Letter protesting Cambridge University crackdown on Palestine event and threat to academic freedom

We, the undersigned, condemn in the strongest possible terms the interference by University of Cambridge administrative authorities in a panel event on Wednesday 8th November headlined by the internationally recognised Palestinian human rights defender Omar Barghouti, and believe such actions to constitute an intolerable violation of academic freedom by a self-styled global leader in its furtherance.

The University insisted that due to the “controversial subject” of the meeting and “opposition” they received to its hosting, an “independent chair” (their director of communications) who does not have the same political views as the other panelists, must be installed to replace Dr Ruba Salih (SOAS), the respected academic who was due to moderate the event.

If these terms, designed ostensibly to ensure “open, robust and lawful debate” and the protection of the “free speech of both sides”, were not agreed to, it was strongly implied that the event would be cancelled for “health and safety reasons”.

As conceded by the University, much of the correspondence it received opposing the event came from a letter campaign coordinated by the well-known pro-Israel lobby group ‘StandWithUs’ which rests on a litany of potentially libellous and bigoted accusations of racism against Omar Barghouti, fellow panellist Malia Bouattia, and event co-host and registered charity War on Want. It is notable that ‘StandWithUs’ has in the past year sponsored an event on campus with the Israeli ambassador to the UK Mark Regev without any such intervention from the University.

It is disturbing that University authorities consider appropriate such censorship, including the forced imposition of an “independent chair”, on an event designed to raise awareness about the human rights of Palestinians and indigenous peoples around the world.

Omar Barghouti has been subjected to a prolonged campaign of intimidation by the Israeli government; detention and protracted interrogation without charge, travel bans, and threats of “civil assassination” by ministers of state. This sustained pattern of criminal intimidation, common practice for Israel in its treatment of human rights defenders, has been strongly condemned by Amnesty International, who have loudly defended Omar.

It is deeply concerning that the University attempted to suppress this event through aggressive institutional intervention. In having done so, it risks being seen to side with those who seek to silence the voices of the marginalised, and raises questions about the extent of its commitment to free speech. Such behaviour belies the University’s stated commitment to ‘light touch’ implementation of the government’s draconian ‘Prevent’ legislation. We urge the University not to risk its reputation by intrusive and high handed tactics such as these.

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10/11/17: Please note that the text of the open letter has been altered very slightly, with the tense of a few words changed from present to past, to reflect the fact that the event has now taken place. Dr Salih was removed as chair of the panel by University management, replaced by their communications director. Continued signatures in protest are welcome.  

All press requests to be directed to cambridgepalsoc@gmail.com

Drafted by event organisers, signed:

Professor Noam Chomsky (Institute Professor Emeritus, MIT)

Professor Karma Nabulsi (University of Oxford)

Professor Avi Shlaim (University of Oxford)

Professor Laleh Khalili (SOAS, University of London)

Professor John Chalcraft (London School of Economics and Political Science)

Professor Gilbert Achcar (SOAS, University of London)

Professor Nadje Al-Ali (SOAS, University of London)

Professor Rebecca Gould, (University of Birmingham)

Professor Clément Mouhot (King’s College, University of Cambridge)

Professor Neve Gordon (SOAS, University of London)

Professor Mark LeVine (History, UC Irvine and Center for MES, Lund University)

Professor James Dickins (Arabic, University of Leeds)

Professor Alfredo Saad Filho (SOAS, University of London)

Professor Bill V. Mullen (American Studies, Purdue University)

Professor Jonathan Rosenhead (London School of Economics and Political Science)

Professor Richard Fardon (SOAS, University of London)

Professor David Mond (Mathematics, University of Warwick)

Professor Lynn Welchman (Law, SOAS, University of London)

Professor Haim Bresheeth (SOAS, University of London)

Professor Haim Yacobi (University College London)

Professor Kimberly Katz (Towson University)

Professor Upamanyu Pablo Mukherjee (Warwick University)

Professor Jillian Schwedler (City University of New York)

Professor Abdou Maliq Simone (Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity)

Professor Erica Burman (University of Manchester)

Professor Chris Howell (James Monroe Professor of Politics, Oberlin College)

Professor Emerita Mona Baker (Translation Studies, University of Manchester)

Professor Emeritus Richard Seaford, (Ancient Greek, University of Exeter)

Professor Emeritus Ian Parker ( Management, University of Leicester)

Professor Emeritus Mark Hobart (SOAS, University of London)

Professor Emeritus David Elworthy (Warwick University)

Professor Emeritus Chris Roberts (Health Sciences, University of Manchester)

Professor Jonathan Craig (Honorary Professor, University College London)

Anand Pillay (Visiting Professor, Mathematics, University of Leeds)

Dr Adam Branch (Director, Centre of African Studies, University Cambridge)

Dr Priyamvada Gopal (Reader, University of Cambridge)

Dr Nicholas Guyatt (Reader in History, University of Cambridge)

Dr Maha Abdelrahman (Reader, University of Cambridge)

Dr Yael Navaro (Reader, University of Cambridge)

Dr Mónica Moreno Figueroa (Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Cambridge)

Dr Andrew Arsan (Senior Lecturer in Modern Middle Eastern History, Faculty of History, University of Cambridge)

Dr Mezna Qato (Research Fellow in Middle Eastern History, King’s College, University of Cambridge)

Dr Waseem Yaqoob (Lecturer, Faculty of History, University of Cambridge, Branch Secretary Cambridge UCU)

Dr. Sertaç Sehlikoglu (Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge)

Dr Arathi Sriprakash (Lecturer, University of Cambridge)

Dr Anne Alexander (Research Fellow, University of Cambridge)

Dr Chana Morgenstern (University Lecturer, University of Cambridge)

Murad Ismayilow (Research Fellow, University of Cambridge)

Dr Zoe Stewart (Academic Clinical Fellow, University of Cambridge)

Dr Edward Anderson (Smuts Research Fellow in Commonwealth Studies, Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge)

David Goode (Senior Proctor 2015-16, University of Cambridge)

Dr Steven Watson (Lecturer, University of Cambridge, Fellow, Wolfson College)

Dr. Jeff Miley (Lecturer of Political Sociology, University of Cambridge)

Dr Drew Milne (Faculty of English / Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge)

Dr Manali Desai (University Lecturer, Sociology, University of Cambridge)

Dr Rachael Harris (Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge)

Dr. Anna Alexandrova (Senior Lecturer, History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge)

Dr Jenny Bangham (Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge)

Dr Ruth Watson (University Lecturer, Faculty of History, University of Cambridge)

Dr Natasha Tanna (College Lecturer, University of Cambridge)

Dr John KIngman (Dept of Russian and Slavonic Studies, University of Cambridge)

Dr Eva Nanopoulos (Lecturer, Queen Mary, University of London, previously King’s College, Cambridge)

Dr. Halleli Pinson (Ben-Gurion University and a visiting fellow at Cambridge)

Dr. Ghada Karmi (University of Exeter)

Dr. Jamie Woodcock (Fellow, LSE)

Mazen Masri (Senior Lecturer, City, University of London)

Yair Wallach (Lecturer, SOAS, University of London)

Rafeef Ziadah (Lecturer, SOAS, University of London)

Eleanor Tiplady Higgs (Senior Teaching Fellow, SOAS University of London)

Dr Paul O’Connell (Reader in Law, SOAS University of London)

Dr.C.J.Burns-Cox (Lecturer in Medicine Bristol University, Retd)

Dr Derek Summerfield (Hon Sen Lect, King’s College)

Feyzi Ismail (Senior Teaching Fellow, SOAS, University of London)

Claude Baesens (Associate Professor of Mathematics, University of Warwick)

Hussein AH Omar (Research Fellow, Pembroke College, Oxford)

Dr Vanja Hamzić (Senior Lecturer, SOAS University of London)

Dr Les Levidow, (Senior Research Fellow, Open University)

Dr Nicola Pratt (Reader, University of Warwick)

Dr Hassan Hakimian (SOAS, University of London)

Dr Adam Hanieh (SOAS, University of London)

Dr Owen Holland (University of Oxford)

Dr. Natalya Naqvi (University of Oxford)

Dr Pierre Bocquillon (Lecturer in Politics, University of East Anglia)

Dr Derek Summerfield, (Hon Sen Lect, King's College)

Dr. Susan Blackwell (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, alumna of Newnham and Darwin)

Dr Vidya Kumar (Associate Professor, Leicester Law School, University of Leicester)

Elian Weizman (Lecturer in Middle East Politics, SOAS)

Dr Joseph Trapido (Lecturer Anthropology SOAS)

Dr Derek Wall (Dept of Politics and International Relations, Goldsmiths College, University of London)

Reem Abou-El-Fadl (SOAS, University of London)

Sai Englert (GTA, SOAS)

Dr Samia Bano. (Senior Lecturer in Law, SOAS, University of London)

Dr. Richard Alexander. (Lecturer in Financial Law School of Finance and Management, SOAS)

Dr. Fatima Rajina (Research Assistant, University of Cambridge and Teaching Fellow, SOAS)

Dr Teodora Todorova (Teaching Fellow, University of Warwick)

Dr Sarah Keenan, (Senior Lecturer in Law, Birkbeck Law School)

Dr Nadine El-Enany, (Senior Lecturer in Law, Birkbeck Law School, Birkbeck College, University of London)  

Abdalhadi Alijla (Institute for Middle East Studies, Canada)

Dr Christian Henderson (Leiden University)

Dr Lisa Tilley (Queen Mary University of London)

Dr. Hannes Baumann (University of Liverpool)

Dr Cathy Bergin University of Brighton

Dr Sharri Plonski (SOAS/University of London)

Dr Lizzie Stewart (Lecturer, Kings College London)

Dr Gabriel Varghese (Royal Holloway, University of London)

Dr Sara Marzagora (SOAS University of London)

Dr Fuad Ali (University of East London)

Dr Walter Armbrust (University of Oxford)

Dr Alessandra Mezzadri, Senior Lecturer in Development Studies, SOAS

Dr Joanna Swanger, Assoc. Professor, Peace & Global Studies, Earlham College (USA)

Dr Marc Mierowsky (Keele University)

Dr. Elizabeth Bishop (Texas State University-San Marcos)

Dr Ben Davies, Teaching Fellow, University of Leeds

Dr Rachel Seoighe (Lecturer in Criminology, human rights and criminal justice, Middlesex University)

Dr Heba Youssef (University of Brighton)

Dr. Kate Houlden (Senior Lecturer, Anglia Ruskin University)

Dr Lisa Stampnitzky (Lecturer, University of Sheffield)

Dr Katharine Jenkins (Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Nottingham)

Dr Stefanie Ortmann (University of Sussex)

Dr Hannah Bargawi (Senior Lecturer, SOAS University of London)

Dr Robert Boyce (Associate Professor, LSE)

Srilata Sircar (Postdoc, Lund University-Sweden)

Dr Rizwaan Sabir (Liverpool John Moores University)

Dr Rahul Rao (Senior Lecturer in Politics, SOAS University of London)

Francesca Biancani (Adjunct Professor, Bologna University)

Dr. Nadim Khoury (Department of Philosophy, (University of Tromsø, Norway)

Dr Paulina Palmer (Emeritus, Warwick University)

Dr Kathleen Cavanaugh (Centre for Human Rights, National University of Ireland, Galway)

Dr James Eastwood (School of Politics and International Relations, Queen Mary University of London, Emmanuel College alumnus)

Dr Peter Hill (Junior Research Fellow, Christ Church, University of Oxford)

Dr Grietje Baars (Senior Lecturer, City, University of London)

Dr Kiru Akkeb (Senior Lecturer, SOAS University of London)

Blair Kuntz (Near and Middle Eastern Studies Librarian, University of Toronto)

Dr. Shira Robinson (Associate Professor of History and International Affairs, George Washington University)

Johannes Wolf (Lecturer, University of Oxford)

Dr Lauren Banko (University of Manchester)

Dr Shane Boyle (Lecturer, Queen Mary University of London)

Dr Hettie Malcomson (Associate Professor, University of Southampton)

Jake Davidson (Visiting Assistant Professor, Media Studies, Alquds Bard College)

Hanan Toukan (Visiting Assistant Professor, Brown University)

Ignacio Gutiérrez de Terán GB (Associate Professor, Autonoma University of Madrid)

Francisco Moscoso Garcia (Associate Professor, Autonoma University of Madrid

Jess Bier (Assistant Professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam)

Dr Lee Jones (Queen Mary University of London)

Dr Ruba Salih (Reader, SOAS, University of London)

Dr Murad Banaji (Middlesex University, London)

Dr Stephen Hughes (Senior Lecturer, SOAS)

Dr Paulina Palmer (Senior Lecturer, Warwick University Rtd)

Dr Akanksha Mehta (University of Sussex)

Dr Andrea Teti (Politics & International Relations, University of Aberdeen)

Dr Nimer Sultany, (School of Law, SOAS, University of London)

Dr Paola Rivetti (School of Law and Government, Dublin City University, Ireland)

Dr Ryan Davey (Research Fellow, London School of Economics)

Dr Arianne Shahvisi (Lecturer in Ethics, Brighton and Sussex Medical School)

Dr Shakuntala Banaji (London School of Economics and Political Science)

Dr. Hege Hermansen (Education, University of Oslo)

Dr Zuzanna Olszewska (University of Oxford)

Dr Nicholas Thoburn (Senior Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester)

Ahmad Abu-Akel (Institute of Psychology, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Dr Michelle Obeid (Lecturer in Social Anthropology, University of Manchester)

Dr Robert George (Alumnus, Emmanuel College, Cambridge)

Dr Adel Nasser (Senior Lecturer, The University of Manchester)

Dr Åsa Jansson (Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Durham University)

Dr David Kidner (Nottingham Trent University, Retired)

Dr Kate Tunstall (University of Oxford)

Dr Elena Zambelli (Postdoctoral Researcher, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

Paul Kelemen (Hon Research Fellow, University of Manchester)

Hilary Rose  (Professor Emerita, Gresham College, London)

Dr Pekka Pitkänen (University of Gloucestershire)

Dr Rasha Soliman (Lecturer in Arabic Language, University of Leeds)

Dr Don Crewe (Leeds Beckett University)

Dr Paul Waley (Senior Lecturer, Geography, University of Leeds)

Dr. Manjeet Ramgotra (Senior Teaching Fellow, SOAS University of London)

Ilyas Nagdee (NUS UK Black Students’ Officer)

Hareem Ghani (NUS UK Women’s Officer)

Rachel O’Brien (NUS UK Disabled Students’ Officer)

Beth Douglas (NUS UK LGBT+ Officer Women's Place)

Ayo Olatunji (UCL Black Minority Ethnic Officer)

Amelia Horgan (NUS PG Taught Rep, PhD candidate, University of Essex, alumna King’s College, Cambridge)

Sarah Gillborn (NUS PGR Research Rep, PhD candidate and Graduate Teaching Assistant, Leeds Beckett University)
Aliya Yule (NUS National Executive Committee, alumna Wadham College, University of Oxford)

Malia Bouattia (former NUS president)

Daisy Eyre (President of Cambridge University Students’ Union)
Lola Olufemi (Women’s Officer, Cambridge University Students’ Union)

Florence Oulds (Disabled Students’ Officer, Cambridge University Students’ Union)

Neha Shah (Chair, Oxford SU Campaign for Racial Awareness and Equality and Undergraduate, University of Oxford)

Mohammed Mumit, (Staff, Birmingham City Students Union)

Ed McNally, (Undergraduate, Pembroke College, University of Cambridge)

Francesco Anselmetti (Undergraduate, Peterhouse, University of Cambridge)

Beth Craig-Geen (Undergraduate, Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge)

Cleodie Rickard (Undergraduate Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge)

Aya Helmy (Undergraduate, Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge)

Zeyana Yussuf (Undergraduate, Downing College, University of Cambridge)

Sigrid Corry (Undergraduate, Pembroke College, University of Cambridge)

Beth Jamal (Alumni, University of Cambridge)

Ygerne Price-Davies (Undergraduate, Pembroke College, University of Cambridge)

Hakan Sandal (Postgraduate, St Catharine’s College, University of Cambridge)

Ardi Imseis (PhD Candidate, Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge)

Barnaby Raine (PhD candidate, Columbia University)

Lina Dohia (undergraduate)

Lucia Estephane (Undergraduate, Downing College, University of Cambridge)

Ricardo Pereira da Silva (Postgraduate, Woolf College, University of Kent)

Lydia Dean (Undergraduate, Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge)

Nabila Idris (PhD candidate, Churchill College, University of Cambridge)

Lou Khalfaoui (Undergraduate, Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge)

Huda Elmi (SOAS alumnus)

Emily Clarkson (Undergraduate, University of Edinburgh)  

Zarah Sultana (Alumna, University of Birmingham)

Rana El-Hoshi (Undergraduate, University of Westminster)
Garrett Rubin (Alumni, Darwin College, University of Cambridge)

Josh Ivinson (Postgraduate, St Edmund's College, University of Cambridge)

Sofiya Gatens, (Undergraduate, Downing College, University of Cambridge)

Abdulla Zaman (Undergraduate, King's College, University of Cambridge)

Madeleine Jones-Casey (Alumni, Churchill College, University of Cambridge)

Dr. Andrew Paul Thompson (Alumnus, Birmingham Medical School, University of Birmingham

Jessica Hosie (Undergraduate, Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge)

Phelan Chatterjee (Alumnus, Christ’s College, University of Cambridge)

Kate Litman (Undergraduate, Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge)

Julia Modern (PhD candidate, Trinity College, University of Cambridge)

Tiara Sahar Attaii (Undergraduate, Robinson College, University of Cambridge)

Adam Streeter, (Alumnus, Darwin College)

Dena Qaddumi (PhD Candidate, Darwin College, University of Cambridge)

Eliran Bar-El (PhD Candidate, Darwin College, University of Cambridge)

Nadi Saadeh (PhD Candidate, Churchill College, University of Cambridge)

Flora Scott-Barrett (Undergraduate, Pembroke College, University of Cambridge)

Angus Satow (Undergraduate, Magdalene College, University of Cambridge)

Jun Pang (undergraduate, St. John’s College, University of Cambridge)

Yassar Mustafa (Alumnus, Downing College, University of Cambridge)

Lewis Barnes (Undergraduate, Wadham College, University of Oxford)

Yukiko Kobayashi Lui (undergraduate, Magdalene College, University of Cambridge)

Dan Iley-Williamson (PhD candidate, Queen’s College, University of Oxford)

Eloise Tunmore (Undergraduate, Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge)

Tiernan Banks (Undergraduate, Robinson College, University of Cambridge)

Francis Thomas (Postgraduate, School of Oriental and African Studies, London)

Nandini Mitra (Undergraduate, King’s College, University of Cambridge)

Pietro Anselmetti (Undergraduate, University College London)

Joshua Jackson (Undergraduate, Queens’ College, University of Cambridge)

Minesh Parekh (Postgraduate, The University of Sheffield)

Honey Thomas (Undergraduate, Gonville and Caius College)

Alice O’Driscoll (PhD candidate, Jesus College, University of Cambridge)

Lili Schwoerer (PhD candidate, LSE; Lucy Cavendish College Alumna)

Thomas Hodson (Undergraduate, Trinity College, University of Cambridge)

Ian Wang (Undergraduate, Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge)

Nilufa Ahmed (Undergraduate, Girton College, University of Cambridge)

Ayse Polat (PhD Candidate, St John’s College, University of Cambridge)

Giulia Torino (PhD Candidate, King’s College, University of Cambridge)

Eleanor Bouttell (Undergraduate, Churchill College, University of Cambridge)

Inez Daltrop (Undergraduate, King’s College, University of Cambridge)

Marek Zmroczek - Sterenberg (Undergraduate, King’s College, University of Cambridge)

Safieh Kabir (Undergraduate, University of Cambridge)

Isaac Mond (Undergraduate, University of Cambridge)

Damaris Lakin, alumnus,University of Durham

Elara Shurety (Undergraduate, King’s College, University of Cambridge)

Maryam Khalifa (Undergraduate, Homerton College, University of Cambridge)

Jessie Dong (Undergraduate, Selwyn College, University of Cambridge)

Siyang Wei (Undergraduate, Newnham College, University of Cambridge)

Joseph Lewis Reid (Postgraduate, Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge

Daniel Rasbash (Undergraduate, Emmanuel College, Cambridge)

Miranda Buckley (Undergraduate Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge)

Hester van Hensbergen (PhD candidate, King’s College, University of Cambridge)

Rox Middleton (PhD candidate, Grad Rep University of Cambridge UCU)

Sophie Newbery (Undergraduate, Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge)

Sabina Begum (Undergraduate, Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge)

Sinead Garrigan Mattar (Fellow, Girton College)

Isobel Higgins (Undergraduate, King’s College Cambridge)

Anna Mercier (Undergraduate, University of Cambridge)

Ben Jamal (alumni, University of Durham, University of Oxford)

Janani Ambikapathy (PhD candidate, Jesus College, University of Cambridge)

Rachael Baker (Undergraduate, King’s College, University of Cambridge)

Qasim Razvi (Undergraduate, Homerton College, University of Cambridge)

Waithera Sebatindira (Postgraduate, Trinity Hall College, University of Cambridge)lyem Chej (MPhil, Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge)

Ben White (writer and University of Cambridge alumnus)

Amy Clark (Postgraduate, King’s College, University of Cambridge)

Rashmi Singh (PhD candidate, St. John’s College)

Qasim Alli (Alumni, King’s College, University of Cambridge)

Christian Jones (Undergraduate, Pembroke College, University of Cambridge)

Amaara Dudhia (Undergraduate, St Catharine’s College University of Cambridge)

Phoebe Thomson, (Alumni, King’s College, University of Cambridge)

Roberta Huldisch, alumna, Emmanuel College, Cambridge

Ciarán O’Rourke (Trinity College Dublin)

Patrick Fitzgerald (Undergraduate, Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge)

Hanna Huzel-Steele, Undergraduate, Queens’ College, University of Cambridge

Anna Khalfaoui (Alumna, Trinity College, University of Cambridge)

Mohamed Sacranie (Alumni, Downing College, University of Cambridge)

Sana Ali Undergraduate (Queens’ College, University of Cambridge)

Carmen Palacios-Berraquero, Graduate Student, St John’s College, University of Cambridge

Michael Davin (Undergraduate, Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge)

Annabel van Daalen (Undergrad, Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge)

Matthew Weinberger (Undergraduate, King’s College, University of Cambridge)

Celine O’Donovan (Alumni, University of Oxford)

Hannah Munby (Undergraduate, Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge)

Juliana Demartini Brito (Postgraduate, Wolfson College, University of Cambridge)

Stella Swain (undergraduate, Churchill College, University of Cambridge)

Mike Cushman (Research Fellow, London School of Economics rtd)

Sara Poursafar (Undergraduate, Newnham College, University of Cambridge)

Jin Choi (Undergraduate, Pembroke College, University of Cambridge)

Camellia Basu (Undergraduate Girton college)

Isaac Haq (Masters, London School of Economics)

Ilya Szkwarok (Undergraduate, Queen Mary University of London)

Sarah Cassidy (Undergraduate, Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge)

John Faulkner (SOAS, University of London)

Lefteris Paparounas (MPhil student, Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge)

Linn Amalie Møystad (Undergraduate, Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge

Gabriel Polley, PhD candidate, University of Exeter (Cambridge alumnus, Darwin College)

Polly Evans, Undergraduate Cambridge University

Miriam Gauntlett (Undergraduate, Jesus College, University of Cambridge)

Dr Mohammed Uzair Belgami (Postgraduate, St Edmund’s College, University of Cambridge)

Matilda Wickham (Undergraduate, Queens’ College, University of Cambridge)

Jake Gandy (Undergraduate, Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge)

Matthew Kite (Undergraduate, Robinson College, University of Cambridge)

Carly Enright (Undergraduate, Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge)

Alex King (Graduate, King’s College, University of Cambridge)

Caryl Geen (Alumna, Cardiff University)

Arenike Adebajo (Undergraduate, Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge)

Laura Hamilton (Undergraduate Queens’ College, University of Cambridge)

Fergal Hanna (Undergraduate, Gonville and Caius, University of Cambridge)

Scott McGrory (Alumnus, King’s College, University of Cambridge)

James Blanchard (undergraduate, University of Exeter)

Issra Wiheba (Undergraduate, King’s College London, University of London)

Nate George (PhD Candidate, Rice University)

Morsal Sarajzada (Undergraduate, Goldsmiths, University of London)

Niyousha Bastani (MPhil Student, University of Cambridge)

Omar Helmy (Undergraduate, Jesus College, University of Cambridge)

Asif Patel (St. Edmunds College, University of Cambridge)

Aimee Lister (Peterhouse College, University of Cambridge)

Clover Godsal (St. Catherine’s College, University of Cambridge)

Rosie Agnew (MPhil, Wolfson College, University of Cambridge)

Sara Zaher (PhD, Darwin College, University of Cambridge)

Tasneem Ali (Undergraduate, St.John’s College, University of Cambridge)

Amanda Saadeh (Postgrad, Goldsmiths

Jeson Ng (Undergraduate, St. Catherine’s College, University of Cambridge)

Jun Pang (Undergraduate, St.John’s College, University of Cambridge)

Yukiko Kobayashi Lui (Undergraduate, Magdalene College, University of Cambridge)

Blaise Mallard (Alumni, Trinity College, University of Cambridge)

Mai Charissa Ringrose (Undergraduate, Trinity College, University of Cambridge)

Naseehah Hamid (MPhil, Newnham College, University of Cambridge)

Sarah Pickin (Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge)

Bronwen Paul Lynch (MPhil, Homerton College, University of Cambridge)

Jill Clairo ( MPhil, Homerton College, University of Cambridge)

Kanwar Nain Singh (PhD, Homerton College, University of Cambridge)

Thomas Hodson (Trinity College, University of Cambridge)

Beja Protner

Lilue Ashworth (Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge)

Aliya Padhani (Undergraduate, Selwyn College, University of Cambridge)

Amlan Banaji (Undergraduate, King’s College, University of Cambridge)

King Ming Lam (Undergraduate, King’s College, University of Cambridge)

Joanna Phillips, undergraduate, Bath University

Christina Burke (Alumna of Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge)

Abhishek Bhattacharyya, PhD candidate, University of Chicago (Alumna of Christ Church, Oxford (2009-11) and Wolfson, Cambridge (2011-12)

Rosamund Liebeskind (City and Islington College)

Alexandre Paturel (Undergraduate, Jesus College)

Orlando Lazar (Alumnus, King’s College, Cambridge)

Tessa Frost (PhD Candidate, University of Birmingham)

Kathryn Medien (University of Warwick)

Isobel Houston (Queens’ College, University of Cambridge)

Phoebe Hamilton-Jones (Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge)

Finley Kidd (Newnham College, University of Cambridge)

Rennan Lemos (PhD candidate, Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge)

Carine Valarché (Undergraduate, Pembroke College, University of Cambridge)

Mohammad Ahmad Razzaq (Undergraduate, Trinity College, University of Cambridge)

Rajiv Shah (PhD Candidate, Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge)

Jabin Ali (Undergraduate, Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge)

Amrita Shodhan (SOAS, University of London)

Huda Ammori (Undergraduate, University of Manchester)

Gillian Moore (PhD Candidate, Darwin College, University of Cambridge)

Innes Buffalo Rock (Undergraduate, City University Of London)

Bara'ah Aissaoui (Undergraduate, SOAS)

Francesca Root (MPhil, University of Cambridge)

Toufic Haddad (PhD.)

Hafsa Momin (MSc, UCL - Institute of Education)

Rebecca Boumelha (Alumni, SOAS)

Wassim Bashir (Undergraduate, University of Cambridge)

Adil Iqbal (Undergraduate, Queens’ College, University of Cambridge)

Saif Rehman (Undergraduate, Queens’ College, University of Cambridge)

M Nahiyan Imaan (Undergraduate, Queens’ College, University of Cambridge)

Joe Peacock (Undergraduate, King’s College, University of Cambridge)

Peter Asimov (PhD Student, University of Cambridge)

Zoe Goodman (Teaching Fellow, SOAS)

Hana Sleiman (PhD Student, University of Cambridge) 

Alexandra Johnston (MPhil Educational Research, University of Cambridge)

Ammaar Ikram (Alumni, Brunel University London)

Katy Fox-Hodess (PhD Candidate, University of California, Berkeley)

Mahvish Ahmad (PhD Student, Dept. of Sociology, University of Cambridge)

Leila Sackur (Undergraduate,  University of Cambridge)

Edyth Parker (PhD Student, University of Cambridge)

Evie Brill Paffard (MA Student, University of York)

Sarah Jilani (PhD Student, University of Cambridge)

Rimona Afana (PhD candidate, Transitional Justice Institute)

Me-Linh Riemann (PhD candidate, Sociology, University of Cambridge)

Anna Ahlskog (Undergraduate, University of Cambridge)

Brian Prager (NYU)

Alice Meyer (PhD English, Cambridge)

Jessica Clifton (Undergraduate, University of Cambridge)

Sahil V. Shah (alumnus, University of Cambridge)

Janan Bacevic

Zenobia Ismail  (PhD candidate, Wolfson College)

Eleanor Cole (Undergraduate, Emmanuel College, Cambridge)

Shana Minkin (Sewanee: The University of the South)

Tariq Desai (PhD Student, Magdalene College Cambridge)

Mijke van der Drift (PhD student, Goldsmiths, University of London)

Jack Parlett (PhD student, Gonville & Caius College)

Matilda Dowd (Undergraduate, Trinity College, University of Cambridge)

Naim Bro Khomasi (PhD Candidate, St Catharine’s College)

Amarpreet Kaur (PhD Candidate, Christ’s College, University of Cambridge)

Merve Sancak (PhD Candidate, University of Cambridge)

Rose Aitchison (Undergraduate, University of Cambridge)

Lily Ní Dhomhnaill (PhD Student, University of Cambridge)

Noura Wahby (PhD Student, University of Cambridge)

Yasmin Shearmur (PhD Candidate, University of Cambridge)

Herta Gatter (Undergraduate, King’s College, University of Cambridge)

Luke Hawksbee (PhD candidate, University of Cambridge)

Somdeep Sen (Postdoc, University of Copenhagen)

Ana Núñez (Postgraduate, St Edmund’s College, University of Cambridge)

Sruthi Muraleedharan, (SOAS, University of London)

Collin VanBuren (PhD Student, University of Cambridge)

Sameen Ali, PhD Candidate, SOAS University of London

José Ciro Martínez (PhD Candidate, King’s College, University of Cambridge)

Theodora Bowering (PhD Candidate, Newnham College, University of Cambridge)

Diva Mukherji (Undergraduate, University of Edinburgh)

Aya Majzoub (Alumni, St. John’s College, University of Cambridge)

Faria Tabassum (Undergraduate, King’s College, University of Cambridge)

Edward Parker Humphreys (Undergraduate, Jesus College, University of Cambridge)

Nada Mghamis (Alumni, University of Sussex).

Nathanial Esworthy (Undergraduate, St John’s College, University of Cambridge)

Ghazzal Maydanchi (Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge)

Manoela Carpenedo (PhD Student, Newnham college, University of Cambridge)

Rafaelle Robin (Postgraduate, King’s College London)

Ellen Pearce-Davies (Undergraduate, Girton College, University of Cambridge)

Zeina Azmeh, PhD candidate, University of Cambridge

Callie Vandewiele, PhD Candidate, Centre of Latin American Studies, Newnham College, University of Cambridge

Annie Hoyle (Undergraduate, Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge)
Mohammed Elnaiem , (Alumni, Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge)

Neil Rogall (City and Islington College - retired)

Emrys Travis (Undergraduate, St John’s College, University of Cambridge)

Danielle Bradford (Undergraduate, St John’s College, University of Cambridge)

Yara Hawari (PhD Candidate, University of Exeter)

Cansu Karabiyik (PhD Candidate, Pembroke College, University of Cambridge)

Jens Hanssen (D.Phil. Oxford, University of Toronto)

Peter Griffin (PhD student, Darwin College, Cambridge)

Cecilia Hobbs (Undergraduate, Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge)

Samad Chowdhury (Undergraduate, Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge)

Jason Okundaye (Undergraduate, Pembroke College, University of Cambridge)

Alex Rowe (Undergraduate, Jesus College, University of Cambridge

John Collins (St. Lawrence University)

Mohammed Zia (Undergraduate, Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge)

Edward Kiely (Graduate, Jesus College, Cambridge)

Alhasan Al-Habib (PhD student in Clinical Medicine, Downing College, Cambridge)

Indiana Seresin (MPhil Student in English, King’s College, Cambridge)

Aleph Ross (Undergraduate, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge)

Nay Abi Samra (Law Undergraduate, Peterhouse, University of Cambridge)

Dr Tony Lyons (alumnus, St Catharine’s College, Cambridge)

Cyrus Hafezparast (Undergraduate, Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge)

Medha Debashis (Undergraduate, Girton College, Cambridge)

Amy Batley (PhD Candidate, Wolfson College, University of Cambridge)

Eszter Pos (PhD Candidate, Trinity College, University of Cambridge)

Sophia Kakarala (Undergraduate, Clare College, University of Cambridge)

Zoe Lawlor, University of Limerick

David Albanés Bonillo (Postgraduate, Technische Universität Berlin)

Diana Lloyd (Selwyn College, University of Cambridge)

Isabel Thornton (PhD Candidate, Darwin College, University of Cambridge)

Pauline McGonagle (PhD candidate, Department of Global Literature, University of Exeter)

Anna Yakovleva (PhD Student, Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge)

Jess O'Brien (Undergraduate, Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge)

Asiya Islam (PhD student, Christ’s College, University of Cambridge)

Sherine Mikhail (MPhil Student in Development Studies, Clare College,University of Cambridge)

Corey Gilmore (MA student in Postcolonial Cultures, Goldsmiths; University of Cambridge alumnus)

Samantha Borders-Shoemaker (PhD Candidate in Conflict Analysis & Resolution, George Mason University)

Gabriel Cradden (Undergraduate, King’s College, University of Cambridge)

Howard Chae (Undergraduate, Magdalene College, University of Cambridge)

Olimpia Burchiellaro (PhD Student, University of Westminster)

Sheikh Abdul Azim (Undergraduate, Gonville & Caius College, University of Cambridge)

Kristofer J. Petersen-Overton (PhD, CUNY Graduate Center)

Jana Bacevic (PhD candidate, Sociology, University of Cambridge)

Bilal Ahmed (MPhil/PhD Candidate in Religions, SOAS, University of London)

Catriona Spaven-Donn (Alumna, MPhil in Latin American Studies, University of Cambridge)

Nancy Vu (Undergraduate, Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge)

Joy Stacey (PhD Researcher, University of Sussex)

Abbie Gellatly, student

Mithula Parayoganathan (LLM Student, Newnham College, University of Cambridge)

Margaret Comer (PhD Student, Jesus College, University of Cambridge)

Jessica Bowyer (PhD candidate, University of Exeter, alumna Newnham College, Cambridge)

Mira Tiwari (Undergraduate, Christ’s College, University of Cambridge)

Tessa Rizzoli (Undergraduate, Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge)

Saskia Borchardt-Hume (Undergraduate, Jesus College, University of Cambridge)

Adil Girach (Undergraduate, St John’s College, University of Cambridge)

Fujiko Kobayashi (SOAS, University of London)    

Mobeen Hussain (PhD candidate, Newnham College, University of Cambridge)

Daniel Selwyn (Postgraduate, SOAS; alumna University of Cambridge)

Tiago Carvalho (PhD Candidate, Sociology, University of Cambridge)

Lucian Clinch (Undergraduate, Gonville & Caius College, University of Cambridge)

Laura McClintock (MPhil, Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge

Rosalind Rei (MPhil, Darwin College, University of Cambridge)

Hande Guzel (PhD candidate, Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge)

Yasmin Hafesji (Alumni, Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge)

Nikki Kaur (Undergraduate, University of Manchester)

Mona Jamil (Postgraduate, The London School of Economics and Political Science)

Khobaib Abuelmeaza (LLM, SOAS)

Sumaya Yasmin (Undergraduate, Newnham College, University of Cambridge)

Eivind E. Dahl (PhD candidate, University of Stavanger)

Simon Angelini (Undergraduate, Kings College London)

Ursula Shaw (Undergraduate, Newnham College, University of Cambridge)

Magdalena Soffia (PhD Candidate, Sociology, University of Cambridge)

Ben Beach, (MPhil Architecture, Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge)

Oliver Hill (LSE alumnus)

Gwen Baines (Undergraduate, University of Cambridge)

Amy Edwards-Knight (Undergraduate, Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge)

Kiran Farooq (Postgraduate, SOAS)

Theresa Conner (Alumna, SOAS)

Thomas Marois (SOAS, University of London)

Loui Williams (MPhil Alumni Newnham College Cambridge)

Ami Shareef (PhD Student, University of Cambridge)

Niyousha Bastani (MPhil Student, University of Cambridge)

Alex Burns (Undergraduate, Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge)

Abdulla Saad (Postgraduate, SOAS)

Joey Ayoub (PhD Student, University of Edinburgh)

Mehrnaz Dehghn-Nayeri (Graduate, Imperial College London)

Janet Walker MA (Alumnus Anglia Ruskin University)

Kenny Fryde MA (Alumnus Trinity Hall Cambridge)

Katie Gaddini (PhD student, Dept of Sociology, University of Cambridge)

Joseph Kreitem (Mphil Student, University of Cambridge)

Ceylon Hickman (Alumnus, King’s College, University of Cambridge)

Liz Morrish (Independent Scholar)

Leo Miller (Alumnus, University of Sheffield)

Dennis O’Malley BA (Alumnus, Newcastle University and Trinity College, Cambridge)

Yusuf Uddin (Fitzwilliam College Cambridge)

Oliver Layton (Alumnus, Trinity Hall College Cambridge)

Beth Bhargava (Undergraduate, King’s College, University of Cambridge)

Andreas Papallas (Alumnus, Downing College, University of Cambridge)

Abubakar Moallim (Undergraduate, Churchill College, University of Cambridge)

Hamss Hassan Dawood (Undergraduate, UCL)

Arqum Anwar (Undergraduate, Christ’s College, University of Cambridge)

Sandy Nicoll (SOAS UNISON Branch Secretary)

Kamran Rastegar (Tufts University, Medford MA USA)

Eloise Davies (PhD Candidate, Peterhouse, University of Cambridge)

Adriana Qubaia (PhD Candidate, Central European University)

Ayoob Zaman (Undergraduate, University of Surrey)

Molly O’Gorman (Undergraduate, King’s College, University of Cambridge)

Gavin Stevenson (PhD Candidate, University of Cambridge)

Mohammed Saadat (Undergraduate, University of Surrey)

Jonathan Woolley (PhD Candidate, Pembroke College, University of Cambridge)

Mary N. Booth (MA Candidate in International/Intercultural Communications, University of Denver USA)

Jeff Yu (MA, University of Toronto)

Siti Norbaya Ahmad Nor (PhD Candidate, Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge)

Safwan Aziz Khan (Alumnus, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge)

Siddharth Soni (PhD candidate, St Edmund's College, University of Cambridge)

Ryan James Young (Alumnus, Jesus College, University of Cambridge)

Dr Don Crewe (Leeds Beckett University)

Katerina Mizrokhi (MPhil candidate, Churchill College, University of Cambridge)

Nungari Mwangi (PhD candidate, Centre of Development Studies, University of Cambridge

Eleanor Cawte (Undergraduate, University of Cambridge)

Alex Bagenal (MPhil student, University of Cambridge)

Madeleine Pulman-Jones (Undergraduate, Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge)

Yousef Abdul-Fattah (Undergraduate, University of Leeds)
Safiyyah Yacoobali (Undergraduate, University of Leeds)

Oli Taylor (Undergraduate, Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge)

Adam Abdalla (Undergraduate, University of Leeds)

Eleni Courea (Alumna, King’s College, University of Cambridge)

Ben Fraser (Undergrad, Wolfson College, Cambridge)f

Olivia Brett (Undergraduate, Clare College, Cambridge)