Posts Tagged: Cary Nelson
A Fascinating Look Into the Rise of Campus Hatred and Antisemitism
The latest offering from Jewish Quarterly provides a timely and thorough exploration of the state of antisemitism in contemporary universities. It particularly focuses on the...
500 Academics and Mental Health Professionals Call for Removal of Professor Accused of Antisemitism
Over five hundred academics and mental health professionals have issued a letter urging George Washington University (GWU) to remove "decolonial" clinical psychology professor Lara Sheehi...
Antisemitism Now Has ‘Academic Mandate,’ Leading Expert on Academic Freedom Tells Indiana Conference on Jew-Hatred
The latest wave of anti-Zionism now sweeping through some academic departments at US universities is having a chilling effect on how scholarship on Zionism, Jewish...
Who Is Harming Palestinian Academic Freedom?
Not in Kansas Anymore: Academic Freedom in Palestinian Universities, by Cary Nelson (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2020) It is fundamental and axiomatic on the international...
Ex-Head of American Association of University Professors Slams Award for SFSU Professor Who Engaged in Hate Speech Against Jewish Students
A former president of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) has criticized the organization for recently giving an award to a San Francisco State...
Cary Nelson Makes the Progressive Case Against BDS
For academics who support the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, Cary Nelson’s recently published book -- Israel Denial: Anti-Zionism, Anti-Semitism, & the Faculty Campaign...
Israel Boycotts Defeated at Modern Language Association, but More Trouble May Be Brewing
While advocates of anti-Israel boycotts at the Modern Language Association (MLA) sustained significant setbacks in 2017, their campaign to isolate the Jewish state may resurface...
Jewish Student Umbrella Lauds New Anti-BDS Report Recommending How to Combat ‘One of the Greatest Threats to Academic Freedom’ on Campus
The world's largest Jewish campus organization welcomed a US higher education-reform group's new recommendations for countering boycott and divestment efforts at universities, The Algemeiner has learned. Hillel International president and...
BDS and the New ‘Anti-Normalization’
In early December, Professors Cary Nelson and David Greenberg wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post about the “anti-normalization” tactic that has been widely adopted by proponents of the...
Prominent Scholars Slam Modern Language Association for Entertaining ‘Shameful’ BDS Resolution, Politicizing Academia
Two American scholars called an anti-Israel motion being brought before the upcoming conference of the Modern Language Association (MLA) a "shameful maneuver" that highlights the worrisome politicization of academia. Referring...
Academic Freedom Proponents Slam BDS Policy of ‘Anti-Normalization,’ Non-Engagement With Israel, Supporters
Two prominent pro-Israel academics slammed the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement’s policy of "anti-normalization" and non-engagement with the Jewish state and its supporters in...
‘Dreams Deferred: A Concise Guide to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and the Movement to Boycott Israel’ (REVIEW)
Dreams Deferred: A Concise Guide to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and the Movement to Boycott Israel, by Cary Nelson, (MLA Members for Scholars’ Rights and Indiana...
Mideast Scholars: Anti-Israel Professors in US Ignoring Violent Suppression of Academic Freedom on Palestinian Campuses
Academic freedom on campuses in Palestinian Authority (PA) controlled areas is suppressed by a surrounding societal culture of intimidation and violence -- something that anti-Israel professors in...
Dismantling the Case for Academic Boycotts of Israel (REVIEW)
In my favorite essay in the superb Case Against Academic Boycotts of Israel, Emily Budick speaks to the failure of many academics caught up in...
