Related Readings & Resources
Articles
Mark Ayyash, “For Canadian universities, the Palestinian is the ‘toxic other’,” Aljazeera November 30, 2022. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/11/30/anti-palestinian-racism-on-canadian-campuses
Abigail B. Bakan, Alejandro I. Paz, Anna Zalik, and Deborah Cowen, “Jewish scholars defend the right to academic freedom on Israel/Palestine,” The Conversation, April 11, 2021. https://theconversation.com/jewish-scholars-defend-the-right-to-academic-freedom-on-israel-palestine-157674
John Mearsheimer, “Israel and Academic Freedom.” Pp. 316-333 in Akeel Bilgrami and Jonathan Cole, Who’s Afraid of Academic Freedom. New York: Columbia University Press, 2015. https://www.mearsheimer.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Israel-and-Academic-Freedom.pdf
Books
Jon Thompson, No Debate: The Israel lobby and free speech at Canadian universities. Toronto: James Lorimer & Co., 2011.
Reports
Arab Canadian Lawyers Association, Anti-Palestinian Racism: Naming, Framing and Manifestation. April 25, 2022. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/61db30d12e169a5c45950345/t/627dcf83fa17ad41ff217964/1652412292220/Anti-Palestinian+Racism-+Naming,+Framing+and+Manifestations.pdf
Statements
American Association of University Professors, Statement on Anti-BDS Legislation and Universities. August 8, 2018. https://www.aaup.org/file/2018_Statement%20On%20Anti-BDS%20Legislation%20and%20Universities.pdf
Event Details
CFE Series: Threats to Academic Freedom
Increasingly, scholars of a nation’s history, politics, and culture are challenged as anti-national or hostile to the dominant religion, ethnicity, and culture. This panel will look at the challenges faced by scholars of Israel and Palestine. When does critical disagreement become an attack on academic freedom? What can universities do to protect the integrity of scholarly work in such a deeply fraught environment?
Co-sponsors: Canadian Association of University Teachers
Panelists:
Mark Ayyash, Professor of Sociology, Mount Royal University; Author of A Hermeneutics of Violence (Toronto);
Michael Lynk, Associate Professor of Law, Western University; former Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory
Brenna Bhandar, Associate Professor, Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia; Author of Colonial Lives of Property: Law, Land and Racial Regimes of Ownership (Duke).
Moderator: Penni Stewart, Professor Emerita, Sociology, York University. Former President, Canadian Association of University Teachers
Zoom link to event ryerson.zoom.us/j/91941276567
This is a free event and no registration is required.
Please contact cfe@ryerson.ca if you require accommodation to ensure inclusion in this event.
