Commentaries by Anant Prakash Mishra

From ‘Resignations’ to ‘Restrictions:’ How Academic Freedom Worldwide is in Perpetual Jeopardy

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From ‘Resignations’ to ‘Restrictions:’ How Academic Freedom Worldwide is in Perpetual Jeopardy

Anant Prakash Mishra

June 26, 2021 12:30:25 am

The resignation of academic stalwart PB Mehta in March this year stirred an extremely crucial and relevant debate on the state of Academic Freedom in India. When an eminent professor and VC of a leading liberal arts university resigns by mentioning that his writings have become a political liability for the institution, it certainly is [...]

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Supreme Court upheld wartime detention of Japanese-Americans

On December 18, 1944, the US Supreme Court decided Korematsu v. United States, upholding the wartime relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps. Read Executive Order 9066, issued by President Roosevelt on February 19, 1942, under which the internments were authorized. View photos from the Japanese American internment camps, collected by the University of Utah Library.

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