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...Finkelstein, who is in his sixth year at DePaul, said in an interview yesterday that Frankfurter Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz—perhaps his most outspoken critic—was responsible for leading the effort to deny him tenure...
DePaul University Assistant Professor Norman G. Finkelstein, who has been no stranger to controversy in years past, will face difficulty gaining tenure this summer after the dean of DePaul’s College of Arts and Sciences overrode recommendations made at the departmental and college review level...
...would call it, for about ten weeks, a relentless campaign,” Finkelstein said, adding that comments made by Dershowitz amounted to “character assassination.” “Had there been no outside pressure, I’m fully confident that I would make it through” the tenure process, Finkelstein said...
...Finkelstein alleges that Dershowitz is trying to discredit him with baseless claims to draw attention away from strong criticisms that Finkelstein has leveled against Dershowitz’s work on the Israel-Palestine conflict...
According to Finkelstein, both the political science department and the College Personnel Committee at DePaul voted to recommend tenure for him, but the dean disagreed with these recommendations...