A Columbia University Professor Speaks Out Against the Kidnapping of Mahmoud Khalil
Joseph Howley | 18 March 2025 | Literary Hub
My name is Joseph Howley and I am an associate professor of Classics at Columbia University.
The last time I spoke at a press conference was April 18, 2024. That day, NYPD officers in crowd control gear entered our campus for the first time in decades and carried off dozens of students who were peacefully and quietly encamped on one of the enclosed lawns in front of our library, where they threatened no one. As I watched the police action unfold in horror, I received a request to speak at an emergency press conference alongside Mahmoud, who had just been asked to negotiate on behalf of the encampment…