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...autumn following Summers’ speech on the Israel divestment movement in September 2002, talk of anti-Semitism reemerged after the English Department invited Tom Paulin to speak at Harvard. Paulin, an Irish poet, had told an English-language newspaper in Egypt that Jewish settlers on the West Bank “should be shot dead...
Summers’ relationship with New came under scrutiny after the English Department cancelled a controversial November 2002 lecture that was slated to be given by Irish poet Tom Paulin...
...invitation sparked controversy because Paulin had told an Egyptian newspaper that he believed Jewish settlers in the West Bank “should be shot...
...lecture has been cancelled twice in the past two years. Nobel laureate John M. Coetzee, originally the speaker for last spring, cancelled due to personal reasons. Two years ago, the department withdrew an invitation to Tom Paulin after the poet’s alleged anti-Israel comments provoked controversy on campus...
...past two years, the lecture has been cancelled twice. Last year’s speaker for the spring lecture, 2003 Nobel laureate John M. Coetzee, cancelled due to personal reasons. Two years ago, the department withdrew an invitation to fall speaker Tom Paulin after the poet’s alleged anti-Israel comments caused controversy on campus...