University of Cologne Pulls Professor’s Invite Over Her Support of Palestine
The University of Cologne withdrew renowned philosophy scholar’s invitation for a visiting professorship over her support of Palestine, citing the school’s ties to Israel.
On Monday, the top-ranked German University released a statement saying Professor Nancy Fraser would no longer be invited to the university as part of the 2023 Albertus Magnus Professorship, because she had signed a letter questioning Israel’s right to exist as an “ethno-supremacist state.”
In November, Fraser was one of over 400 philosophers and professors who signed a letter titled “The Philosophy of Palestine.” The purpose of the letter was to “publicly and unequivocally express our solidarity with the Palestinian people and to denounce the ongoing and rapidly escalating massacre being committed in Gaza by Israel and with the full financial, material, and ideological support of our own governments.”