Professor of English Michael Saenger hosted a webinar for Academic Engagement Network on the topic of “Rebuilding Campus Civility amid Global Unrest.” The webinar featured Rabbi Meir Muller of the University of South Carolina, speaking on pro-Blackness and pro-Jewishness, Gunther Jikeli of Indiana University, speaking on collaboration with Israeli universities, and Naama Kanarek of Harvard University and the Kalaniyot Foundation, speaking on collaboration with Israeli medical research. The event was very well attended by professors nationwide. The webinar can be viewed here.

Professor of English Michael Saenger was an invited speaker at a conference held at Texas Hillel in Austin. The conference addressed productive and meaningful ways to engage in religious and political difference, and was covered in the local media, available here.

Professor of English Michael Saenger presented an invited talk at the Academic Engagement Network’s Short Course in Miami, FL. The talk was on how to combat rising antisemitism in academic societies. Immediately after the speaking engagement, Saenger travelled to Toronto to lead a diverse group of faculty advocating for campus civility and against antisemitism at the Modern Language Association (MLA) convention. At the convention, many faculty from around the country spoke passionately about how to protect a culture of campus safety and educational integrity. You can read about the controversy at the convention here.

Professor of English Michael Saenger was interviewed for a story in the Times of Israel on academic boycotts and the harm they cause to Jews and to university communities as a whole. Saenger has been a leading advocate for academic freedom and antidiscrimination. The story can be read here.

Professor of English Michael Saenger was interviewed by J Life: Heart of New Jersey, on the topic of rising antisemitism in academic environments. The interview can be read here.