When the Modern Language Association (MLA) deconstructs something, it stays scrambled. Thousands of English professors attend the annual MLA conferences and just about every English Department is represented there. At this year’s meeting in Austin,…
Topic: Israel
Rehashing Salaita’s Firing, Again
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…
Anti-Semitic Resolutions Visible in University of California System
From Campus Reform: A controversial resolution was passed at the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) in November urging administration to divest from Israel, but reports show an initial 2014 vote passed with an illegal…
Harvard Professor Claims He Needs Armed Guards when Speaking about Israel, Safe Spaces
Dershowitz blasts safe spaces and the concept behind them, which means that he need some armed guards with him when he makes speaking appearances about Israel (he is pro-Israel).
Maryland History Professor Helps Convince AHA to Not Approve Resolution that Condemns Israel
Campus Reform reported the following: Following a public appeal by a University of Maryland history professor, the American Historical Association rejected a resolution Sunday that opponents described as a politically-motivated indictment of Israel. “The resolution…
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.
UCLA Resolution Bars Taking Sides in Israel-Palestine Conflict
Uh, free speech, anyone? No?
Jewish Student at Michigan Cleared by Ethics Probe after Criticizing Pro-Palestinian Display on Campus
A win for free speech: A student government ethics committee has ruled that student Jesse Arm was within his First Amendment rights when he called the display offensive and told his peers to take it…
Women’s Studies and the Moral Vacuity of an Academic Boycott Against Israel
Seeming to give proof to Orwell’s observation that some ideas are so stupid they could only have been thought of by intellectuals, yet another academic association—this time the National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA)—has followed the…
Jewish Student Criticizes Pro-Palestinian Display and is Facing an Ethics Probe
As the College Fix noted: Student Jesse Arm, a Central Student Government representative, confronted student peers who set up the pro-Palestinian display on Nov. 19 after his friend, an American Jewish student studying in Israel,…