ACADEMIC FREEDOM IN THE NEWS

U.S. Army War College Suspends Prominent Scholar of Middle East by Peter Schmidt The U.S. Army War College has suspended a widely known expert on Islamic studies...
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The Academic Freedom Agenda by James Traub WHEN A MARINE HELICOPTER bore George W. Bush away from the Capitol the afternoon of Jan. 20...
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Beware the Button Police by Scott Jaschik Sporting an Obama or McCain button?
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British Faculty Union Calls for Preconditions on Working With Israeli Academics by Matthew Kalman Britain's largest faculty union was described as "racist" and "McCarthyite" on Wednesday...
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Israel denies entry to high-profile critic Norman Finkelstein by Yossi Melman The Shin Bet security service detained and deported an American Jewish professor...
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Torture and Tenure at Berkeley by Evan R. Goldstein
The release a few weeks ago of a memorandum on torture written by John C. Yoo in 2003 has prompted calls for his dismissal...
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Why John Yoo Must Stay by Ruth Marcus
The March 14, 2003, memo "Re: Military Interrogation of Alien Unlawful Combatants Held Outside the United States" is an abhorrent document. Show Me More >>

Quaker teacher fired for changing loyalty oath by Nanette Asimov, Chronicle Staff Writer
California State University East Bay has fired a math teacher...
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Kicking Up Sand in Middle-East Studies by Richard Byrne When the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa, or Asmea, held its inaugural meeting in Washington in late April...
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FREDERIC EWEN ACADEMIC FREEDOM CENTER IN THE NEWS

The Frederic Ewen Academic Center
Academic Freedom and the Law will be held on November 13, 2008.
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Frederic Ewen Academic Freedom Fellowship
New York University‘s Tamiment Library is pleased to announce the Frederic Ewen Academic Freedom Fellowship for 2009-2010. Show Me More >>

Scholars See Need to Redefine and Protect Academic Freedom by Richard Byrne
Existing threats to academic freedom have been exacerbated by the political and economic climate following... Show Me More >>

Kicking Up Sand in Middle-East Studies by Richard Byrne When the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa, or Asmea, held its inaugural meeting in Washington... Show Me More >>