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Susan G. Drummond - Unthinkable Thoughts: Academic Freedom and the One-State Model for Israel and Palestine - 9780774822084 - V9780774822084
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Unthinkable Thoughts: Academic Freedom and the One-State Model for Israel and Palestine

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Description for Unthinkable Thoughts: Academic Freedom and the One-State Model for Israel and Palestine Hardback. This book presents a case study of an academic conference where various actors sought to circumscribe the exploration of a controversial idea -- the one-state model for Israel and Palestine -- and it throws into stark relief the vulnerability and importance of academic freedom. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; JNA; JNM; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. .

In 2009, an international conference exploring models of statehood for Israel and Palestine was held at Toronto’s York University. The conference became a cause célèbre in Canada and Israel when extraordinary pressures were exerted on the conference organizers, their academic departments, and university administrators by pro-Israel lobby groups, private university donors, members of the academic community, and even the federal government. Although the conference itself was uneventful, the lead-up roiled Canadian academia and society, provoking a controversy that raised major issues regarding academic freedom.

Unthinkable Thoughts covers the history of the events from the perspective of Susan Drummond, one of the ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
348
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774822084
SKU
V9780774822084
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About Susan G. Drummond
Susan G. Drummond is an associate professor of law at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University. She was one of the organizers of the Mapping Models of Statehood in Israel/Palestine conference in 2009. She is the author of Mapping Marriage Law in Spanish Gitano Communities (UBC Press, 2005).

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