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Committee on Academic Freedom: Current Concerns and Initiatives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 January 2019

Laurie A. Brand
Laurie A. Brand*
Affiliation:
Chair of Committee on Academic Freedom
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According to its Mission Statement, MESA's Committee on Academic Freedom (CAF) is tasked with monitoring violations of academic freedom in the MENA region as well as in North America. Violations of academic freedom are often understood as comprising governmental attempts to prevent scholars from conducting scholarly research, publishing their findings, delivering academic lectures, and traveling to international scholarly meetings. However, CAF often addresses cases in which professors and academic researchers irrespective of discipline are harassed, persecuted, dismissed or detained for their peaceful professional or personal activities, particularly if they encourage respect for human rights. In some instances, the committee has also protested state violence that has deliberately targeted educational institutions’ buildings or campuses.

Type
Middle East Studies Association in Action
Information
Review of Middle East Studies , Volume 52 , Issue 2 , November 2018 , pp. 353 - 355
Copyright
Copyright © Middle East Studies Association of North America, Inc. 2019 

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Laurie A. Brand is the Robert Grandford Wright Professor of International Relations and Middle East Studies at the University of Southern California. She has served as CAF Chair since 2007.