Chronicle of Higher Ed: American Studies Association is fairly small. But its impact this year on political discourse has been outsized. Israel’s treatment of, Palestinians has long attracted heated discussion. But ASA’s decision to say it would no longer work with Israeli universities reframed the issue in new ways. The ASA was not the first academic association to take such a stand, but ASA’s decision was heavily debated. The New York Times alone published more than a dozen articles. ) ASA membership grew by about 1,000 and that fund raising was at record levels. We got into the mainstream press and triggered a number of conversations not visible before about Israel-Palestine, says the ASA’s president, Lisa Duggan, a professor at New York University. In that sense we had done what we wanted to do. The vote also inspired supporters of the broader Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement to keep pushing their agenda. (The movement has deeper roots in Europe but has made inroads in the United States more recently.
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