Iranian universities have long been places of reform and political imagination – as well as targets of censorship and repression.
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The very presence of international students on university campuses is a political matter that depends on a measure of good will between the host and home countries.
The EU has mostly stayed silent since the protests began.
Interviews with women who have staged naked protests reveal this is not just a shock tactic, but a powerful way of claiming their voices and their dignity.
While the First Amendment protects a wide range of different kinds of speech, there is no fundamental right to cause harm.
Bangladesh’s repressive leader has been forced out after 15 years in power.
Student protests over quotas for public sector jobs rock Bangladesh.
Canadian universities’ requests for court orders and police enforcement to clear Palestine solidarity encampments raise questions about the legal status of encampments and the use of injunctions.
Students renaming campus buildings during ongoing protests follows years of campus renaming controversies. A study of campus naming policies proposes how to make naming more inclusive.
Recent student protests are attempts to humanize the Palestinians in desperate need of a ceasefire. Students deserve a dignity-affirming dialogue, not the continued use of police brutality.
Each side is righteously sensitive to any perceived hate speech from the other, but seems unwilling to limit their own punitive strategies or inflammatory language.
Nothing Hamas has done was comparable to October 7, and nothing Israel has done is comparable to what it continues to do since that day. Student protests, in this context, inspire a measure of hope.
The Canadian government’s refusal to include a description of anti-Palestinian racism sends the message that the struggles of Palestinians don’t matter.
Unless and until student encampments become an unreasonably severe disruption to the enjoyment of university spaces, there is no argument supporting state intervention.
Negotiations over a ceasefire in Gaza are stalling, in large part because of how the war has gone for both sides.
The situation in Gaza undoubtedly requires urgent international attention and a peaceful resolution. Yet it is not the only armed conflict or humanitarian crisis in the world.
Universities have a difficult balance to strike between protecting student speech rights and ensuring campus safety.
Israel’s tourism industry has taken a hit since the start of the war, and it may never fully recover.
A selection of our coverage of the conflict in Gaza from the past fortnight.
An expert on the Columbia University protests of 1968 draws parallels between protests then and the ones taking place there in 2024.
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