LETTER: Boycotts are an unsound academic ‘principle’
UCT’s call to boycott Israeli academic institutions is anathema to the free and unrestricted exchange of ideas
23 September 2019 - 17:47
I am a proud graduate of the University of Cape Town (UCT). For decades in different settings throughout the world I have praised the quality of a UCT education — the intellectual environment, the free and unrestricted exchange of ideas, and the commitment to its students and society, all of which a UCT education embodies.
It is at UCT I was first was introduced to the concept of academic freedom, a concept I have cherished since. This is why learning that the university is considering an academic boycott of Israeli academic institutions leaves me with such a sense of deep dismay...
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