Randa Abdel-Fattah is an anti-racism scholar and author who lost an $870,000 research grant over criticisms of her stance on Israel. The Palestinian Australian writer also recently withdrew from a writers festival after organisers demanded she and other speakers avoid divisive topics and abide by an anti-Semitism code. In this Unmute, she talks about censorship in academia and a broader effort to silence pro-Palestinian voices in Australia.
The point of doctorates is about how you make a contribution to learning. That's the point of it. And if you're doing a doctorate, that's saying the same thing or using the same data sets or the same research part ... that's a problem.
Before you go, could you use your tenured position to advocate for others at the institution who have less power? Graduate students organizing a union could always use more support from faculty.
The resolution comes as a result of recent and escalating politically motivated actions by governmental bodies which pose a significant threat to the foundational principles of American higher education.