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Citing several examples, including “the unfortunate incident” with Cornel R. West ’74 and Summers?? remarks on women in science, Harper wrote that he saw a “pattern” in the president’s behavior...
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...scientists at Harvard and throughout higher education.Summers’ comments, which Skocpol called “the presidential speech heard around the world” in her April comments to Appleton Chapel, triggered the well-known firestorm of criticism. Soon after, Skocpol built a reputation as one of Summers?? most vociferous critics. “When things do not go well, the president always seeks to blame and humiliate others,” Skocpol said at a Faculty meeting, exacerbating the contretemps last winter. Later softening her words, Skocpol was appointed dean of GSAS by Kirby last...
University President Lawrence H. Summers last week blasted a British boycott of Israeli academics—drawing flack from a familiar foe and applause from his allies. Summers?? statement on the British boycott evokes echoes of his September 2002 Memorial Church address, in which he excoriated a group of Harvard and MIT professors who had called on the University to cut financial ties to Israel. “Serious and thoughtful people are advocating and taking actions that are anti-Semitic in their effect if not their intent,” Summers said at the time. On Tuesday...
Like his 2002 remarks, Summers?? statement this week has drawn fire here at Harvard. One of Summers' fiercest critics, Professor of Anthropology and of African and African American Studies J. Lorand Matory '82, said that "the knee jerk accusation that targeted criticism of Israel singles out Israel is as absurd as stating that the anti-apartheid movement was singling out South Africa...