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Finkelstein sacked?
From a Conversation with Norman Finkelstein
Question: "Do you believe these people were involved in your dismissal from New York University?
Finkelstein: "I think it works much more
subtly in our system. Sometimes phone calls are made, no doubt about
it, but I think things work through a crystallising of a consensus --
in the sense of 'this guy is more trouble than he is worth, and so it
is time to let him go'. I think this is what happened at Hunter
College, that yes I had an excellent teaching record, yes I had an
excellent publication record, but it's also true that 'a lot of
people are complaining about him and we do get all these phone calls
and there are faculty members who are very uncomfortable with him
because he is just not professional' and so on and so forth. Finally,
a consensus crystallises that it is time to let him go."
[Website: We will shortly post whole interview here. Finkelstein Index]
