It would have been conventional to have begun an essay on academic freedom by listing the blatant attempts by the Right to use 9/11 as a pretext for curbing political dissent in academia. After all, Lynne Cheney’s American Council of … Continue reading “Introduction”
Issue: Issue 090 Academic Freedom
The Perils of Academic Freedom
The Myth of Academic Freedom: PERSONAL EXPERIENCES OF A LIBERAL PRINCIPLE IN THE NEOCONSERVATIVE ERA (FRAGMENTS OF A WORK IN PROGRESS)
ward churchillIt would be difficult to improve upon the articulation of principle just quoted, especially since the statement goes on in the following subsection to state, “Faculty members have the responsibility to . . . exert themselves to the limit of … Continue reading “The Myth of Academic Freedom: PERSONAL EXPERIENCES OF A LIBERAL PRINCIPLE IN THE NEOCONSERVATIVE ERA (FRAGMENTS OF A WORK IN PROGRESS)”
Area Studies and Multicultural Imperialism: THE PROJECT OF DECOLONIZING KNOWLEDGE
Malini Johar SchuellerSecurity. Surveillance. Diversity. Balance. These have been the contradictory catchwords of the Right’s attacks on academia since 9/11. Couched in the language of nationalism and advocating a hyperscopic regime of control through state and civil apparatuses, different right-wing organizations professing … Continue reading “Area Studies and Multicultural Imperialism: THE PROJECT OF DECOLONIZING KNOWLEDGE”
The Crisis at Columbia: ACADEMIC FREEDOM, AREA STUDIES, AND CONTINGENT LABOR IN THE CONTEMPORARY ACADEMY
Ashley DawsonNew York has always had its share of pest problems, but in spring 2005 a new species of vermin began setting up camp in front of some of the city’s most august institutions. Like something from a nuclear-age horror movie, … Continue reading “The Crisis at Columbia: ACADEMIC FREEDOM, AREA STUDIES, AND CONTINGENT LABOR IN THE CONTEMPORARY ACADEMY”
Blacklist Redux: W. E. B. DU BOIS AND THE PRICE OF ACADEMIC FREEDOM
kerriIn “Exposing Lies of the American Left,” a 2003 interview with Stephen Good and Rick Kozak, Daniel J. Flynn, executive director of Accuracy in Academia, explained his impetus for helping to form the organization that has become — as readers … Continue reading “Blacklist Redux: W. E. B. DU BOIS AND THE PRICE OF ACADEMIC FREEDOM”
Teaching by Candlelight
vijay prashadA few years ago, after 9/11, my dean called me for a meeting.1 It was a Vijay Prashad pleasant enough day, a little chilly and overcast, but nothing dramatic. I walked across the beautiful campus of the private liberal arts … Continue reading “Teaching by Candlelight”
Academic Labor at the Crossroads?: AN INTERVIEW WITH ANDREW ROSS
Malini Johar SchuellerThis interview was conducted with Andrew Ross through a series of e-mail exchanges during June 2006. Ross has long followed, and been engaged in, issues of academic labor. He is author of Fast Boat to China: Corporate Flight and the … Continue reading “Academic Labor at the Crossroads?: AN INTERVIEW WITH ANDREW ROSS”
An Incomplete Exchange
laura kipnisTwo weeks before she died, I got a long e-mail from Ellen about a book of mine that had just been published and that I’d sent her a few weeks prior. Given the feistiness and verve of the e-mail, I … Continue reading “An Incomplete Exchange”
Pleasure and Freedom: REMEMBERING ELLEN WILLIS
alisa solomonI remember Ellen dancing at some Village Voice holiday party a dozen years ago. Her limbs swung loosely from side to side as she jiggled and swayed along with Stanley. Eyes closed, her expression was beatific. I was struck by … Continue reading “Pleasure and Freedom: REMEMBERING ELLEN WILLIS”