(Spiked) Joanna Williams - Despite paying lip service to academic freedom, there is one issue that many scholars think justifies restricting free speech. The campaign to boycott Israeli universities and scholars is the legitimate face of censorship on campus and it is often led by academics. This month, 18 academics from Warwick University signed a letter to protest against the visit of an Israeli Embassy spokesperson at an International Relations Society debate, which was subsequently cancelled. When it comes to Israel, academic freedom is either problematic, irrelevant, or redefined to mean restricting the speech of some. The writer is a lecturer in higher education at the University of Kent.
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