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Finkelstein talk rescheduled at Clark U

Posted on April 27, 2009 by | Comments Off on Finkelstein talk rescheduled at Clark U

Worcester Telegram: Gaza talk rescheduled at Clark U.

WORCESTER — Acknowledging “the process could have been better,” Clark University President John Bassett has approved rescheduling the appearance of a controversial scholar and author whose talk he had canceled two weeks ago.

After learning earlier this month that the Students for Palestinian Rights planned to bring Norman Finkelstein to campus Thursday, the first night of a university-sponsored Holocaust and genocide studies conference, Mr. Bassett nixed the student organization’s plans.

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Clark drops Holocaust scholar Finkelstein

Posted on April 10, 2009 by | Comments Off on Clark drops Holocaust scholar Finkelstein

Boston Globe: Clark drops Holocaust scholar
Schedule conflict, controversy cited

Clark University canceled a campus talk scheduled for later this month by controversial Holocaust scholar Norman Finkelstein, saying his presence “would invite controversy and not dialogue or understanding,” and would conflict with a similar event scheduled around the same time.

The Clark University Students for Palestinian Rights, a student-run group on the Worcester campus, had arranged for Finkelstein to speak on April 21, said Tom MacMillan, the group’s president. School administrators, however, contend the topic and the timing conflict with a similar university-sponsored event.

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