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ISIS and “Ariel University of Samaria, Israel”
March 10, 2010 An Academic Blunder By SASAN FAYAZMANESH The International Society for Iranian Studies (ISIS), defined on its website as “an academic society to support and promote the field of Iranian Studies,” has found itself in hot water lately. In its forthcoming conference in Santa Monica, California, it has included a paper by an […]
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A Joint Letter to the International Society of Iranian Studies on “Ariel University of Samaria, Israel”
March 10, 2010 Dear Professor Sandler Members of the Executive Committee International Society for Iranian Studies We write to register our deep concern that during the 2010 Iranian Studies Biennial Conference in Santa Monica, California, the International Society for Iranian Studies (ISIS) intends to host a faculty member from “Ariel University of Samaria, Israel.” We […]
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A Community Debate: Achieving a Just Peace in Israel/Palestine
Is the Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions (BDS) Campaign a help or hindrance? Zeev Maoz & Omar Barghouti Sunday, March 7, 2010, 7pm Doors open at 6:30pm Veterans Memorial 203 E. 14th St, Davis $5 suggested donation Omar Barghouti is an independent Palestinian researcher, commentator and human rights activist and is a founding member of the […]
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International Society for Iranian Studies Hosts Israeli Settler from Ariel Military University
Note see petition referenced in letter here Statement by the International Society for Iranian Studies President Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi on “Scholarly Autonomy and Academic Civility” The International Society for Iranian Studies (ISIS) has received a petition distributed by the U.S. Campaign for the Academic & Cultural Boycott of Israel. Academics leading this campaign are protesting against […]
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University of Michigan-Dearborn Student Government Passes Divestment Resolution
Thursday, 25 February 2010 University of Michigan – Dearborn Student Government General Assembly Resolution # 2010-003 Whereas, this wise body has been known to be one of strong moral and social conscience and has in the past supported justice and international law, and Whereas, U.N General Assembly Resolution 194 resolves that the Holy Places – […]
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Judith Butler: As a Jew, I was taught it was ethically imperative to speak up
By Udi Aloni Philosopher, professor and author Judith Butler arrived in Israel this month, en route to the West Bank, where she was to give a seminar at Bir Zeit University, visit the theater in Jenin, and meet privately with friends and students. A leading light in her field, Butler chose not to visit any […]
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Open Letter to the International Society for Iranian Studies
UPDATED 25.2.10 To our academic endorsers: Please read the letter below in relation to the inclusion of an Israeli colonist participating in the upcoming International Society for Iranian Studies Conference in Santa Monica, California. Faculty members who wish to sign onto the letter, should send their names and institutional affiliations to NoArielU@gmail.com. Please be sure […]
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UA: An honorable history of divestment
By Gabriel Schivone Published: Thursday, February 4, 2010 After an intensive anti-sweatshop campaign last spring led by students in the Sweatshop-Free Coalition and University Community for Human Rights, President Robert Shelton had the UA divest our financial holdings in the Russell Corporation due to the company”s singularly cruel labor abuses in its factories in Honduras. […]
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Human rights violations: UA group calls for President Shelton to sever UAPD-Motorola contract
By Jennifer Koehmstedt Published: Monday, February 15, 2010 UA administrators are resisting a recommendation by UA students to terminate the university”s contract with the Motorola Corporation. Students say the company is complicit in human rights violations because of contracts they have with the Israeli government, which is militarily occupying Palestinian lands. In 1999, the University […]
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Divestment campaign gains traction at U of Arizona
by Philip Weiss on February 16, 2010 Divestment is biting at the University of Arizona. Several articles about the campaign in the student newspaper. Here”s the lead: UA administrators are resisting a recommendation by UA students to terminate the university”s contract with the Motorola Corporation. Students say the company is complicit in human rights violations […]
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