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Master Class on Racism and Discriminations [UNESCO]
Professor Aziz joined a panel of international experts in Paris, France to examine on global racism and discrimination in the latest Master Class Against Racism and Discrimination hosted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Following a keynote by Dr. Ibram Kendi on the Great Replacement Theory, the four expert panelists explore…
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Are There Racial Limits to Free Speech? [UChicago]
The ongoing battles over free speech, academic freedom, and informed debates on Palestine prompt a deeper exploration of the relationship between race and free speech. Join Professor Sahar Aziz for a conversation at The Chicago Forum as she examines the parallels and distinctions between the contemporary censorship, defamation, and economic retaliation faced by persons whose…
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The University and Democracy [BU Law]
Universities are meant to be guardians of democracy and bulwarks against authoritarianism. Yet many of our most powerful universities have enabled the Trump administration’s open effort to exert “existential terror” on our institutions and our communities. This convening at Boston University School of Law critically examined why universities have failed to protect democracy and how…
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Threats to Free Speech and Palestinian Equality: IHRA Definition of Antisemitism [Rutgers]
State legislatures across the country seek to quash free speech, violate academic freedom, and promote anti-Palestinian racism by codifying the erroneous IHRA definition of antisemitism. Professor Sahar Aziz joined Dr. Raz Segal, a Holocaust and genocide studies scholar, in a panel on how the erroneous IHRA definition of antisemitism is promoted by pro-Israeli Zionist special…
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Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and Israel/Palestine in the Context of Current Attacks on Academic and Political Freedom [UCDavis]
Current attacks on academic and political freedom at universities are justified by claims to combat antisemitism at the same time that such attacks disproportionately target Muslim, Palestinian, and Arab students and faculty. Professor Sahar Aziz joined Professor David Myers in conversation examining how these issues are influencing public debate, academic spaces, and political expression at…
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Campus Speech, Antisemitism and Islamophobia [UWisconsin]
Universities are now at the center of societal debates about antisemitism, Islamophobia, and freedom of expression. Increasingly, voicing support for Palestinians is cast as antisemitism or as a form of support for terrorism. This panel examines the controversy from a critical perspective. What are the limits of pro-Palestinian speech? What do the constraints on pro-Palestine…
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Silencing Dissent: The Islamophobia Industry’s Assault on Academic Freedom [Rutgers]
Anti-Muslim and pro-Israeli Zionist special interest groups are orchestrating hate campaigns against Muslim faculty and academic centers focused on studying Islamophobia and anti-Palestinian racism. Falsely claiming to combat antisemitism, these hate groups lobby Congress and state legislatures to violate free speech laws and academic freedom principles with the objective to deny Muslim, Palestinian, and Arab…
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Right to Protest and Resistance: Campus and the Workplace [Wayne State Law]
The Wayne State Journal of Law in Society hosted a symposium exploring how crackdowns on campus speech across the country tested universities’ stated commitments to free speech and academic freedom. Professor Aziz was invited to address the various forms of pressure by anti-Palestinian and Islamophobic special interest groups and elected officials put on university administrators…
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Past as Prologue: The Struggle for Racial Equality and Free Speech in an Age of Authoritarianism [TCNJ]
In celebration of Black History Month, Professor Sahar Aziz delivered a keynote address at The College of New Jersey entitled Past as Prologue: The Struggle for Racial Equality and Free Speech in an Era of Authoritarianism. In her remarks, Professor Aziz drew parallels between the current crackdowns on Palestinian, Muslim and Arab American anti-war student…
