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National Lawyer Guild Chicago, Letter to Chancellor Wise, August 8, 2014

Here is a link to a letter sent to Chancellor Wise calling for reinstatement of Steven Salaita's hire. They assert that as a public university, "UIUC is required to adhere to First Amendment and...

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Brian Leiter, "University of Illinois Repeals the First Amendment for its...

Leiter is the Karl N. Llewellyn Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the Center for Law, Philosophy and Human Values at the University of Chicago.  He argues that "Chancellor Wise and Chairman...

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Bonnie Honig's Letter to Chancellor Wise and the Board of Trustees, 8/24/14

With the permission of Professor Bonnie Honig, we publish this letter to Chancellor Wise, the Board of Trustees, and the UI community: August 24, 2014Dear Chancellor Wise, (and Members of the Board of...

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David Palumbo-Liu in *The Nation*

Here is a link to Palumbo-Liu's Nation article, "Why the 'Unhiring' of Steven Salaita is a Threat to Academic Freedom."

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Letter from Vicki Mahaffey, Clayton and Thelma Kirkpatrick Professor of...

With Professor Mahaffey's permission we repost her letter to Chancellor Wise:August 27, 2014Chancellor Phyllis WiseDear Chancellor Wise:     What follows is a response to your post of September 22,...

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Natalie Zemon Davis, Letter to Chancellor Wise, August 26, 2014

Natalia Zemon Davis is the Henry Charles Lea Professor of History Emeritus at Princeton University as well as Adjunct Professor of History at University of Toronto.  Below is her August 26 letter to...

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Fact Sheet on the Case of Steven Salaita

To Faculty at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign:You received a mass email from Chancellor Wise on Friday, August 22, 2014, along with another mass email from President Easter, the Board of...

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Downloadable Poster of Canceled Events at University of Illinois

To print out this poster simply click on this link, print, and display with pride!

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Letter from the American Historical Association, August 31, 2014

Here is a link to the American Historical Association's letter to Chancellor Wise.

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Katherine Franke Cancellation and Letter to Chancellor Wise, 9/2/2014

Katherine M. Franke is the Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Gender & Sexuality Law at Columbia University.  Here is the letter to Chancellor Wise in...

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UI Law Prof Robin Kar on the Salaita Case, August 31, 2014

Here is a link to Rob Kar's analysis of the Salaita Case.  Kar, who teaches contracts, legal theory, and moral philosophy for the UI Law School  writes, "For more than a century, the University of...

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Letter to from Iowa AAUP, September 13, 2014

Here is a link to another powerful letter, this time from the Iowa AAUP.  Here is an excerpt from that letter:We expect that the UIUC administration and Trustees will have noticed the skepticism...

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Anna Stenport's Public Comments to the UI Board of Trustees, 9/11/2014

Public Comments to the University of Illinois Board of Trustees, September 11 2014I have asked to speak to you about matters of institutional advancement and faculty involvement in fundraising and...

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Chantal Nadeau's "On Courage" (Response at the 9/18 Conversation with...

Academic Freedom and Political DissentA Conversation with Katherine Franke and the CommunityIndependent Media Center, Urbana IL09/18/2014On CourageChantal NadeauProfessor, Gender & Women's...

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Eman Ghanayem, "Criminalizing/Civil-izing the Palestinian" (Response at the...

I would like to start my commentary by pointing out to that aspect of Steven Salaita’s scholarship and the one I am working on developing which aims at comparing American Indian narratives to...

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Vicente Diaz, Statement Read at the Meeting of the Whole, 9/22/14

My name is Vicente M. Diaz. I am an Associate Professor in American Indian Studies and Anthropology. I am also an affiliate faculty member in History and Asian American Studies.  I represent American...

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Feisal Isatrabadi, excerpt from letter copied to Chancellor Wise

Excerpt from a letter declining an invitation, copied to Chancellor WiseI am very grateful for your gracious invitation to speak at your campus. And while I hope that the day will come when I can...

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UIUC Votes of No Confidence and Related Statements

The below collects departments or units voting "no confidence" and provides the full text of each vote in addition to related statements from two additional units.1. American Indian Studies22 August...

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Link to a canceled event is here and organizers' statement below;After careful consideration, the graduate student planning committee for the UIUC History Department’s annual Women and Gender History...

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Open Letter to Chancellor Phyllis Wise, President Robert Easter, and the...

We, the undersigned faculty members of the University of Illinois, write in reply to the statements of August 22, 2014 by Chancellor Wise and the Board of Trustees concerning the Chancellor’s...

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