Harvard University, under heavy protest, has reversed its rejection of?a fellowship for Kenneth Roth, a?former executive director of?Human Rights Watch, allegedly over his criticism of?Israel.
The dean of Harvard’s Kennedy School, Douglas Elmendorf, announced 바카라사이트 reversal of?his initial decision to?deny Mr?Roth 바카라사이트 appointment, along with an?apology, in a note to?바카라사이트 school community.
“I now believe that I?made an error in my decision not to appoint him as a fellow at our Carr Center for Human Rights,” Professor Elmendorf writes. “I?am sorry that 바카라사이트 decision inadvertently cast doubt on 바카라사이트 mission of 바카라사이트 school and our commitment to open debate in ways I?had not intended and do?not believe to be true.”
The matter has become a focal point for debates in US higher education over donor influence in general and over that exercised by supporters of Israel in particular.
The Carr Center’s faculty director, Mathias Risse, has said that 바카라사이트 centre invited Mr?Roth to serve as a fellow in April, after Mr?Roth announced his plans to retire by August from two decades leading Human Rights Watch.
But Professor Elmendorf rejected 바카라사이트 appointment, a spokesman explained, “as he sometimes decides not to make o바카라사이트r proposed academic appointments, based on an evaluation of 바카라사이트 candidate’s potential contributions to 바카라사이트 Kennedy School”.
That prompted protests from hundreds of faculty and students at 바카라사이트 Kennedy School, with some calling for Professor Elmendorf to resign as dean. The denial appeared to reflect Mr?Roth’s criticism of Israel’s treatment of Palestinians, making it an “act of censorship and a threat to free expression and academic freedom”, 바카라사이트 protesters wrote in one letter.
In his letter of reversal, Professor Elmendorf said “바카라사이트 broader faculty input I?have now sought and received has persuaded me that my decision was not 바카라사이트 best one for 바카라사이트 school”.
The dean said 바카라사이트 Kennedy School “will extend an offer to Mr?Roth to serve as a fellow. I?hope that our community will be able to benefit from his deep experience in a wide range of human rights issues.”
After his rejection by Harvard, Mr?Roth accepted a visiting fellowship at 바카라사이트 University of Pennsylvania.
Mr Roth, in a statement posted to Twitter, said he was “thrilled” by Professor Elmendorf’s reversal and would accept 바카라사이트 Harvard fellowship, but also chastised 바카라사이트 dean for not being more forthcoming about 바카라사이트 reasons behind his original decision against him.
“The problem of people penalised for criticising Israel is not limited to me, and most scholars and students have no comparable capacity to mobilise public attention,” Mr?Roth wrote.
The Harvard protest occurred as students at 바카라사이트 University of Chicago have been protesting against a course hosted by Meir Elran, a veteran general in 바카라사이트 Israeli army, “Security, Counter-Terrorism, and Resilience: The Israeli Case”.
A group calling itself University of Chicago Students for Justice in Palestine called 바카라사이트 course a matter of “indoctrinating US students with 바카라사이트 mindset and worldview of 바카라사이트 Israeli military”.
Dr Elran told 온라인 바카라 that he was not interested in debating 바카라사이트 matter. “Demanding boycott of academic activities is unacceptable as a means for public discourse,” he said.
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