Suche
Beiträge, die mit AcademicFreedom getaggt sind
https://www.sydsvenskan.se/artikel/vart-engagemang-tystas-systematiskt-ned-av-foretradare-for-lunds-universitet/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJgmalleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHq7IZ54rr6CVQ7KLVENV8I1ZwacT4vmXXhkB9HY1x_WxGnyDWut2VP5WBFTG_aem_vMo7RmwhIHW_F_D3lhShmA&sfnsn=mo
#svepol #akademiskfrihet #academicfreedom #palestine #palestina
#svepol #akademiskfrihet #academicfreedom #palestine #palestina
”Vårt engagemang tystas systematiskt ned av företrädare för Lunds universitet.”
Inlägg av fjorton anställda vid Lunds universitet.Sydsvenskan
So, I've been bullied and have defended others who were being bullied, and the advice I would give ANYONE being bullied is NOT to give in! That just empowers the bully!
Under threat from #Trump, #ColumbiaUniversity agrees to policy changes
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ
Updated 7:19 PM EDT, March 21, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — "Columbia University agreed Friday to put its Middle East studies department under new supervision and overhaul its rules for protests and student discipline, acquiescing to an extraordinary ultimatum by the Trump administration to implement those and other changes or risk losing billions of dollars in federal funding.
"As part of the sweeping reforms, the university will also adopt a new definition of antisemitism and expand 'intellectual diversity' by staffing up its Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies, according to a letter published Friday by the interim president, Katrina Armstrong.
"The announcement drew immediate condemnation from some faculty and free speech groups, who accused the university of caving to President Donald Trump’s largely unprecedented intrusion upon the school’s academic freedom.
"'Columbia’s #capitulation endangers #AcademicFreedom and #CampusExpression nationwide,' Donna Lieberman, the executive director of the New York #CivilLibertiesUnion said in a statement.
"Earlier this month, the Trump administration pulled $400 million in research grants and other funding over the university’s handling of protests against Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. As a precondition to restoring those funds — along with billions more in future grants — federal officials last week demanded the university immediately enact nine separate reforms to its academic and security policies."
https://apnews.com/article/columbia-university-funding-trump-fa70143c715df8fd4ef337c0e1ccf872?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
#CharacteristicsOfFascism #USPol #TrumpIsABully #Resist
Under threat from #Trump, #ColumbiaUniversity agrees to policy changes
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ
Updated 7:19 PM EDT, March 21, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — "Columbia University agreed Friday to put its Middle East studies department under new supervision and overhaul its rules for protests and student discipline, acquiescing to an extraordinary ultimatum by the Trump administration to implement those and other changes or risk losing billions of dollars in federal funding.
"As part of the sweeping reforms, the university will also adopt a new definition of antisemitism and expand 'intellectual diversity' by staffing up its Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies, according to a letter published Friday by the interim president, Katrina Armstrong.
"The announcement drew immediate condemnation from some faculty and free speech groups, who accused the university of caving to President Donald Trump’s largely unprecedented intrusion upon the school’s academic freedom.
"'Columbia’s #capitulation endangers #AcademicFreedom and #CampusExpression nationwide,' Donna Lieberman, the executive director of the New York #CivilLibertiesUnion said in a statement.
"Earlier this month, the Trump administration pulled $400 million in research grants and other funding over the university’s handling of protests against Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. As a precondition to restoring those funds — along with billions more in future grants — federal officials last week demanded the university immediately enact nine separate reforms to its academic and security policies."
https://apnews.com/article/columbia-university-funding-trump-fa70143c715df8fd4ef337c0e1ccf872?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
#CharacteristicsOfFascism #USPol #TrumpIsABully #Resist
Under threat from Trump, Columbia University agrees to policy changes
Columbia University agreed to implement a host of policy changes, including overhauling its rules for protests and conducting an immediate review of its Middle Eastern studies department.Jake Offenhartz (AP News)
Update. "ALLEA Statement on Threats to Academic Freedom and International Research Collaboration in the United States"
https://allea.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/ALLEA-Statement-on-Threats-to-Academic-Freedom.pdf
"The European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities expresses grave concern over the escalating threats to academic freedom, both in the United States and beyond. Recent developments regarding science and scholarship in the U.S., including executive orders freezing billions in federal research funding and censorship around topics such as climate change and gender, are forcing many U.S. science agencies and research organisations to abruptly suspend normal operations. Such censorship and political suppression of language, research topics, and methodologies—whether through funding restrictions, legislative control, or institutional interference—fundamentally compromise the integrity of scientific and scholarly endeavours not just in the U.S. but around the world due to the global nature of the research ecosystem."
#AcademicFreedom #ALLEA #Censorship #Collaboration #DefendResearch #Takedowns #Trump #USPol #USPolitics
https://allea.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/ALLEA-Statement-on-Threats-to-Academic-Freedom.pdf
"The European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities expresses grave concern over the escalating threats to academic freedom, both in the United States and beyond. Recent developments regarding science and scholarship in the U.S., including executive orders freezing billions in federal research funding and censorship around topics such as climate change and gender, are forcing many U.S. science agencies and research organisations to abruptly suspend normal operations. Such censorship and political suppression of language, research topics, and methodologies—whether through funding restrictions, legislative control, or institutional interference—fundamentally compromise the integrity of scientific and scholarly endeavours not just in the U.S. but around the world due to the global nature of the research ecosystem."
#AcademicFreedom #ALLEA #Censorship #Collaboration #DefendResearch #Takedowns #Trump #USPol #USPolitics
#Pelatine-Israel / Ben-Gurion University condemns Government Censorship Laws while suspending Professor Ben Daniel for criticizing IDF
Ben-Gurion University has illegally suspended Dr. Sebastian Ben Daniel after 18 years of teaching computer science for criticizing #IDF actions in the West Bank. His "crime"? Using the pseudonym "John Brown" on social media to condemn the killing of Palestinian civilians, including a pregnant woman and a 7-year-old child.
The right-wing organization "Im Tirtzu" orchestrated a pressure campaign, collecting 1,000+ student signatures demanding his firing. Shamefully, the university administration caved immediately, bypassing proper procedures and due process.
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel has condemned this as "a hasty and illegal suspension" that "represents another step in academia's abandonment of fundamental values of free expression." They note this is part of a broader attack on democratic institutions, with parliament simultaneously advancing legislation to restrict academic freedom.
Prof. Oded Goldreich (who faced similar persecution when ministers tried to block his Israel Prize) defended Ben Daniel: "A university lecturer who is also a journalist and citizen published his opinion on a public forum unrelated to the university. His opinion is based on humanistic moral principles and extensive knowledge, but it's very unacceptable to fascist silencing organizations."
This isn't about "protecting students' feelings" as the university claims. It's about silencing critical voices and establishing a dangerous precedent where right-wing pressure can dictate who can speak and teach.
[…] "Ben Daniel has been serving as a computer science lecturer in the Faculty of Natural Sciences at Ben-Gurion University for 18 years. Fourteen years ago, he began publishing criticism of Israel on social media (as well as in 'Haaretz' and other media outlets), alongside investigations on topics such as Military Police investigation files and arms trafficking. About three weeks ago, Ben Daniel referred to IDF activity in a refugee camp near Tulkarm where a Palestinian child was shot, writing, among other things: 'The IDF doesn't shoot at religious terrorists who attack civilians, but does murder a pregnant woman and a 7-year-old child because 'he looked at the ground,' not because of orders but because they were educated to murder Palestinian children.'"
Coverage in Hebrew:
https://www.haaretz.co.il/news/education/2025-03-07/ty-article/.premium/00000195-6ced-d46d-a3f7-eded22220000 or https://archive.is/2ujuA
https://zoha.org.il/135865/
https://zoha.org.il/130141/
@academicchatter
@israel
@palestine
#AcademicFreedom
#FreeSpeech
Ben-Gurion University has illegally suspended Dr. Sebastian Ben Daniel after 18 years of teaching computer science for criticizing #IDF actions in the West Bank. His "crime"? Using the pseudonym "John Brown" on social media to condemn the killing of Palestinian civilians, including a pregnant woman and a 7-year-old child.
The right-wing organization "Im Tirtzu" orchestrated a pressure campaign, collecting 1,000+ student signatures demanding his firing. Shamefully, the university administration caved immediately, bypassing proper procedures and due process.
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel has condemned this as "a hasty and illegal suspension" that "represents another step in academia's abandonment of fundamental values of free expression." They note this is part of a broader attack on democratic institutions, with parliament simultaneously advancing legislation to restrict academic freedom.
Prof. Oded Goldreich (who faced similar persecution when ministers tried to block his Israel Prize) defended Ben Daniel: "A university lecturer who is also a journalist and citizen published his opinion on a public forum unrelated to the university. His opinion is based on humanistic moral principles and extensive knowledge, but it's very unacceptable to fascist silencing organizations."
This isn't about "protecting students' feelings" as the university claims. It's about silencing critical voices and establishing a dangerous precedent where right-wing pressure can dictate who can speak and teach.
[…] "Ben Daniel has been serving as a computer science lecturer in the Faculty of Natural Sciences at Ben-Gurion University for 18 years. Fourteen years ago, he began publishing criticism of Israel on social media (as well as in 'Haaretz' and other media outlets), alongside investigations on topics such as Military Police investigation files and arms trafficking. About three weeks ago, Ben Daniel referred to IDF activity in a refugee camp near Tulkarm where a Palestinian child was shot, writing, among other things: 'The IDF doesn't shoot at religious terrorists who attack civilians, but does murder a pregnant woman and a 7-year-old child because 'he looked at the ground,' not because of orders but because they were educated to murder Palestinian children.'"
Coverage in Hebrew:
https://www.haaretz.co.il/news/education/2025-03-07/ty-article/.premium/00000195-6ced-d46d-a3f7-eded22220000 or https://archive.is/2ujuA
https://zoha.org.il/135865/
https://zoha.org.il/130141/
@academicchatter
@israel
@palestine
#AcademicFreedom
#FreeSpeech
האגודה לזכויות האזרח: השעייתו של המרצה באוניברסיטת בן גוריון – בלתי חוקית - זו הדרך
מערכת "זו הדרך" 07.03.2025 שתפו "השעייתו החפוזה והלא חוקית של ד"ר סבסטיאן בן דניאל מאוניברסיטת בן גוריון מהווה שלב נוסף בהתפרקות האקדמיה מערכי יסוד של חופש ביטוי ומחשבה להם היא מחויבת, וצעד נוסף לעבר רמיסתה המוחלטת על ידי גורמים ימנים, אנטי ליברלים ו…מערכת "זו הדרך" (זו הדרך)
Australia really needs an enquiry into Zionist influence.
https://overland.org.au/2025/02/open-letter-on-academic-freedom-in-solidarity-with-randa-abdel-fattah/
@palestine
@israel
#AusPol
#Zionism
#ForeignInfluence
#AcademicFreedom
#FreedomOfSpeech
https://overland.org.au/2025/02/open-letter-on-academic-freedom-in-solidarity-with-randa-abdel-fattah/
@palestine
@israel
#AusPol
#Zionism
#ForeignInfluence
#AcademicFreedom
#FreedomOfSpeech
Open letter on academic freedom, in solidarity with Randa Abdel-Fattah - Overland literary journal
We, the undersigned, write to express our condemnation of the decision by the Education Minister Jason Clare to request the Australian Research Council (ARC) to investigate the Future Fellowship of Macquarie University academic Randa Abdel-Fattah “as…Scholars against political repression (Overland literary journal)
#Gaza in Context: A Collaborative Teach-In Series
What Have We Learned? | #Israel’s Genocide—One Year On
Jurist #NimerSultany, reader in law @ SOAS, EIC of The #Palestine Yearbook of #InternationalLaw and author of "Law and Revolution: Legitimacy and Constitutionalism After the Arab Spring", in conversation w/ #BassamHaddad
https://youtu.be/6hOUL0SvFzs
#WarOnGaza #GazaGenocide #ColonialViolence #oPt #AcademicFreedom #PalestineSolidarity #GazaSolidarity #UKpol #UKpolitics #Jadaliyya @palestine
What Have We Learned? | #Israel’s Genocide—One Year On
Jurist #NimerSultany, reader in law @ SOAS, EIC of The #Palestine Yearbook of #InternationalLaw and author of "Law and Revolution: Legitimacy and Constitutionalism After the Arab Spring", in conversation w/ #BassamHaddad
https://youtu.be/6hOUL0SvFzs
#WarOnGaza #GazaGenocide #ColonialViolence #oPt #AcademicFreedom #PalestineSolidarity #GazaSolidarity #UKpol #UKpolitics #Jadaliyya @palestine
I was a #professor at the #University of #Leipzig for 10 years in the 1990s and 2000s. No #regrets about having left, because canceling today a #lecture by #BennyMorris means capitulating to the #dictates of #activists against #AcademicFreedom -- no matter what one may think of his #publications .The #faculty bluntly admits that they have bowed to #political #pressure :"Various groups have asked us to cancel the #lecture ." A disgrace.
#antisemitism #Israel #Germany
https://www.theol.uni-leipzig.de/institut-fuer-praktische-theologie/veranstaltungsdetail/termin/the-1948-war-and-jihad
#antisemitism #Israel #Germany
https://www.theol.uni-leipzig.de/institut-fuer-praktische-theologie/veranstaltungsdetail/termin/the-1948-war-and-jihad