A collection of 51 posts
A New York Times op-ed by a Yale historian tries to see universities from the vantage point of an outsider. Instead, it unwittingly illustrates why universities will not self-correct without external intervention.
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to author Adam Kirsch about the growing corps of academics and activists seeking to demonise ‘settler colonialists’ in North America, Australia—and especially Israel.
The Academic Boycott of Israel Is Selective, Unfair and Counterproductive. Sign Our Open Letter Below.
We wanted to give a talk on how ideological bias hampers science—and were disinvited because of our politics.
Sectarian morality arises from the concept of collective guilt.
In their rationalizations of violence against Jews and Israelis, they’ve outed themselves as the extremists they are.
Some American journals now have two fee structures—one for white applicants, and one for everybody else
This 1949 primer shows us there’s nothing new about today’s controversies about free speech on campus.
How dissent is policed in social science.
In 2020, a Canadian university tore up its psychology department in search of a non-existent network of sexual predators. Documents obtained by Quillette reveal how administrators allowed it to happen.
Across the English-speaking world, the discussion of trans rights is governed by taboos, sacred myths, and, in some cases, outright lies.
As universities try desperately to serve two masters (knowledge production; diversity and inclusion), they will increasingly end up sanctioning speech that should be protected.
By demanding that morality tests be imposed on scientific journal authorship, Geoff Marcy’s critics are creating a dangerous precedent.
For many critical theorists, the true dividing line isn't privileged people versus the oppressed; it's people who agree with them versus those whose motives cannot be trusted.
An April 17 Quillette article about sex and gender by MIT scholar Alex Byrne prompted yet another round of debate and denunciation among his contemporaries.