UC, Librarians, and Academic Freedom

UC, Librarians, and Academic Freedom

As part of their negotiations with the university, UC librarians requested that the University formally acknowledge their claim to academic freedom. ...

Humanities Graduate Education After Avital Ronell

Humanities Graduate Education After Avital Ronell

I yearn to return to my beloved topic of truth and fantasy in university budgeting.  But last week it was impossible to avoid the Ronell affair. ...

Judith Butler's Statement about the Letter in Support of Avital Ronell

Judith Butler's Statement about the Letter in Support of Avital Ronell

August 19, 2018 I can only speak for myself since the signatories of the letter addressed to the NYU administration regarding the sexual harassment charges brought against Avital Ronell are not a group with a single view, and different authors helped to craft the draft version of the letter that appeared online without our consent. When the signatories learned that...

Faculty Need do Better Than This

Faculty Need do Better Than This

This spring and summer, the Chronicle Review has published a series of faculty essays that agonize over the fate of the university in general...