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What a beautiful letter. Congratulations to Prof. Presner. And
thanks Robert for passing it along to us.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/15/15 12:01 PM, Robert Naiman via
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<p>A prominent Holocaust scholar has canceled a
prestigious lecture at the <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://electronicintifada.net/tags/university-illinois-urbana-champaign"
target="_blank">University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)</a> in protest over the
firing of Professor <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://electronicintifada.net/tags/steven-salaita"
target="_blank">Steven Salaita</a>.</p>
<p>Professor <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.germanic.ucla.edu/people/faculty/presner/"
target="_blank">Todd Samuel Presner</a>, the
director of Jewish studies at the University of
California, Los Angeles (UCLA), wrote to UIUC
Chancellor <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://electronicintifada.net/tags/phyllis-wise"
target="_blank">Phyllis Wise</a> to tell her he
would not visit the campus as long as she was in
charge.</p>
<p>His letter, dated 28 March and addressed to Wise
and UIUC trustees, was publicly released today (<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/holocaust-scholar-cancels-prestigious-illinois-lecture-over-steven-salaita-firing#letter"
target="_blank">full text</a> and a PDF copy are
below).</p>
<p>Presner had been scheduled to deliver the 2014-15
Rosenthal Lecture, titled “A Message in a Bottle:
Holocaust Testimony and the Jewish Future,” on 27
April.</p>
<p>He said a workshop also planned during his visit
would not be canceled, but would be moved off
campus and he would not accept any funding or
payment from UIUC.</p>
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