Arabic-L:GEN:Handbook for Scholars on Academic Freedom

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Date: 17 Jan 2007
From:Afra Al-Mussawir <afraalmussawir at yahoo.com>
Subject:Handbook for Scholars on Academic Freedom

dear all,
i had posted an announcement of this handbook earlier, but wanted to  
post the revised announcement which has the website listed at the  
bottom (you can download the handbook directly from the website):
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     The Taskforce on Middle East Anthropology is pleased to announce  
a practical handbook for those facing politically motivated  
infringements on their teaching or scholarship:


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Academic Freedom and Professional Responsibility after 9/11:
A Handbook for Scholars and Teachers
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Attempts to undermine professors’ abilities to teach and do research  
are increasingly directed at scholars who seek to provide a  
contextualized and critical view of recent international developments  
and their interaction with US foreign policies and practices.
This handbook provides an overview of the range and nature of recent  
challenges to academic freedom.  It provides concrete suggestions for  
how to respond to such attacks and to avoid them in the first place.   
Utilizing research on institutions and interviews with academics, it  
considers the potentials and limitations of internal university  
structures, professional organizations, legal recourse, and media  
outlets.  Finally, it contains useful pedagogical tools for dealing  
with difficulties in the classroom, and an informative bibliography  
of recent writings on academic freedom.

  Please visit www.meanthro.org
  and click on the link to receive a free copy of the handbook.

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