UChicago Professor Denounces School as an “Evil” and “Colonialist” Institution . . . But Wants to Stay

U of Chicago prof denounces school as ‘evil’ and ‘colonialist’ institution…but wants to stay – Jonathan Turley

Abdelhadi gave a raving presentation at the socialist conference, denouncing UChicago. She punctuated her unhinged comments with profanity: “F— the University of Chicago, it’s evil, you know it’s a colonial landlord. Like, why would I put any of my political energy into this space? I kind of had a little bit of disdain for people who spent their time doing that…" She went on to explain that it was really not an academic but an activist calling t…

UChicago Professor Denounces School as an “Evil” and “Colonialist” Institution . . . But Wants to Stay

While universities have largely purged their faculty ranks of conservatives, there often seems to be no academic who is too far left for hiring committees. The latest example is University of Chicago Assistant Professor and Director of Graduate Studies Eman Abdelhadi, who used her appearance at the Socialism 2025 conference to denounce UChicago as “evil” and a “colonialist” institution. (For full disclosure, I graduated from UChicago as an under…