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York University debate on academic boycott

May 9, 2009

The York Center for International and Security Studies (YCISS) at York University in Toronto is sponsoring a public debate on the academic institutional boycott of Israel. The panel-style debate will explore themes of academic freedom and repression in relation to calls for an academic boycott of Israel, with an
emphasis on the role and responsibilities of Canadian universities. It will feature discussion by:

Dr. Abigail Bakan       Professor of Political Studies and Women‘s

The York Center for International and Security Studies (YCISS) at York University in Toronto is sponsoring a public debate on the academic institutional boycott of Israel. The panel-style debate will explore themes of academic freedom and repression in relation to calls for an academic boycott of Israel, with an
emphasis on the role and responsibilities of Canadian universities. It will feature discussion by:

Dr. Abigail Bakan       Professor of Political Studies and Women‘s
Studies, Faculty of Arts and Science, Queen‘s University
Dr. Costanza Musu       Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Public and
International Affairs, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ottawa
Dr. Clive Seligman      Professor of Psychology, Faculty of Social
Sciences, University of Western Ontario
Dr. Alan Sears  Associate Professor Sociology, Faculty of Arts, Ryerson
University
Mr. Clem Marshall       Moderator

Monday, 11 May 2009
4:30-6:30pm
Moot Court, Osgoode Hall
York University

Please email the Center‘s Director Robert Latham urging him to stand in solidarity with Palestinian academics: rlatham1@yorku.ca

May 9, 2009
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