'Under Trump, pursuing a project on Israel and Palestine at university is an institutional ordeal'
- Posted on August 26, 2026
- By Le Monde
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In brief
Academic freedom faces mounting pressure as universities navigate contentious Middle East scholarship. An art historian's exhibition featuring artwork by Palestinian and Israeli children at a prestigious Brown University institution reveals the institutional challenges scholars encounter when addressing Israeli-Palestinian issues in today's politically charged American higher education landscape.
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'Under Trump, pursuing a project on Israel and Palestine at university is an institutional ordeal'
OP-ED. In this op-ed, American art historian and professor of Judaic Studies Katharina Galor describes how an exhibition of drawings by Palestinian and Israeli children has sparked debate at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, where she teaches.
