Announcements
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HISTORIANS FOR PEACE AND DEMOCRACY A Response to the AAF: Who is Really for Academic Freedom? In a time of global turmoil and expanding human-rights violations, and in a time when support for higher education is understood to be one of the best investments in long-term development, the U.S. government has made support for Israel
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H-PAD Sources- Res 2 In preparation fro the upcoming vote at the AHA for two important resolutions on Palestinians’ right to education: RESOLUTION ON PROTECTING THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION IN PALESTINE-ISRAEL and RESOLUTION ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM OF US CITIZENS VISITING ISRAEL AND PALESTINE Please review our supporting materials: and
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Supporting Materials RESOLUTION ON PROTECTING THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION IN PALESTINE-ISRAEL See Resolution texts on Perspectives, RESOLUTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION AT THE JANUARY 2020 BUSINESS MEETING Dec 17, 2019 Right to Education Campaign Birzeit University Researching Palestine: Records, Cultural Properties, and the Politics of Archival Declassification The Politics of 1948 in Israeli Archives July 19,
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Resolution 1 RESOLUTION ON PROTECTING THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION IN PALESTINE-ISRAEL WHEREAS, members of the historical profession support the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, including universal access to higher education; WHEREAS, Israel violates its obligation to these principles by refusing to allow students from Gaza to travel in order to pursue higher
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For anyone planning to attend the AHA convention this weekend: Click here for full information about the eleven sessions sponsored by the Radical History Review in cooperation with H-PAD. The first session, on history and the Second Amendment, goes from 1:30 to 3:00 Friday and the others follow at intervals (one more on Friday, five
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Supporting Materials RESOLUTION ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM OF US CITIZENS VISITING ISRAEL AND PALESTINE Letter to Israel authorities about restrictions on international academics working in Palestinian universities September 12, 2019 MESA – Letters and Statements from the Board H-PAD Protests Israeli Infringement on Palestinians’ Academic Freedom August 19, 2019 Historians for Peace and Democracy
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For anyone planning to attend the AHA annual meeting: The Radical History Review and H-PAD are sponsoring eleven sessions in Concourse room B of the New York Hilton, running from Friday afternoon Jan. 3 through Sunday afternoon Jan. 5. Click here for a flyer listing the topics and times or here for a fuller version
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Hello again, When we sent out this notice below, we inadvertently left out a key speaker: Alexander Avina, Co-Convener of the new Immigrant Rights Working Group. Alex will be explaining our “Resolution Condemning Affiliations between ICE and Higher Education,” be voted on at Sunday’s Business Meeting. Hope to see you at both these meetings! **********
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For a sober perspective on the “endless” Afghan War, see General Joseph Votel’s op-ed article in the New York Times (Dec. 12). He writes: “The war has exacted an overwhelming cost: 1,892 American military personnel killed in action and 20,529 wounded, about a trillion dollars spend, the psychological and emotional impact on veterans and