Adam Gjesdal

Sep 9, 2024 | chronicle.com | Nicholas Lemann |Silke-Maria Weineck |Adam Gjesdal |Len Gutkin

In 2017 the theologian Paul J. Griffiths quit his chaired position at Duke following a dispute over diversity-training sessions.

Aug 30, 2024 | chronicle.com | Adam Gjesdal

As campuses come back to life this fall, many pro-Palestinian students will resume their protests from the spring against Israel’s war on Hamas. Once again they will demand that their colleges divest from Israel. These campus protesters often have their hearts in the right place: They want to alleviate what they consider to be unjustified, extensive suffering among a civilian population. Their demands, however, are impractical — for both legal and financial reasons.