The Ford Foundation is paying to send at least eight anti-Israeli scholars to a conference at an Italian villa. A total of 21 scholars will meet in the villa in Bellagio, on the banks of Lake Como, to discuss academic boycotts and their relation to academic freedom. More than a third of the participants publicly support boycotts of Israeli universities out of opposition to the Jewish state, according to the New York Sun. The foundation is contributing $70,000 to fund the meeting and publish the conference’s proceedings.
Read more
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment