New England Scholars Speak / Action Network US Scholars: Speak Up for Liberty and Justice NOW Public Domain. Photo by Nataraj Munoli: https://www.pexels.com/photo/statue-of-liberty-66709/ March 2025 An Urgent Message to University and College Presidents Across the United States At this dangerous juncture for the future of academic freedom, free speech, and due process on all our […]
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Universities
Columbia University must Reject Trump Ultimatum and Stand up at long last for the Freedom and Independence of the Academy
Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Dr. Katrina Armstrong Interim President, Columbia University officeofthepresident@columbia.edu David Greenwald Claire Shipman Co-Chairs, Columbia University Board of Trustees secretary@columbia.edu Dear Dr. Armstrong, Mr. Greenwald and Ms. Shipman: We write on behalf of the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA) […]
The Trump Administration is an Existential Threat to Academic Freedom and Higher Education: Middle East Studies Assn.
Board of Directors, the Middle East Studies Association The second Trump administration has ushered in an existential threat to academic freedom and higher education in the United States. The current campaign targeting universities is an extension of earlier right-wing efforts to attack and defund teaching about race, gender, and sexuality at the state level, but […]
Protesting to Columbia University over the Unlawful Detention of Mahmoud Khalil
CALIFORNIA SCHOLARS FOR ACADEMIC FREEDOM March 11, 2025Katrina Armstrong, PresidentColumbia UniversityDaniel Abebe, DeanColumbia School of Law Dear President Armstrong and Dean Abebe: We are writing on behalf of California Scholars for Academic Freedom, a group of over two-hundred scholars from campuses across California, to call upon you to demand the immediate release from ICE custody […]
Protest to MIT about Denying a Palestine Course to Professor Michael DeGraff
Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Sally Kornbluth President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sally.kornbluth@mit.edu . . . Dear President Kornbluth and colleagues: We write on behalf of the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA) and its Committee on Academic Freedom to express our concern about the […]
Protesting New York University’s Arbitrary Repressive Actions toward Faculty and Students Protest Gaza War
Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Linda G. Mills President, New York University linda.mills@nyu.edu Georgina Dopico Provost, New York University georgina.dopico@nyu.edu Dear President Mills and Provost Dopico: We write on behalf of the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA) and its Committee on Academic Freedom to express […]
Universities should not silence Research and Speech on Palestine
By Heidi Matthews, York University, Canada; Fatima Ahdash, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, and Priya Gupta, McGill University (The Conversation) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) recently issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant and Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif for war crimes and crimes against humanity. […]
Protesting Criticism of Approved Gaza Course Proposal by Cornell University President
Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Michael I. Kotlikoff Interim President, Cornell University mik7@cornell.edu Dear Interim President Kotlikoff: We write on behalf of the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA) and its Committee on Academic Freedom to express our concern about the negative comments that you recently […]
Protesting MIT’s Disciplining of Grad for pro-Palestine Activism and Advocacy
Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Sally Kornbluth President Sally.kornbluth@mit.edu . . . Dear President Kornbluth and Colleagues: We write on behalf of the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA) and its Committee on Academic Freedom to express our grave concern about the recent disciplinary action […]
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