dances, Music and Performing Arts (MENACA 2024) to be held in-person on the campus of Pomona College in Claremont, California, from 3-6 October 2024.
The Committee on Academic Freedom received a response from the President and Provost of NYU in response to our 30 August letter regarding the updated Guidance and Expectations for Student Conduct.
The Gulf Research Center (GRC) is still accepting applications for workshop proposals for its annual Gulf Research Meeting (GRM).
Our letter expressing concern about the updated Guidance and Expectations for Student Conduct which the administration of New York University (NYU) circulated to the university community on 22 August 2024.
Our letter expressing concern about the apparent cooperation of the University of Pennsylvania with the House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce investigations of faculty members.
Our letter expressing concern about Senate Bill 1287, which threatens the constitutionally protected right of students at California’s public universities and colleges to freedom of speech and assembly
Our letter expressing grave concern about recent measures announced by the State University System of Florida that will police and censor teaching about Israel, Palestine, the Middle East and related topics at the state’s public universities and colleges.
The Peace and Conflict Studies (PCON) program at Colgate University invites applications for a tenure-stream position starting in the fall semester of 2025 at the rank of Assistant Professor.
Our letter to the Rector of Bogazici University in Turkey, responding to his letter in response to our original letter of protest, dated 10 April 2024.
Letter protesting a bill proposed by the National Union of Israeli Students that stipulates that academic institutions in Israel are obliged to terminate faculty, lecturers and researchers who express criticism of Israel government policies and practices. The letter condemns, as well, a billboard smear campaign conducted to promote the proposed bill.
Our letter expressing concern about the decision to rescind the offer which the University of Minnesota made to Dr. Raz Segal to assume the directorship of its Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Our letter expressing concern about reports we have received that students and faculty at NYU Abu Dhabi have been subjected to repressive measures (including deportation) by UAE authorities for expressing their opposition to Israel’s war in Gaza while on campus.
The Disaster Studies Initiative at Harvard Center for Middle Eastern Studies is pleased to announce a 2-day conference to center the region in scholarly discourse on disasters and seeks paper submissions from scholars across all fields that focus on disaster discourse
Our letter expressing concern at the decision of the San José State University (SJSU) administration to suspend Professor Sang Hea Kil of the Department of Justice Studies from all faculty duties.
Our letter expressing concern over the administration’s recent actions with respect to the peaceful student encampment at the University of Texas Dallas (UT Dallas) in support of Palestinian rights
The Committee on Academic Freedom received a response from Professor Naci Inci, President of Boğaziçi University, to our 10 April letter regarding ongoing violations at Boğaziçi University
Our letter expressing shock and revulsion at the brutalization of Professor Steve Tamari by police as he peacefully participated in a protest for Palestinian rights on the Washington University in St. Louis campus as well as our concern over the suspension of six of your faculty members for alleged participation in the same protest and the arrest and suspension of many of your students
Our letter expressing concern at on-going efforts by the Committee on Education and the Workforce to interfere with and radically reshape higher education across the country.