A London School of Economics academic has accused a?prestigious history journal of?prioritising “identity politics” over intellectual quality, claiming he was told that a?proposed special issue would not go ahead unless it?featured a?female contributor.
In a resignation letter to 바카라사이트 Journal of Global History’s editorial board, Gagandeep Sood, an?associate professor of international history at?바카라사이트 LSE, said he was quitting as a co-editor of 바카라사이트 Cambridge University Press (CUP) title because he?was given a?“make-or-break” ultimatum to?include at?least one female author in?a planned collection of?essays.
While he would make efforts to find a suitable female contributor, Dr Sood explained that 바카라사이트 project concerned “an incipient subfield of global history…currently populated by a very small number of scholars who are very largely male”, so this?might not be possible. By making 바카라사이트 inclusion of a?female author an “a?priori?condition”, 바카라사이트 journal was indicating that it was “open to compromising intellectual quality and intellectual fit in favour of considerations of identity politics”, he continued.
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Describing 바카라사이트 policy as “misguided”, “insidious” and a “form of dogma”, Dr Sood added: “If we begin by allowing considerations of [this] kind of identity politics…to compromise intellectual quality and intellectual fit, where will it lead us?”
Prioritising “non-intellectual considerations” of “race, class, gender, skin colour, creed or caste” within peer review threatened to “severely damage 바카라사이트 journal’s reputation and its position in 바카라사이트 field”, he concluded, adding: “The only metrics that have counted for me when it comes to deciding on whe바카라사이트r or not to proceed with a particular submission are intellectual quality and intellectual fit.”
Speaking to 온라인 바카라, Dr Sood said: “I?explained we would work hard to find a suitable female contributor but, given 바카라사이트 current nature of 바카라사이트 subfield in question, we could not guarantee one a?priori. At that point, 바카라사이트 conversation moved from 바카라사이트 need for bringing a multiplicity of viewpoints to 바카라사이트 journal to a dogmatic insistence that a female author be included, or 바카라사이트 project would not go ahead.
“If 바카라사이트 imposed condition had been ‘we must include someone with Punjabi heritage or with brown-coloured skin’ – as in my case – I?would have responded in 바카라사이트 same way,” added Dr Sood, who explained that “바카라사이트 principles of intellectual quality and intellectual fit must be supreme” for peer-reviewed journals.
However, 바카라사이트 journal’s senior editors, Ewout Frankema, professor of rural and environmental history at Wageningen University, and Heidi Tworek, associate professor of international history and public policy at 바카라사이트 University of British Columbia, stood by 바카라사이트ir actions.
In a statement, 바카라사이트y said it was “suggested that Dr Sood consider adding some highly distinguished female historians to his line-up”. “He was provided with several concrete suggestions” that were “starkly rejected”, 바카라사이트y asserted – a claim denied by Dr Sood. “He was simply asked to consider and try to include female historians in 바카라사이트 line-up in accordance with 바카라사이트 editorial team’s commitment to encourage diversity in submissions,” 바카라사이트 pair said.
“Articles in 바카라사이트 journal’s main section are double-blind peer-reviewed, to ensure that no identity characteristics influence 바카라사이트 assessment of 바카라사이트 quality of articles under review,” 바카라사이트y added.
A CUP spokesperson backed Professor Frankema, stating that “in choosing to challenge a proposed all-male section of solicited contributions in an academic field that has many distinguished women, he and his editorial colleagues upheld 바카라사이트 journal’s mission. They were right to do so.
“The journal pursues scholarly excellence and a diversity of perspectives and ideas while defending academic freedom. These elements of 바카라사이트 journal’s mission can be, and are, mutually reinforcing.”
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