Dear FA members, As you are most likely aware, over the summer a failed coup attempt in Turkey has led to an unprecedented crackdown on academic freedom in that country. Thousands of professors and teachers have been fired from their jobs, arrested, and/or threatened with prosecution in trials which will most likely fail to meet […]
As you may remember, on April 19, 2016 UC President Janet Napolitano sent a letter that was signed by all nine UC Chancellors to the American Anthropological Association (AAA) urging members not to ratify a proposed boycott of Israeli academic institutions. On April 25, 2016, the Board of the Faculty Association sent a letter to […]
Article originally posted by Chris Newfield at Remaking the University We post two faculty responses to the letterthat the University of California’s president–in the company of all ten campus chancellors–sent to the American Anthropological Association to express their “concern about the Association’s proposed resolution to boycott Israeli academic institutions.” The AAA membership vote on the resolution […]
Dear Chancellor Yang, As has our colleague (and former president of the Faculty Association), Claudio Fogu, we are writing to express our concern over your signing—along with the nine other UC Chancellors—a letter drafted by UC President Janet Napolitano, dated April 19, 2016, urging members of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) not to ratify a […]
Dear FA Members, Greetings from the FA Board. We hope that your quarter is off to a reasonable start and wish to update you on our activities and some important issues. First, elections to the FA Executive Board. According to our updated bylaws, we hold annual elections in the spring for two-year term appointments to the […]