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DESCRIPTION:Broad media coverage of the charges of anti-Semitism against UCSB sociology 
 professor William I. Robinson has generated more public interest in the 
 event, prompting the Committee to Defend Academic Freedom (CDAF) to look 
 for a larger venue, said CDAF co-founder and media coordinator Yousef 
 Baker.\n\n“We’re expecting a lot of people, so we changed the location 
 to a bigger auditorium on campus,” Baker said.\n\nThe forum is sponsored 
 by CDAF, which UCSB students formed in April after the university’s 
 Academic Senate decided to open a formal investigation against 
 Robinson.\n\nThe sociology professor introduced materials critical of 
 Israeli state policies in a course on globalization in January. They 
 included a photo essay that he forwarded to students from the Internet and 
 that had been circulating in the public realm. The photos compared images 
 of Israeli abuse against Palestinians during the recent military invasion 
 of Gaza with Nazi abuses during the holocaust. Two students took offense at 
 the images and withdrew from the course, prompting the Anti-Defamation 
 League (ADL) to demand that the university investigate Robinson for 
 “anti-Semitism.”\n\nA three-member panel of scholars will address the 
 forum, Baker said.\n\nUCSB Law and Society Program professor Lisa Hajjar 
 will discuss the principles and practices of academic freedom and the 
 university’s obligation to them.\n\nRichard Falk, the UN’s special 
 rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories and a visiting 
 scholar on global studies at UCSB, will talk about Israeli-Palestinian 
 conflict and the importance of academic freedom to ensure an open and free 
 dialogue about the issue.\n\nUCSB associate professor of sociology Geoff 
 Raymond will discuss the Robinson case specifically and the irregularities 
 committed by university officials handling charges against the 
 professor.\n\nA question and answer period will follow the presentations by 
 panelists.\n\nThe forum is free and open to the public. It runs from 7 to 9 
 p.m. on the UCSB campus at Embarcadero Hall located at 935 Embarcadero del 
 Norte.\n\nFor detailed information about the Robinson case, visit CDAF’s 
 online blog at www.sb4af.wordpress.com.\n\nFor media inquiries about the 
 forum, call Daniel Olmos at (818) 468-8894 or Alba Peña-Leon at (626) 
 665-9212.\n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/05/11/18594197.php
SUMMARY:forum on academic freedom at the University of California at Santa Barbara
LOCATION:UCSB campus at Embarcadero Hall located at 935 Embarcadero del Norte.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/05/11/18594197.php
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