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Unthinkable Thoughts by Susan G. Drummond, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

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Susan G. Drummond

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In June 2009, an international conference on models of statehood for Israel and Palestine was held at Toronto’s York University. The conference itself was uneventful; however, the lead-up roiled Canadian academia and society, provoking a controversy that raised major issues regarding academic freedom. This book details the astonishing series of events that unfolded when the conference was being organized. Academic colleagues of the organizers refused to participate, questioning whether the conference should even be allowed to take place. Organized Israel lobbies in Canada began to publicly denounce the conference. Major private university donors threatened to withdraw their financial support if the conference proceeded. The minister of state for science and technology interfered with Canada’s leading researcher funders to challenge a peer-reviewed grant for the conference. In response to the growing panic, even the administration of York University began to waver in its requisite detachment on the substance of scholarly work. Unthinkable Thoughts covers the history of the events from the perspective of Susan Drummond, one of the conference organizers. She methodically examines the contentious idea discussed at the conference – constitutional bi-nationalism in Israel/Palestine. Drawing from copious documentation released under Freedom of Information legislation, she lays out the behind-the-scenes minutiae of statements made and decisions taken before the conference took place. In a final chapter, she considers the nature of academic freedom in light of the events in 2009.This book serves as a cautionary tale of the ease with which matters of fundamental principle can become compromised in the face of intense social and political pressure. In an era when threats to academic freedom can be subtle and complex, Unthinkable Thoughts offers a sustained contemplation of what is at stake for the university and for democratic society at large. | Unthinkable Thoughts by Susan G. Drummond, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

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