UMass Amherst Faces Outcry Over Planned Academic Boycott of Israeli Scholars at Women in German Conference

UMass Amherst Faces Outcry Over Planned Academic Boycott of Israeli Scholars at Women in German Conference

UMass Amherst Faces Outcry Over Planned Academic Boycott of Israeli Scholars at Women in German Conference By: Fern Sidman The University of Massachusetts Amherst, one of the state’s flagship public institutions, has found itself at the center of a heated controversy ahead of an academic conference that promotes unlawful discrimination against Israelis. At stake are not only the rights of Israeli scholars, but also the integrity of the universit…

UMass Amherst Boycotts Israeli Academics From Upcoming Conference - Brandeis Center

Brandeis Center demands UMass President, Chancellor and Board of Trustees immediately reverse this discrimination Washington, D.C. (September 3, 2025) - Ahead of the upcoming Coalition of Women in German (WiG) annual academic conference at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, which plans to exclude and boycott scholars receiving funding from “Israeli institutions,” the Louis D. Brandeis Center for