Comments on: Rashid Khalidi’s ‘Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood’ http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2006/10/10/rashid-khalidis-iron-cage-the-story-of-the-palestinian-struggle-for-statehood/ Essays on politics, culture and ideas about Israeli-Arab peace and world music Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:07:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Richard Silverstein http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2006/10/10/rashid-khalidis-iron-cage-the-story-of-the-palestinian-struggle-for-statehood/comment-page-1/#comment-5479 Richard Silverstein Sun, 22 Oct 2006 05:05:53 +0000 http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2006/10/10/rashid-khalidis-iron-cage-the-story-of-the-palestinian-struggle-for-statehood/#comment-5479 Not a problem. Even the best of us "spout off" sometimes. It's an occupational hazard of blogging, though one does try to keep it to a minimum. Not a problem. Even the best of us “spout off” sometimes. It’s an occupational hazard of blogging, though one does try to keep it to a minimum.

]]> By: Cindy http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2006/10/10/rashid-khalidis-iron-cage-the-story-of-the-palestinian-struggle-for-statehood/comment-page-1/#comment-5478 Cindy Sun, 22 Oct 2006 04:19:11 +0000 http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2006/10/10/rashid-khalidis-iron-cage-the-story-of-the-palestinian-struggle-for-statehood/#comment-5478 Silly me... I was only remembering Cole's case b/c I read his website daily. Thanks for the clarification; I'll read a little more closely before spouting off in future. Silly me… I was only remembering Cole’s case b/c I read his website daily. Thanks for the clarification; I’ll read a little more closely before spouting off in future.

]]> By: Richard Silverstein http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2006/10/10/rashid-khalidis-iron-cage-the-story-of-the-palestinian-struggle-for-statehood/comment-page-1/#comment-5339 Richard Silverstein Wed, 11 Oct 2006 22:05:30 +0000 http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2006/10/10/rashid-khalidis-iron-cage-the-story-of-the-palestinian-struggle-for-statehood/#comment-5339 Cindy: Yes, I know it gets confusing there's so much hostility going around regarding academics who are critical of Israel. But, yes they're 2 separate incidents which I've linked below to posts I wrote about each one. <a href="http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2006/06/17/pro-israel-neocons-torpedo-juan-cole-academic-appointment-at-yale/" rel="nofollow">Juan Cole was booted by Yale</a> (not Princeton) after they'd practically offered him an endowed chair there. <a href="http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2005/04/25/right-wing-prin/" rel="nofollow">Khalidi was up for a similar position at Princeton</a> when similar opposition was mounted by right-wing pro-Israel alumni. I couldn't find out what happened in his situation but I know he's still at Columbia so the position didn't materialize. The intrusion of politics into academic hiring & promotion issues is to be expected, but deplorable nonetheless. Cindy: Yes, I know it gets confusing there’s so much hostility going around regarding academics who are critical of Israel. But, yes they’re 2 separate incidents which I’ve linked below to posts I wrote about each one. Juan Cole was booted by Yale (not Princeton) after they’d practically offered him an endowed chair there.

Khalidi was up for a similar position at Princeton when similar opposition was mounted by right-wing pro-Israel alumni. I couldn’t find out what happened in his situation but I know he’s still at Columbia so the position didn’t materialize. The intrusion of politics into academic hiring & promotion issues is to be expected, but deplorable nonetheless.

]]> By: Cindy http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2006/10/10/rashid-khalidis-iron-cage-the-story-of-the-palestinian-struggle-for-statehood/comment-page-1/#comment-5337 Cindy Wed, 11 Oct 2006 19:43:48 +0000 http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2006/10/10/rashid-khalidis-iron-cage-the-story-of-the-palestinian-struggle-for-statehood/#comment-5337 I think you might be confusing the Khalidi:Princeton story with the case of Juan Cole. His website is here: http://www.juancole.com/. He teaches at Michigan, and there was an ultimately successful campaign by some Princeton high rollers to deny consideration of Cole for a position at Princeton. I don't remember all the particulars but a number of people expressed outrage at the time. But the same may well have happened to Khalidi, as well. Cindy I think you might be confusing the Khalidi:Princeton story with the case of Juan Cole. His website is here: http://www.juancole.com/. He teaches at Michigan, and there was an ultimately successful campaign by some Princeton high rollers to deny consideration of Cole for a position at Princeton. I don’t remember all the particulars but a number of people expressed outrage at the time. But the same may well have happened to Khalidi, as well.

Cindy

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