Thursday, Oct. 30th at 7:30pm
UofR – Rush Rhees Library – Hawkins-Carlson Room
In early August, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
rescinded its offer of a tenured professorship to Steven Salaita, a
scholar of American Indian Studies. Dr. Salaita has been an outspoken
critic of Israel and Zionism, and is the author of Israel's Dead Soul. The university's decision to rescind the job offer to Salaita, according to a report in Inside Higher Ed,
was prompted by "the tone of his comments on Twitter about Israel's
policies in Gaza," marked by spontaneous indignation against Israel's
slaughter of Gazans. A massive public campaign in support of Salaita has now generated more than 15,000 signatures calling for UIUC to reinstate him. More than 2,000 faculty from around the world have signed pledges to boycott UIUC until Salaita is given his job back. But Salaita has not been offered his job back, and his status remains uncertain.
Steven Salaita is speaking at the University of Rochester as part of a broader speaking tour. Local Palestine solidarity organizations and those concerned with academic freedom should plan ways to attend.
The Rochester ISO will be organizing a carpool from RIT. Contact iso.rochester@gmail.com for more information.
Reinstate Salaita. Free Palestine.
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