Scholars at Risk meeting explores issues of academic freedom

The biennial meeting of Scholars at Risk in Montreal, Canada, has been exploring the implications for faculty and students around the world of political targeting associated with academic work. The theme of their conference, "Universities in a dangerous world: Defending higher education communities and values," has brought attention to several cases around the world where faculty have been threatened or imprisoned for their work. Scholars at Risk, based out of New York University, "arranges for temporary academic positions for threatened academics, monitors academic freedom violations globally and campaigns on behalf of wrongfully persecuted scholars."