Steven Salaita presents “Uncivil Rites: Palestine,
Indigenous Peoples, & Academic Freedom”
Date: 04/20/2015
Time: 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Place: 5 Blegen Hall
Cost: Free
Description:
“Uncivil Rites: Palestine, Indigenous Peoples, &
Academic Freedom”
Salaita will examine how academic freedom is restricted
around issues of decolonization and assess how critique of American and Israeli
colonization might be productively undertaken.
Steven Salaita is the author of the following books (among
other publications): Anti-Arab Racism in the USA: Where it Comes From and What
it Means for Politics (2006) - Winner of 2007 Gustavus Myers Center for the
Study of Bigotry and Human Rights' "Outstanding Book" Award; The Holy
Land in Transit: Colonialism and the Quest for Canaan (2006); Modern Arab
American Fiction: A Reader’s Guide (2011); and Israel’s Dead Soul (2011). In
October 2013, The University of Illinois offered a professorial position to
Salaita. Illinois withdrew its offer in 2014 after high level administrators
reviewed tweets of his that they viewed as "uncivil" (Salaita's
tweets critiqued genocide and settler colonialism in Palestine.) On August 1,
2014, University of Illinois Vice President for Academic Affairs Christophe
Pierre and University of Illinois Chancellor Phyllis M. Wise cancelled the
Illinois job offer at a point after Salaita had resigned his position at
Virginia Tech. Salaita argues this was an infringement on his academic freedom.
He continues to advocate for academic freedom, Indigenous Rights, social
justice, and decolonization in Palestine and the US.
Contact:
Name: Zac Rakke
E-mail:
rakke001@umn.edu
Phone:
612-625-9584
Sponsored by: American Studies; American Indian Studies;
Asian American Studies; Culture and Teaching Program in the Department of
Curriculum and Instruction; English, Office of Equity & Diversity; Gender,
Women, & Sexuality Studies; Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of
Global Change; Macalester College; Macalester Students United for Palestinian
Equal Rights; School of Social Work Youth Studies Program & Social Justice
Program & Minor; UMN Students for Justice in Palestine
More information:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1426158917696499/
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