The Elizabeth Hoover case exposes our fallacies about identity Outrage at cases of falsely claimed Native identities is fuelled by the conflation of positionality with academic merit, says Jonathan Zimmerman By Jonathan Zimmerman 9 June
Academic freedom trumps harm, but forgiveness beats vengefulness It is excessive to demand the resignation of a US college leader who badly misjudged a student complaint about offence, says Jonathan Zimmerman By Jonathan Zimmerman 3 February
Claiming that arguments cause harm will make learning impossible The reaction to James Sweet’s article about presentism – including his own – compromises genuine scholarly debate, says Jonathan Zimmerman By Jonathan Zimmerman 1 September
Katz case illustrates how culture wars have taken over the academy Why can’t scholars acknowledge that a professor was both mistreated by Princeton and mistreated his former student lover, asks Jonathan Zimmerman By Jonathan Zimmerman 27 May
Fear of being cancelled is the enemy of progress The furore over the John Comaroff letter means discussions that could boost understanding of sexual harassment won’t occur, says Jonathan Zimmerman By Jonathan Zimmerman 4 March
How Professor Van Winkle woke up to viewpoint diversity It is 2041. Knee-jerk politics is conspicuous by its absence and students are willing to actually hear each other. But is this odd spectacle a premonition or just a dream, wonders Jonathan Zimmerman By Jonathan Zimmerman 22 July
