September 2015, Mona Baker, Page 3

Conservative 'Academic Bill of Rights' campaign challenges teaching evolution in colleges

September 23, 2015 Henry Jones Academics Under Attack, Legacy Site

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Nathanial Popper | Forward | 1 April 2005 Urged on by conservative provocateur David Horowitz, lawmakers in several states are pushing legislation requiring unprecedented government oversight of teaching on college campuses. In Florida last week, a key legislative committee approved the so-called “Academic Bill of Rights” in an 8 to 2 vote. The decision

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EI EXCLUSIVE: Joseph Massad's response to the Ad Hoc Grievance Committee Report

September 23, 2015 Henry Jones Academics Under Attack, Legacy Site

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Joseph Massad | Electronic Intifada | 5 April 2005 In late 2004, claims of intimidation in the department of Middle Eastern and Asian Languages and Cultures (MEALAC) of Columbia University hit newspapers around the world after an unreleased documentary, “Columbia Unbecoming”, which purported to reveal incidences of intimidation and anti-Semitism in the classroom. The

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The New PC

September 23, 2015 Henry Jones Academics Under Attack, Legacy Site

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Russell Jacoby | The Nation | 16 March 2005 The Yale student did not like what he heard. Sociologists derided religion and economists damned corporations. One professor pre-emptively rejected the suggestion that “workers on public relief be denied the franchise.” “I propose, simply, to expose,” wrote the young author in a booklong denunciation, one

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Massad: Statement to the Ad Hoc Committee

September 23, 2015 Henry Jones Academics Under Attack, Legacy Site

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Joseph Massad | Censoring Thought | 14 March 2005 I have prepared a statement to read to you. I would be happy to answer your questions afterwards. Before I begin, however, I want to ascertain that as Professor Katzneslson has informed me, the only complaints that your committee has heard about me are the

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Can a “Patriotic” Mob Take Over the Universities?

September 23, 2015 Henry Jones Academics Under Attack, Legacy Site

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Baruch Kimmerling | Dissident Voice | 29 March 2005 In the American academy, there is currently an organized campaign by some public figures to vilify prominent researchers and departments that are regarded as “anti-American” or even as “anti-Semitic” because their research and teaching are not in accordance with the views of the recent American

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The Ethics and Politics of Translation

September 22, 2015 Mona Baker Baker Talks and Interviews, Mona Baker, Translating Dissent, Translation, Videos

Published on Feb 26, 2014 The Ethics and Politics of Translation: A Public Lecture Day: Monday 9/12/2013 Venue: Room (13), English Department, Cairo University Speaker: Mona Baker,, University of Manchester Chair: Hoda Elsadda, Cairo University

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Cairo University, Hoda Elsadda, Mona Baker

Freed Egyptian Protester Describes Ordeal, but Fate of Seized Blogger Is Unknown

September 20, 2015 Mona Baker Egypt, Human Rights, Palestine, Philip Rizk, Police Brutality, Translating Dissent

By MICHAEL SLACKMAN FEB. 11, 2009, The New York Times CAIRO — For more than four straight days, Philip Rizk said, he was blindfolded, handcuffed and interrogated around the clock by Egyptian state security agents who abducted him on Friday after he took part in a march in support of Gaza. Early Wednesday morning, with neither warning nor explanation, he was

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Diaa Eddin Gad, Gaza, Philip Rizk

Interview with Philip Rizk by Shuruq Harb

September 20, 2015 Mona Baker Citizen Media, Egypt, Interviews, Philip Rizk, Protest Movements, Translating Dissent

“The revolution is not a thing of the past, the revolution is still in process.” Philip Rizk stated as we began our discussion of his text “2011 is not 1968”, whereby he challenges the dominant narratives of the January 25th Revolution as a youth lead revolution. He argues that the radicalizing factor of the uprising was an underclass without leaders.

Exploring Genocide: educational challenges and opportunities

September 20, 2015 Mona Baker Citizen Media, John Johnston, Street Art, Translating Dissent

DevelopmentEducation.ie Action Projects AUTHOR DETAILS Colm Regan 80:20 Educating and Acting for a Better World – www.8020.ie The mural was co-ordinated by John Johnston of 80:20 (now with Goldsmith’s College, London) and Valarie Duffy (now with the National Youth Council of Ireland). PARTICIPANTS Young people 14+; over 9 schools and two youth organisations from East Belfast and the Republic

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John Johnston

Deptford student mural tells police: things must change

September 20, 2015 Mona Baker Citizen Media, John Johnston, Street Art, Translating Dissent

EAST LONDON LINES December 3, 2012 | Posted by: Laura Liszewski | Three scenes stand side by side, occupying a vibrantly painted mural. On the far left, a menacing officer’s mouth opens wide to expose a prisoner behind bars, on the far right hooded youths stand, pressed against walls and try to reach through blue chains, while in the middle of it

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John Johnston, murals

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