Turkish Scholars in the US Face a Difficult Decision on Speaking Out
Henri J. Barkey, a Turkish professor of international relations at Lehigh University, will no longer board a flight that passes over the...
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Ebby Abramson
- May 14, 2017
- 2 min
North Korea Arrests US Professor Charged with Being “Hostile to the State”
North Korea arrests another professor from the US over charges of allegedly being hostile to the state. Professor Kim Hak Song was...
Ebby Abramson
- Jan 30, 2017
- 3 min
NYU PhD Student Narges Bayani Detained At JFK
Narges Bayani, a PhD student at NYU’s Institute for the Study Of The Ancient World, was among those detained at JFK. According to a...
Ebby Abramson
- Jan 30, 2017
- 4 min
Iranian PhD Student Detained at JFK amid Immigration Chaos
A Long Island PhD student from Iran has been detained at JFK for the past 24 hours following President Trump’s executive order...
Ebby Abramson
- Nov 24, 2016
- 1 min
“Sanctuary Campuses” Defy President-Elect’s Deportation Plans
Faculty, students, and staff across the country are calling for their universities to become sanctuary campuses following the 2016...
Ebby Abramson
- Nov 16, 2016
- 2 min
In Wake of Donald Trump’s Election, Campuses Experience Surge in Hate Acts
On November 16, 2016, Endangered Scholars Worldwide transmitted a letter of protest to US President-elect Donald Trump's office regarding...
Ebby Abramson
- Nov 15, 2016
- 3 min
Exile as Haven—New School Dorm Room Doors Vandalized with Swastikas
Those of us at The New School received news on Saturday that dorm room doors had been vandalized with swastikas. The president has acted...
Ebby Abramson
- Aug 16, 2016
- 2 min
US Citizen and NASA Scientist Detained in Turkey in the Aftermath of Failed Coup
Serkan Golge, a 36-year-old NASA physicist of Turkish descent, was arrested on August 6 and formally accused of involvement with the...
Ebby Abramson
- Jan 18, 2016
- 1 min
Jason Rezaian Reunites with Family
After more than 18 months, Jason Rezaian was released from an Iranian prison as the result of a deal struck between the US and Iran. “I...
Ebby Abramson
- Jan 17, 2016
- 1 min
Jason Rezaian Leaves Iran After Prisoner Swap
Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian and two other Americans safely left Iran as part of a prisoner-swap. They landed in Germany...
Ebby Abramson
- Jan 17, 2016
- 1 min
Chomsky Slams Erdogan as Turkey Detains Academics
Turkish President Erdogan described Noam Chomsky, a scholar who, along with 1,128 Turkish and foreign academics from 89 universities,...
Ebby Abramson
- Dec 3, 2015
- 2 min
Open Letter in Support of Jason Rezaian
Noam Chomsky, Jerome A. Cohen, Juan Cole,Simon Critchley, and Wendy Doniger, et al.* To the Iranian authorities: We, the undersigned, are...
Ebby Abramson
- Dec 1, 2015
- 2 min
Man Arrested for Threatening to Kill "White Devils" at University of Chicago
A 21-year-old college student has been arrested for threatening to “execute approximately 16 white male students and or staff” at the...
Ebby Abramson
- Nov 24, 2015
- 1 min
University of Missouri Protests' Effect on National Higher Education
Endangered Scholars Worldwide is deeply concerned about the ongoing racial tension experienced by students, faculty, and staff of color...
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