1967 photo of an Israeli military tank in the Palestinian city of Nablus at the beginning of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank; the photo was taken by the father of historian Dana Sajdi

Why I’m Voting Yes on BDS

BY DANA SAJDI Part of my choosing to be a premodern historian is precisely to escape the reality of having been born and raised until adolescence in Nablus, in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.  As a schoolgirl, it was a daily routine for me to carry in my lunch tiffin an onion, the root vegetable considered…

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“Cooperation Is Undesirable”

BY DMITRY DUBROVSKY On June 21, Hank Reichman posted a piece in response to a decision taken earlier that day by the Russian state prosecutor designating Bard College as an “undesirable organization,” effectively terminating the New York-based school’s quarter-century long partnership with St. Petersburg State University.  (See also articles on Inside Higher Ed here and…

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Russian State Prosecutor Designates Bard College an “Undesirable Organization”

BY HANK REICHMAN The Prosecutor General’s Office of Russia today (June 21) recognized New York’s Bard College as an “undesirable organization.”  According to the ministry, Bard’s activities in Russia “pose a threat to the foundations of the constitutional order and security” of Russia.  The designation threatens, and may well guarantee, the termination of a longstanding…

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Trial Reveals Feds Falsely Accused Chinese-born US Professor of Espionage

BY HANK REICHMAN In November 2017 the AAUP released a report on National Security, the Assault on Science, and Academic Freedom, which decried “increasing restrictions on and threats to the global exchange of scientific research and the academic freedom of American scientists to interact with foreign colleagues,” especially those from China.  In 2019, the AAUP…

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