More than 120 scholars representing the Academic Council of the U.S. organization Jewish Voice for Peace express their concern and indignation over the Collège de France’s cancellation of the “Palestine and Europe” conference. “When such a highly esteemed institution such as the Collège de France allows itself to be pressured to censor scholarly activities, it risks not only losing its own academic independence and integrity but sets a worrisome precedent for universities struggling to maintain their internal standards and self-governing procedures during these increasingly authoritarian times.”