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#academicfreedom

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Susan Ville

📰 #oped The war on student activists and the disappearance of academic freedom in the #us

By Barry Trachtenberg* for Anadolu

*The author serves on the Academic Council of Jewish Voice for Peace and the Advisory Board of the Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism. He holds the Rubin Presidential Chair of Jewish History at Wake Forest University in North Carolina, USA

#academicfreedom #freedomofspeech
#protest

aa.com.tr/en/americas/opinion-

www.aa.com.trOPINION - The war on student activists and the disappearance of academic freedom in the USBy focusing on suppressing pro-Palestinian activism rather than addressing actual antisemitic threats, Project Esther leaves Jewish communities more vulnerable while simultaneously eroding civil liberties and academic freedom - Anadolu Ajansı
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Bongolian

Margaret Sullivan: The AP’s win against Trump shows principles still have power in the US

"Series of actions this week including at #Princeton and in a tiny town, offer #hope that courageous voices can make a difference"

#law #AP #journalism #ICE #deporation #immigration #academicfreedom
theguardian.com/commentisfree/

The Guardian · The AP’s win against Trump shows principles still have power in the USBy Margaret Sullivan
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petersuber

Update. Statement from the University of California Systemwide Academic Senate Council: The Defense of the University, April 8, 2025
senate.universityofcalifornia.

"We thus call on the Regents, President, and Chancellors of the University of California to expend every effort, commit necessary resources, and use all legal measures to defend our ability to conduct consequential, transformative research and provide high-quality teaching and mentoring. We call on our leaders to ensure the safety and privacy of students, faculty, and staff. And we further call on our leaders to protect academic freedom and faculty control of the curriculum—proactively and publicly."

#Academia #AcademicFreedom #Universities
@academicchatter

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Jens Mittelbach

Academic research deleted from Mississippi libraries. The state removed full databases on race and gender studies from public access—citing laws officials can’t fully name.
#censorship #libraries #academicfreedom

infodocket.com/2025/04/09/repo

Library Journal infoDOCKETReport: “Mississippi Libraries Ordered to Delete Academic Research in Response to State Laws”From Mississippi Today: A state commission scrubbed academic research from a database used by Mississippi libraries and public schools — a move made to comply with recent state laws changing what content can be offered in libraries. The Mississippi Library Commission ordered the deletion of two research collections that might violate state law, a March […]
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oatmeal

Digging for power / Israeli archaeology conference canceled after government attempts to silence critic

Israel's major archaeology conference was canceled after Heritage Minister Eliyahu demanded the removal of Prof. Raphael Greenberg, who has spoken out against Israel's archaeological practices in occupied territories.

Prof. Greenberg, chair of NGO Emek Shaveh, argues that Israel weaponizes archaeology to dispossess Palestinians and violates international conventions on cultural heritage protection. He also believes that Israel Exploits excavations to justify settler expansion in the West Bank, while excluding Palestinian voices from archaeological discourse about their own heritage, and uses selective archaeology to create political narratives about land ownership.

The academic community united in support of Greenberg's right to speak, even among those who disagree with his views, forcing the conference's cancellation rather than comply with political censorship.

[…] the plans were suspended when Raphael Greenberg [pictured], Professor of Archaeology at Tel Aviv University and chairman of Emek Shaveh, the Israeli NGO which seeks to prevent the politicisation of archaeology in the context of the Israel-Palestine conflict, raised fundamental objections to the conference in an open letter to intending participants. Rather than allow Professor Greenberg to attend and air these objections, the Ministry hastily cancelled the conference.

bricup.org.uk/news-2/israel-ca [#BRICUP British Committee for the Universities of Palestine]

haaretz.com/archaeology/2025-0 or archive.is/sxI5o

See also

Netanyahu Coalition Advances Bill Allowing Israel's Antiquities Authority to Operate in West Bank haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-0 or archive.is/ajycL

@palestine
@israel
@academicchatter
#AcademicFreedom
#Archaeology #Palestine​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
#Israel #WestBank

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Moto

#学術会議の民間法人化に反対します
#日本学術会議への人事介入に抗議する
#学問の自由を守ろう
#日本学術会議を守ろう
#学術会議解体に抗する
Protect the Science Council of Japan.
#AcademicFreedom

📌予告（2025/04/11） 院内 集会

from 安全保障関連法に反対する学者の会 （@anpogakusya　X/Twitter）
【　【緊急集会】
日本学術会議法案を憂慮する学協会・研究者院内集会
日時：４月11日（金）17：00～
場所：衆院第１議員会館多目的ホール youtube.com/watch?v=Nod3z2Y6d18
発言：広渡清吾（学術会議元会長）、若尾政希（歴史学協会委員長）、小玉重夫（教育学会会長）、三成美保（ジェンダー法学会理事）他多数　】
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x.com/anpogakusya/status/19084

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AK

> cont. “Resisting Submission” by Jan Komárek

“[Anna] Dumont’s essay is entitled ‘What Autocrats Want from Academics: Servility’. And that is exactly what I refuse to give them, even in my small, insignificant way.”

“Let me say this publicly:
“Donald Trump and his minions are destroying democracy, fundamental freedoms, and the Constitution on which these values are based.
“By supporting Israel’s disproportionate response to the Hamas terrorist attacks of October 2023, the United States is complicit in the crimes against the Palestinian people in Gaza, which should be properly investigated by the International Criminal Court.
“Punishing people for saying these two things violates the U.S. Constitution and the value of which Americans have always prided themselves: the freedom of speech.
“We, in the free world, will keep reminding of these truths, that ‘we hold to be self-evident’”

#USPol #AcademicFreedom #Verfassungsblog

@palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@a.gup.pe

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AK

Resisting Submission: My answers to the US border officials (Jan Komárek | Verfassungsblog, 2025-04-04)

ettlo.r.sp1-brevo.net/mk/mr/sh
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“As a professor of European constitutional law, I have published on academic freedom and am currently pursuing a project on the political role of the university in a polarized society. As part of this project, … I should spend this autumn at NYU…”

“After the start of the authoritarian takeover in the United States…, I wondered whether I should come to New York.”

“… it was Yale’s email advising all foreign students and scholars of heightened scrutiny when entering the US. It noted that individuals could be questioned by border officials about their support for Palestinian causes and that their visas could be revoked based on their answers. ‘We cannot advise you on how to answer such questions’, the guidance said, ‘but you should be prepared to answer them.’”

> cont.

#USPol #AcademicFreedom
@palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@a.gup.pe

ettlo.r.sp1-brevo.netResisting Submission
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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

A University President Makes a Case Against Cowardice
newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/a-u
nonpaywalled: archive.ph/a9ie5
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4
Michael S. Roth
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_

Surrendering to Authoritarianism
mronline.org/2025/04/04/surren

#TransLivesMatter
#Trump #fascism #Christofascism #transgenocide #academia #censorship
#HigherEducation #AcademicFreedom #FreeSpeech #cowardize #sycophancy

Transgenocide
persagen.org/wpi/transgenocide
mastodon.social/@persagen/1141
CAVE: collaborate, advocate, vote, educate

The New Yorker · A University President Makes a Case Against CowardiceBy Molly Fischer
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