What Did You Think Decolonisation Meant?
Decolonisation theory operates as a rigid, Manichaean ideology that neatly divides the world into evil perpetrators and innocent victims.
Maarten Boudry
· 7 min read
Academia
A collection of 58 posts
Oikophobia and the Crisis of Western Democracy with Shany Mor | Quillette Cetera Ep. 62
An Israeli former National Security Council official examines Australia’s anti-Israel protests, the rise of antizionism in Western academia, and the growing crisis of democratic confidence across the West.
“Nothing Is to Be Feared. Everything Is to Be Understood.”
An interview with Peggy Sastre.
Claire Lehmann
· 14 min read
The Unwelcome Truth about Rape
For their research showing that rape is generally motivated by sexual desire, Randy Thornhill and Craig Palmer were subjected to death threats and hounded in their personal and professional lives. And yet, they were right.
Peggy Sastre
· 14 min read
Podcast #283: Free Speech in Australia
Iona Italia talks to Alan Davison about censorship, self-censorship, the Online Safety Act and other threats to free speech in Australia.
Quillette, Alan Davison, Iona Italia
· 42 min read
Spurious Research as Tendentious Propaganda
A scholarly journal published pro-Palestinian activism dressed as dispassionate media analysis—and then refused to retract the paper after its shoddy methodology was pointed out.
Oliver Kamm
· 12 min read
When Do Scholarly Retractions Become a Form of Censorship?
Focusing on the handful of papers that are retracted for political reasons can obscure the more important problems afflicting the field of academic publishing.
Ivan Oransky
· 12 min read
Trump and the Academic Cocoon
A New York Times op-ed by a Yale historian tries to see universities from the vantage point of an outsider. Instead, it unwittingly illustrates why universities will not self-correct without external intervention.
Heather Mac Donald
· 12 min read
Podcast #259: The Campaign Against ‘Settler Colonialism’
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to author Adam Kirsch about the growing corps of academics and activists seeking to demonise ‘settler colonialists’ in North America, Australia—and especially Israel.
Quillette
· 23 min read
Open Letter Against the Boycott of Israeli Universities
The Academic Boycott of Israel Is Selective, Unfair and Counterproductive. Sign Our Open Letter Below.
Maarten Boudry
· 7 min read
Damned in Amsterdam: A Bizarre Deplatforming
We wanted to give a talk on how ideological bias hampers science—and were disinvited because of our politics.
Jerry A. Coyne, Maarten Boudry
· 9 min read
Why Does the Intersectional Left Defend Hamas?
Sectarian morality arises from the concept of collective guilt.
Julian Adorney
· 8 min read
Woke Antisemitism: A Reckoning
In their rationalizations of violence against Jews and Israelis, they’ve outed themselves as the extremists they are.
David Bernstein
· 10 min read
Literary Submission Policies Shouldn’t be Color-Coded
Some American journals now have two fee structures—one for white applicants, and one for everybody else
Leigh Ann O’Neill, Brent Morden
· 4 min read
What History Teaches Us About the Importance of Academic Freedom
This 1949 primer shows us there’s nothing new about today’s controversies about free speech on campus.
James Huffman
· 12 min read