Today at the memorial service for the incomparable Dr. Shani Mott a lot was said about scholars who are here for those who see themselves as “learning rather than learned” and I feel like such an ethic would help cut through a lot of the nonsense on this website in recent days

Disastrous flooding in Brazil has displaced thousands of people since late April. In early May, biologist and professor Paulo Brack spoke with Michael Fox on the Brazilian state's response.

🔗 Q&A at the link nacla.org/brazil-floods-…

#climatechange #displacement #lossanddamage

In 1986 students camped for months in Harvard Yard in protest of the investments in South Africa

Zero consequential punishments

(For a building takeover my junior year, I got “suspended suspension”)

bostonglobe.com/2024/05/19/met…

A rigorous study comports with what many faculty members and journalists have observed. We should denounce violence but note that it has been very rare. theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

This a a very judicious statement about campus protests and policing.

Thanks for the shout out to my Chronicle piece on college presidents and the dangers of policing campus protests David Wallace-Wells nytimes.com/2024/05/08/opi…

An Open Letter to the UCLA Community from Jewish Faculty and Staff, signed by colleagues I deeply value & respect: sites.google.com/view/ucla-jewi…

Statement by American Historical Association on campus arrests: 'Historical thinking reminds us that the use of force to suppress peaceful public protest at institutions of higher education endangers students, faculty, and staff.'

historians.org/news-and-advoc…

This was a great conference: thanks to Ganesh and Sarah for hosting us. The field of modern American political history is more vital than ever!

Important from Thomas Sugrue in The Chronicle of Higher Education.
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College Presidents Behaving Badly chronicle.com/article/colleg…

College presidents behaving badly. On the dangers of calling the police to put down campus protests for students, faculty, and democracy. chronicle.com/article/colleg…

Here goes. chronicle.com/article/colleg…

I join many Jewish colleagues Dartmouth 🌲 in rejecting our administration's apparent belief that it can speak for 'Jewish safety,' much less increase it by permitting a SWAT team and riot cops to menace all regardless of identity. 1

Blacklist and blackmail--A group of federal judges signs a letter stating that won't hire anyone with a Columbia degree unless the university meets their demands. This is shameful.