Sunday, July 29, 2007

THE CONTROVERSY continues to rage over the work of Nadia Abu El-Haj and her possible tenure at Barnard College (now apparently approved by Barnard and passed to Columbia University for approval). Barnard alumna Paula R. Stern has a protest piece in the Israel Insider:
Barnard's Shame, Columbia's Dirty Deal
By Paula R. Stern July 27, 2007

When a college of international renown hires a professor of questionable ethics and scholarly practice, it is to be hoped that the college will realize its error before reaching the stage where it would offer that professor tenure. This was the case many Barnard graduates hoped to find themselves in a few months ago when protests were made over the offer to grant Nadia Abu El Haj tenure.

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I've been following this story for a while and even ended up being selectively quoted on it. See here and follow the many links back.

UPDATE (30 September): I have reviewed the book here.