September | 2007

Open Letter to Ms. Sally Hunt, General Secretary of the University and College Union

Palestinian Boycott Initiatives | PFUUPE | Posted on September 30, 2007

We shall continue to pursue other avenues to make our case heard in the academic community in the UK, and shall not be deterred by the cancellation of the invitation extended to us by the UCU. While we do not [...]

Academic shock and awe

News and Opinion | Sharif Elmusa | Al-Ahram Weekly Posted on September 28, 2007

The Israel lobby has reacted to the UCU's move in Britain with an academic "shock and awe" operation. What I am referring to is the one-page advertisement in The New York Times 8 August, paid for by the American Jewish [...]

On the way to a pariah state

News and Opinion | Carlo Strenger | Haaretz Posted on September 25, 2007

Eighteen months ago, two senior political scientists, Stephen M. Walt and John J. Mearsheimer, from Harvard and the University of Chicago, respectively, published a paper claiming that U.S. Middle Eastern policy, including the misguided Iraq war and its unqualified support [...]

Whose academic freedom?

News and Opinion | Margaret Aziza Pappano | Posted on September 23, 2007

When she issued her statement condemning the UCU’s proposed boycott,Principal Karen Hitchcock joined many U.S. and Canadian university presidents who did likewise. Lee Bollinger of Columbia University, one of the first to issue a statement, challenged the UCU to add [...]