Palestine: Classics and Archaeology’s Litmus Test
<p>This week, the 2024 joint meeting of the Society for Classical Studies (SCS) and Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) is taking place in Chicago. In honour of this event, which I am not attending, but which droves of North American and other colleagues and students will be at, I thought it would be appropriate to share a few clarifications regarding the meaning of the SCS’s and AIA’s current stance on academic freedom and Palestine.</p>
<p>My experience with both organizations has me doubting whether any official statement or discussion centering ongoing threats to academic freedom, and the rooting of these threats in the “<a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2023/12/27/campus_palestine_exception" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Palestine exception</a>”, will take place at the conference.</p>
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