Monthly Archives: January 2014

Response to the Rejection of the ASA Boycott

News and Opinion | Posted on January 2, 2014

A response to the College‘s statement regarding the American Studies Association‘s academic boycott of Israel. December 31, 2013 To the Smith College Office of the President, Dean of the College, and Board of Trustees: This letter is in response to [...]

In Defense of an Academic Boycott of Israel

News and Opinion | The Chronicle of Higher Education Posted on January 2, 2014

On December 16 the American Studies Association announced that its membership had voted to endorse an academic boycott of Israel, the second and most high-profile U.S. scholarly association to do so thus far. The boycott is one prong of a [...]