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This is what an academic boycott looks like: Two new campaigns target conferences hosted by Israeli universities
Recent decisions by prestigious US academic organizations to support the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement have sparked long neglected public discussion of the limits of academic freedom in the West, the deleterious effects of occupation on Palestinians, including university students and faculty, and Israel”s human rights abuses against Palestinians on both sides of the […]
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Boycott Israel Movement Erupts in the US Academy: A Statement on the ASA vote to endorse the academic boycott of Israeli Universities
USACBI congratulates the American Studies Association (ASA) for its unprecedented vote endorsing the Palestinian call for an academic boycott of Israeli universities. The overwhelming support of the ASA membership who voted by a significant margin (66.05% “yes” to 30.5% “no”) in favor of the academic boycott resolution is sending shockwaves through US academia and the media. This […]
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USACBI Congratulates the American Studies Association for Endorsement of Academic Boycott of Israel
December 16, 2013 – The US Campaign for the Academic & Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI) congratulates the American Studies Association following today”s announcement that its membership has endorsed the Association”s participation in a boycott of Israeli academic institutions. In an election that attracted 1252 voters, the largest number of participants in such a referendum in the history of the organization, […]
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ASA National Council Votes Unanimously To Endorse Academic Boycott of Israel
American Studies Association One year ago, the Academic and Community Activism Caucus of the American Studies Association (ASA) asked the Executive Committee (EC) to consider a resolution to honor the call from Palestinian civil society to support the academic boycott of Israel. The EC forwarded the resolution to the National Council. Following the deliberative procedures […]
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Call to Boycott the Oral History Conference at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem: Open Letter
The following open letter was originally issued on August 12 to oral historians and scholars planning to participate in the June 2014 International Conference on Oral History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The letter is signed by over 375 scholars and community oral historians and counting; and is endorsed by Academic and Cultural Boycott […]
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Articles on the ASA Academic Boycott Resolution – The Taboo on Boycotting Israel has Been Broken & More
Other articles on the American Studies Association boycott resolution presented this past ASA conference: Academics should boycott Israel: Growing movement takes next step | Steven Salaita, Salon American Studies Association national council endorses academic boycott of Israel | Alex Kane, Mondoweiss Toward an Ethic of Legitimate Dissent: Academic Boycott at the American Studies Association | […]
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American Studies Association Boycott Resolution – Frequently Asked Questions
ASA BOYCOTT RESOLUTION – FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS To download this document as a PDF, click here for front side and here for back side. TAKE ACTION: If you are a member of the American Studies Association, it is still as relevant as ever to sign on & support the academic boycott resolution – http://www.change.org/petitions/members-of-the-asa-support-resolution-to-boycott-israeli-academic-institutions The ASA Caucus on […]
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Do Not Apply: Open Letter Campaign to Boycott Hebrew University
Open Letter Campaign to Boycott Hebrew University Assistant Professor Position in Communication and Journalism (Cinema, Visual Culture, Media, and Discourse Studies) Dear Colleagues: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem”s Department of Communication and Journalism recently announced the opening of a tenure-track research and teaching position to begin July 2014. Applications are due September 30, 2013. In anticipation of […]
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Support USACBI!
Dear Friends, Colleagues, and Fellow Organizers: No doubt you have heard of the most recent incidents of censorship and intimidation of pro-Palestine students, academics, and artists in the US, such as the “dis-inviting” of distinguished poet and novelist Alice Walker, who has been outspoken in her critique of Israeli occupation and apartheid, by the University […]
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USACBI Responds to Unsubstantiated Claims of Threats
The Organizing Collective of the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel celebrates the increasing number of international artists who are cancelling performances in Israel. Accompanying this success are allegations that artists receive threats that lead them to cancel their performances. To counter these charges, USACBI wants to be clear about the […]
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