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Promoting Academic Freedom: Risks and Responsibilities (1995 MESA Presidential Address)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2016

Ann Mosely Lesch
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As we gather for our annual conference that is held this year on the eve of International Human Rights Day, it is appropriate for us to reflect on our need to protect academic freedom. As members of MESA, we are part of a global community of scholars. We have a special responsibility to uphold the principle of academic freedom both at home and abroad. The freedoms to conduct research, to teach and to communicate are fundamental to our professional lives. Moreover, we—as academicians—have a special “obligation to promote conditions of free inquiry and to further public understanding of academic freedom,” as the American Association of University Professors (1966) emphasizes.

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Review of Middle East Studies , Volume 30 , Issue 1 , July 1996 , pp. 1 - 9
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Copyright © Middle East Studies Association of North America 1996

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