Summary
A Jewish professor and prolific critic of Israeli policies denied tenure by DePaul University in 2007, in The Palestine Exception to Free Speech: A Movement Under Attack in the US, after Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz “launched a national crusade to deny Finkelstein tenure” in response to Finkelstein’s criticism of Dershowitz’s book The Case for Israel (PDF p.33-34).
Details
- Dershowitz wrote a series of media articles condemning Finkelstein’s work and distributed information packets to faculty; Finkelstein’s department and a review committee endorsed his candidacy, but the DePaul administration denied tenure citing his lack of “civility” and his “hurtful” and “inflammatory” rhetoric (PDF p.34).
- DePaul and Finkelstein put out a joint statement following the resolution of their dispute describing Finkelstein as “a prolific scholar and an outstanding teacher” (PDF p.34).
- Finkelstein has not obtained an academic appointment, permanent or temporary, part-time or full-time, in the US since he was denied tenure in 2007 (PDF p.34).
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The Palestine Exception to Free Speech: A Movement Under Attack in the US, Academic freedom