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Is Zionist a rude word?
Words trail meanings beyond their formal definitions. Raymond Williams in his Key Words leads us through the dizzying journeys that words we thought we knew well have taken over their….
Before firing at a Palestinian, the Israeli sniper asked: Where do you want to be shot?
Four rounds of sniper fire hit Mohammed Amassi, a young Palestinian baker standing on the roof of his home in the Al-Fawwar refugee camp. As he tries now to recover from his wounds, he still remembers the mocking words of the soldier who shot him.
Israel linked to suspension of Palestine course at UC Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley – an institution synonymous with free speech protests in the 1960s – has shut down a student-led course on Palestine. The censorship is one of….
Ghassan Hage’s letter responding to an invitation to give the keynote at the Anthropological Association of Israel conference and the president’s reply
I had initially asked the president of the Israeli Anthropological Association who invited me, Nir Avieli, if he wanted his invitation published. As I didn’t get an initial response i assumed he didn’t. But he has sent me his considered response to my reply. So here they are both for the records. As you can see both my response and Nir’s are polite and even cordial despite the differences, and if people want to comment, I’d rather if people keep the same tone of exchange.–Ghassan Hage
Letter in support for Professor Simona Sharoni
September 13, 2016
Dr. John Ettling
President,
State University of New York, Plattsburgh
Dr. Jake Liszka
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs,
State University of New York, Plattsburgh
Professor Andrew Buckser
Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences
State University of New York, Plattsburgh
Birzeit University Condemns Denial of Entry to UK Academic
Birzeit University condemns in the strongest possible terms the denial of entry to Dr. Adam Hanieh, who was invited by the Ph.D. Program in the Social Sciences at Birzeit University….
Suspension of controversial Palestine class at UC Berkeley sparks debate
The university argued that the course, which studied Palestine ‘through the lens of settler colonialism’, was anti-Israel and antisemitic
The right to educate
The 2016-2017 academic year has just started in occupied Palestine, and with it come the hopes and dreams of young students, but also the daily challenges of walking to school….
Fred Moten’s Statement in Support of a Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions
I’ve been learning something recently as the rhetorical energy surrounding the idea and actuality of an academic and cultural boycott of Israel—which is the least those of us who are….