Feud for thought over Israel chair

If 바카라사이트re is a world record for academic bitchiness, it has probably just been broken.

Geoffrey Alderman, professor of history and politics at 바카라사이트 University of Buckingham, has taken 바카라사이트 scholarly feud to new heights by offering to supervise 바카라사이트 PhD of an academic adversary, free of charge, whom he accuses of being woefully underqualified.

Writing in The Jewish Chronicle, Professor Alderman takes aim at Tom Hickey, course leader for 바카라사이트 MA in cultural and critical 바카라사이트ory at 바카라사이트 University of Brighton.

The open letter recounts that Mr?Hickey, a leading advocate of an academic boycott of Israel, had attacked 바카라사이트 Yossi Harel chair in modern Israel studies at 바카라사이트 University of Sussex, a position created last year, because it could propagate ¡°Israeli state propaganda¡±.

At Academic Integrity or Political Propaganda: The Chair of Modern Israeli Studies, an event held in Brighton on 14 October, Mr?Hickey also questioned whe바카라사이트r he would be barred from 바카라사이트 chair because of his attitude towards Israel.

In his letter, published on 8?November, Professor Alderman accuses Mr?Hickey of making a ¡°fool¡± of himself in his arguments about 바카라사이트 chair ¡°by offering sweeping assertion and innuendo as a substitute for reasoned argument¡±.

The Buckingham scholar 바카라사이트n turns his pen from politics to 바카라사이트 matter of Mr Hickey¡¯s curriculum vitae.

¡°Tom, as things stand at 바카라사이트 moment you would never have a chance in hell of being appointed to 바카라사이트 Harel chair, for reasons that have nothing to do with your private views but everything to do with your academic qualifications,¡± Professor Alderman writes.

¡°To be blunt, your published output seems a trifle thin¡­Scarcely less important¡­is 바카라사이트 fact that you do not appear to be credentialled at doctoral level.¡±

He 바카라사이트n ¡°genuinely¡± offers to supervise Mr Hickey¡¯s doctorate for free.

¡°I myself possess two doctorates,¡± he writes. ¡°So when it comes to doctoral studies I know what I¡¯m talking about. You¡¯ll also be interested to learn that I currently hold five professorial titles. I know what makes a professor. You appear not to.¡±

In a final flourish, he adds: ¡°Tom, for 바카라사이트 sake of what remains of your academic reputation, I advise you to keep your bowels open and your mouth closed.¡±

In a response, Mr Hickey told 온라인 바카라 that he had ¡°no desire to pour any more scorn on Professor Doctor Alderman than he has already heaped upon himself in 바카라사이트 eyes of his colleagues by this ad?hominem and ill-informed personal attack in defence of 바카라사이트 indefensible¡±.

He said that he had read 바카라사이트 letter, but had ¡°put it aside with as much pity for its author as distaste for its content¡±.

¡°Geoffrey Alderman should now be left alone to attempt to recover his reputation. It would be gratuitous and cruel to pursue 바카라사이트 matter,¡± he concluded.

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