The Modern Language Association (MLA) is obsessive over Steven Salaita’s firing at the University of Illinois, demonstrated by a panel session entitled, “Salaita, Academic Freedom, and the Question of Palestine: Where Do We Go from…
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Illinois Settles with Salaita for the Sum of $600,000
The University of Illinois withdrew a job offer to Steven Salaita over anti-Israeli comments on his Twitter account, after which he sued and the university settled.
Ousted anti-Israel Professor Steven Salaita Settles with University of Illinois
The Salaita saga has finally ended: The professor, whose job offer to the U. of Illinois-Urbana Champaign was rescinded after his rabidly anti-Israel/anti-Semitic tweets came to light, had quickly taken up the mantle of “academic…
41 University of Illinois Officers want anti-Israel Professor Steven Salaita Reinstated
Forty-one executive officers at the University of Illinois signed a letter that demanded several things, one of which was Salaita’s reinstatement at the university after having a job offer rescinded. The job offer was withdrawn…
Sound Familiar? Secret E-mails Released, but from Illinois University over Firing Controversial, anti-Israel Professor
As the College Fix reported: University of Illinois officials conducted official business and discussed controversies on email accounts that they didn’t make available for public records requests, the school admitted Friday. Freedom of Information Act requests…
Steven Salaita, whose Anti-Israel Tweets led to his firing at Illinois, is headed to Lebanon
Salaita will be teaching at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon.
Censure Issued to University of Illinois after Salaita Controversy
As the College Fix noted: “…The American Association of University Professors voted to censure the University of Illinois for rescinding its job offer to Steven Salaita.” “Having already released a report in April that said…
Illinois to be Censured for Ousting Anti-Israel Professor Steven Salaita
The University of Illinois will be censured for firing Steven Salaita, who had left his previous job at Virginia Tech to work at Illinois. But, his comments about Gaza and Israel (like the one below)…
Salaita goes after Illinois Donors in post-firing controversy
Steven Salaita, who did not get tenure at the University of Illinois for anti-Semitic remarks, is now suing the university’s donors for encouraging the university not to hire him.
Israeli War Academic Front
A professor actually lost out on an academic job due to his anti-Israeli musings. Beware, the following tweet is NSFW (or “not safe for work”) due to profanity. “This month, my campus, the University of…
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