The ‘Palestinian Question’ and the ‘suspension of thought’
Sharon Dell | 10 December 2023 | University World News
The topic of Robin DG Kelley’s lecture, which set out to explore links between the disabling of criticism against Israel in educational institutions and right-wing attacks on progressive curricula, was forged before the 7 October Hamas attack on Israel but perhaps took on a greater sense of urgency as a result of it.
“Here I am, speaking to the question of academic freedom, when for me … the more important question is: what is the responsibility of intellectuals in the face of genocide?” said Kelley from his base in California where he holds the position of distinguished professor and Gary B Nash Endowed Chair in US History at the University of California, Los Angeles.