From time to time, the Palestine Center distributes articles it believes will enhance understanding of the Palestinian political reality. The following article by Murtaza Hussain was published by The Intercept on June 5, 2017.
“Late last year, the California State University at Fresno began soliciting applicants for a newly created Edward Said Professorship in Middle East Studies, a teaching role named after the late Palestinian-American public intellectual. In a job posting, the school described the role as a ‘tenure-track, academic-year position’ teaching courses on the Middle East and helping develop the school curriculum on the region. Said was famously known as an advocate of Palestinian nationalism in the United States as well as the author of the groundbreaking work of cultural criticism ‘Orientalism.’
Last week, however, after months of evaluating candidates, Fresno State abruptly announced that it would not be filling the role this year. While the school cited ‘procedural errors‘ as a reason for the cancellation, academics at the school, including one professor who resigned in protest, are claiming that the school is engaging in an act of academic censorship.”
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