SAH Commons | Rebecca Comay | Activity https://sah.hcommons.org/members/rebeccacomay/activity/ Activity feed for Rebecca Comay. Sun, 05 Apr 2026 19:02:31 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 c349ba89a26c69dc4a2e4f6d06253648 Rebecca Comay uploaded the file: Response to Delegate Assembly Member’s Queries re Academic Boycott of Israel to MLA Members for Justice in Palestine https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/94358/ Mon, 23 Mar 2015 12:37:30 -0400 1–What (if any) are the recommended consequences for scholars who violate the boycott if their institution/organization supports it? […]

]]> 0 c191ce8bccef3472c586f1776714961c Rebecca Comay started the topic Cornel West on BDS (interview with David Palumbo-Liu) in the discussion MLA Members for Justice in Palestine https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/mla-members-for-justice-in-palestine/forum/topic/cornel-west-on-bds-interview-with-david-palumbo-liu/ Sun, 15 Mar 2015 17:26:23 -0400 http://www.salon.com/2015/02/25/its_ugly_it%E2%80%99s_vicious_it%E2%80%99s_brutal_cornel_west_on_israel_in_palestine_%E2%80%94_and_why_gaza_is_the_hood_on_steroids/

]]> 0 3edaa1e07d44c631240c9c4a655a6166 Rebecca Comay deleted the file: Judith Butler, "EXERCISING RIGHTS Academic Freedom and Boycott Politics" from MLA Members for Justice in Palestine https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/93994/ Sun, 15 Mar 2015 17:12:46 -0400 0 a031f2658e54ea948ce57e000389d0f0 Rebecca Comay uploaded the file: Judith Butler, "EXERCISING RIGHTS Academic Freedom and Boycott Politics" to MLA Members for Justice in Palestine https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/93992/ Sun, 15 Mar 2015 17:10:27 -0400 Akeel Bilgrami and Jonathan R. Cole, WHO’S AFRAID of ACADEMIC FREEDOM? (Columbia UP, 2015)

]]> 0 f28bbeb8bfa953e5971dd41cfdd38fb1 Rebecca Comay started the topic Unesco reports on the crisis of education in Gaza -- in the discussion MLA Members for Justice in Palestine https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/mla-members-for-justice-in-palestine/forum/topic/unesco-reports-on-the-crisis-of-education-in-gaza/ Fri, 13 Mar 2015 14:49:28 -0400 These documents are eye-opening, and remind us, as MLA members, that the occupation and siege of Palestine have direct consequences for education (among many other things).  In the most recent war on Gaza, more than a quarter of all Palestinian civilians killed were students. Fourteen institutions of higher education were damaged.  Read on…[Read more]

]]> 0 d27c7dca85f68ac7e2fa91312d73b5f0 Rebecca Comay replied to the topic Growing Jewish support for BDS in the discussion MLA Members for Justice in Palestine http://mla.hcommons.org/groups/mla-members-for-justice-in-palestine/forum/topic/growing-jewish-support-for-bds/#post-6673 Tue, 03 Feb 2015 15:36:42 -0500 And, importantly, this includes advocates for the academic and cultural boycott from within Israel itself.  

Here are a couple of useful sources.

http://www.boycottisrael.info/

http://972mag.com/

 

]]> 0 c2656793bec1b0ada7a69c8fcb01af82 Rebecca Comay started the topic Delegate Assembly 2015 - report on boycott discussion in the forum MLA Members for Justice in Palestine http://mla.hcommons.org/groups/mla-members-for-justice-in-palestine/forum/topic/delegate-assembly-2015-report-on-boycott-discussion/ Mon, 12 Jan 2015 15:50:48 -0500 Here’s David Palumbo-Liu’s report in the Huffington Post on the discussion of boycott in the DA on Saturday.

Preliminary votes show that the DA recognizes (by a significant margin) that this is a urgent topic that the MLA needs to be addressing; that academic boycotts promote, rather than harm, academic freedom; and that those who speak…[Read more]

]]> 0 69c334634ce1e5e0124aa57f7b1e8499 Rebecca Comay deleted the file: FAQ re MLA and BDS from MLA Members for Justice in Palestine https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/88012/ Wed, 07 Jan 2015 00:35:14 -0500 0 cceaa0294fa5812aa340e36a45ae01f1 Rebecca Comay uploaded the file: FAQ re MLA and BDS to MLA Members for Justice in Palestine https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/87992/ Tue, 06 Jan 2015 23:31:47 -0500 0 72134faf4e5a842e0155c2b5c0ac3753 Rebecca Comay replied to the topic Files and materials in the forum MLA Members for Justice in Palestine http://mla.hcommons.org/groups/mla-members-for-justice-in-palestine/forum/topic/files-and-materials/#post-6315 Tue, 06 Jan 2015 23:30:24 -0500 You will find, under “Files” (to left), an FAQ sheet which might be useful for thinking about this issue.  For extensive  documentation supporting these claims, please refer to the PDF “ Resolution ACBI Evidence”, also under “Files.”

]]> 0 c714f70754a74181d761e60efa93f134 Rebecca Comay started the topic Files and materials in the forum MLA Members for Justice in Palestine http://mla.hcommons.org/groups/mla-members-for-justice-in-palestine/forum/topic/files-and-materials/ Mon, 29 Dec 2014 21:55:04 -0500 Here’s hoping this will start a good discussion of this important issue.  I’d like to urge you all to read the PDF “ Resolution ACBI Evidence”  which was prepared to accompany the proposed boycott resolution (see under “Files” on the left side of this page).   It provides documentation about the situation of the Palestinian universitie…[Read more]

]]> 0 839ead0aff4b57573d807d5a21c72bf3 Rebecca Comay's profile was updated https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/86575/ Sat, 27 Dec 2014 12:52:06 -0500 0