American Studies Association

Celebrating anti-Israel screeds.

Cary Nelson
Oct. 16 2018 12:01AM

Something stinks about recent outpourings of concern.

Gary Weiss
March 3 2017 12:01AM

It shouldn’t be a megaphone for demonizing Israel.

Simon Bronner and Michael A. Rockland
May 9 2016 12:01AM

Steven Salaita, the American University of Beirut, and the American Studies Association.

May 2 2016 12:01AM

Jill Schneiderman recently organized a trip to Israel for her students.

Jill Schneiderman
July 6 2015 12:01AM

Including . . . Steven Salaita.

David Bernstein
March 18 2015 12:01AM

In 2002, a group of Harvard students and faculty circulated a petition calling for the university to divest from corporations that do business with Israel.. . .

Lawrence Summers
Feb. 5 2015 12:01AM

Last year, the American Studies Association became the only major U.S. academic organization to endorse a boycott of Israel. It has recently backed down from. . .

Oct. 24 2014 12:01AM

UC San Diego works with the U.S. military to develop weapons used in drone attacks. Will Curtis Marez, president of the ASA, propose a boycott. . .

Jan. 8 2014 12:00AM

Before boycotting Israel for its alleged denial of human rights, the American Studies Association embraced a prominent Iranian apologist for Tehran’s brutal purging of its universities.

Dec. 23 2013 12:00AM

The American Studies Association’s resolution to boycott Israeli universities specifies neither the nature of their supposed crime nor the means to achieve restitution for it.

Mark Brilliant
Dec. 18 2013 12:00AM

A resolution by the American Studies Association to boycott Israel has met significant resistance. A sign that the academic fight over Israel isn’t lost yet?

Dec. 13 2013 12:00AM