Advisory on Recent Trump Administration Policies & Media Reports of Pending Policies
Recommendations regarding recent and ongoing travel restrictions by Trump Administration.
Recommendations regarding recent and ongoing travel restrictions by Trump Administration.
Begins March 15, 2025
Our letter expressing grave concern about Governor Hochul’s unprecedented demand that Hunter College of the City University of New York (CUNY) take down a posted advertisement for a new open-rank position in the field of Palestinian Studies
Our tenth letter to express our outrage and deep concern, and demand the release from prison of the dual national (Iranian-Swedish) Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali who has been detained on false charges for nine years and condemned to death on the basis of a forced confession.
MESA expresses profound concern regarding the deteriorating health of Laila Soueif in Egypt, and calls for the release of her son Alaa Abdel-Fattah and the end of violations of academic freedom by the Egyptian government.
CAF welcomes the recent news that Salma al-Shehab has been released from prison
Our letter expressing concern about the decision of MIT’s Department of Linguistics and Philosophy to deny Professor Michel DeGraff permission to offer a proposed course on language, linguistics and decolonization in Israel/Palestine
Our letter expressing concern about the suspension of Umaymah Mohammad, a student from the Emory University School of Medicine, for a statement that she made during a media interview that was deemed in violation of the student code of conduct.
The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies invites applications for the 2025 Moskowitz/Rafalowicz International Research Workshop Interrogating Neutrality during the Holocaust.
Our letter expressing concern about the flawed disciplinary proceedings involving Dr. Katherine Franke and the circumstances surrounding her “retirement.”
Royal Society for Asian Affairs invites people for an online panel discussion with Professor Emeritus Jenny White, Associate Professor Sebnem Gumuscu and Dr Bilge Yabanci.
Begins March 13, 2025
Our letter expressing concern about recent actions that have exacerbated the climate of repression on campus
The Committee on Academic Freedom received a response from the Interim President of Cornell University in response to our 26 November letter regarding a course proposal developed by Dr. Eric Cheyfitz
Our letter expressing concern about the negative comments recently made regarding a course proposal developed by Dr. Eric Cheyfitz
Our letter protesting the latest trial of Dr. Nasser bin Ghaith, who has already spent 11 years in prison and his sentencing to life in prison on dubious charges of “establishing and managing a clandestine terrorist organization,” as well as decrying his mistreatment in prison.
Our letter expressing concern about the recent disciplinary action by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) against one of its doctoral students, Prahlad Iyengar.
Our letter to Tunisian authorities insisting on the release from detention of French doctoral student conducting dissertation research in Tunisia and urging the protection of academic freedom in the country
Our letter expressing concern about the flawed disciplinary proceedings involving a number of its students that Swarthmore College is currently conducting
The College of Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS) and the Department of History invite applications for a full-time tenure-track position in Persian and Iranian History (early modern/modern period).
Our letter expressing concern about the decision of the University of Minnesota administration to indefinitely suspend eight students who participated in an occupation of a university building
Our letter expressing concern about Harvard University’s decision to ban a number of undergraduate students, law students and faculty from entering Harvard University’s libraries
Our letter expressing concern about the general atmosphere of repression on Claremont campuses as well as specific instances of repression at Harvey Mudd College, Pomona College, and Scripps College.
MESA’s Academic Freedom Initiative will support data collection and analysis as well as dissemination of findings regarding academic freedom in the context of scholarship and teaching in Middle East studies.
The Committee on Academic Freedom received a response from the Provost of Wake Forest University in response to our 30 September letter regarding the decision to cancel a scheduled lecture by Professor Rabab Abdelhadi