Events

 

  • 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 … Right to Protest and Resistance: Campus and the Workplace…

  • 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 … Past as Prologue: The Struggle for Racial Equality and…

  • Antisemitism and Palestinian Genocide [Rutgers]

    Professor Sahar Aziz hosted Holocaust and genocide scholar, Dr. Raz Segal, for a fireside chat on antisemitism and what Dr. Segal has described as Israel’s genocide in the Gaza strip starting on October 8, 2023. Dr. Raz Segal traces the emergence of antisemitism as a … Antisemitism and Palestinian Genocide [Rutgers]

  • Islamophobia, Race, and the Palestine Taboo [UAlberta]

    Across North America, Muslims exercising their political rights in defense of Palestinian human rights face state-sanctioned repression that, in turn, legitimizes private discrimination in workplaces, schools, and public spaces.  In this keynote lecture, Distinguished Professor Sahar Aziz examines how the historical legacies of Orientalism explain … Islamophobia, Race, and the Palestine Taboo [UAlberta]

  • Academic Freedom Under Attack [AAUP-AFT]

    The Rutgers University AAUP-AFT hosted a teach-in on the multiple threats to academic freedom since October 2023 targeted at faculty and students who defend the humanity of Palestinians and critique Israel’s military assault on Gaza as a genocidal campaign. Professor Sahar Aziz discussed the systematic … Academic Freedom Under Attack [AAUP-AFT]

  • Voices Under Siege: Free Speech, Islamophobia, and Palestine in Academia [Georgetown]

    Georgetown University’s Bridge Initiative hosted Professor Sahar Aziz, Professor John L. Esposito, and Professor Robbins on a panel addressing the critical issues of free speech, Islamophobia, and the challenges faced by pro-Palestine voices in American academic institutions. The conversation focused on the current state of … Voices Under Siege: Free Speech, Islamophobia, and Palestine in…

  • The Palestine Taboo: Free Speech, Race and Islamophobia [WashU]

    The true test of a democracy is the extent to which civil rights in law are enforced in practice for the most vulnerable groups in society. As members of Congress demand mass arrest and expulsion of college students exercising their free speech right to dissent … The Palestine Taboo: Free Speech, Race and Islamophobia [WashU]

  • Digital Islamophobia: Disinformation, Elections and Islamophobia [MEC]

    Professor Sahar Aziz provides her analysis about a recent report by disinformation researchers Marc Owen Jones and Sohan Dsouza that revealed a multi-platform global influence campaign promoting anti-Muslim hate and sectarianism. The report highlights the use of disinformation to spread a neoconservative agenda, including xenophobic, anti-immigration, and … Digital Islamophobia: Disinformation, Elections and Islamophobia [MEC]

  • A Conversation on Antisemitism and Islamophobia [UC Davis]

    The UC Davis Jewish Studies Program co-sponsored “A Conversation on Antisemitism and Islamophobia” featuring Sahar Aziz, Distinguished Professor of Law and Chancellor’s Social Justice Scholar at Rutgers University, and Ethan Katz, Associate Professor of History and Jewish Studies and Faculty Director of the Center for Jewish Studies at … A Conversation on Antisemitism and Islamophobia [UC Davis]

  • The Middle East on the U.S. Campus with Sahar Aziz and Peter Beinart [Tufts University]

    In her conversation with Professor Peter Beinart, Professor Sahar Aziz provided a primer on the First Amendment, Title VI, Title IX, and other free speech protections available in the United States in both public and private universities, and grappled with the question of how to … The Middle East on the U.S. Campus with Sahar…