Letter to the Chair of ...

The Advo­cate has drafted a let­ter that can be sent to the chair of the English depart­ment at Brook­lyn Col­lege in defense of Kristofer Petersen-Overton. Please take a moment and email Pro­fes­sor Ellen Tremper, demand­ing that she sup­port Petersen-Overton and...

Academic Freedom at CUN...

Wel­come to the Aca­d­e­mic Free­dom at CUNY blog. We’ve been cov­er­ing the recent sit­u­a­tion of polit­i­cal purg­ing at Brook­lyn Col­lege and related news since Fri­day, Jan­u­ary 28. Most recent updates will appear at the top with a EST stamp. We are now...

Academic Freedom at CUN...

Wel­come to the Aca­d­e­mic Free­dom at CUNY blog. We’ve been cov­er­ing the recent sit­u­a­tion of polit­i­cal purg­ing at Brook­lyn Col­lege and any related news since Fri­day, Jan­u­ary 28. Most recent updates will appear at the top with a EST stamp. We are now...

Academic Freedom at CUN...

Wel­come to the Aca­d­e­mic Free­dom at CUNY blog. We’ll be cov­er­ing the recent sit­u­a­tion of polit­i­cal purg­ing at Brook­lyn Col­lege and any related news start­ing this afternoon. Most recent updates will appear at the top with a EST stamp. We are now...

Academic Freedom under ...

The following opinion piece was penned by Kristofer J. Petersen-Overton who was fired from his position as adjunct lecturer of political science at Brooklyn College just days before his class on Middle East Politics was set to begin. The move came following a complaint from a prospective...

Petition to Defend Acad...

To add your name to the position please click here We We, the undersigned, are writing to express our deep concern for the precarious state of academic freedom at Brooklyn College, CUNY and the City University of New York system more broadly. Just a week before the start of spring...