Valentina Azarova (academic)
Valentina Azarova is a German-based scholar of international law.
In 2020 and 2021, she was the center of an academic freedom controversy at the University of Toronto; critics argue that the university withdrew an offer of employment because of donor backlash from her writings on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.[1][2][3]
Education[edit]
Azarova has a PhD from the National University of Ireland.[4]
Career[edit]
Azarova is an international legal academic.[5] Her carer has included working for the Global legal action network.[6]
She is a co-founder of the Al-Quds Bard College at Al-Quds University, where she also taught the human rights program from 2009 until 2014.[4] After that she taught at Birzeit University’s school of graduate studies, and since 2008 she has worked at HaMoked's Center for the Defence of the Individual.[4]
In 2020 she was offered the role of director of International Human Rights, at the University of Toronto, but the offer was withdrawn soon after an intervention from Canadian judge David Spiro, commenting on her potential appointment.[7][8] The withdrawal of the offer prompted the Canadian Association of University Teachers to censure the University of Toronto, essentially boycotting the university by asking its members to not accept job offers from it.[1]
Selected publications[edit]
- Israel’s unlawfully prolonged occupation: consequences under an integrated legal framework, European Council on Foreign Relations, 2 June 2017[9]
Personal life[edit]
She is based in Germany.[7] Her partner is a Canadian human rights researcher.[1]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gessen, Masha (8 May 2021). "Did a University of Toronto Donor Block the Hiring of a Scholar for Her Writing on Palestine?". The New Yorker. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- ↑ Appel, Jeremy. "The Azarova Affair: Did the University of Toronto pass on a professor for being critical of Israel?". The Forward. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- ↑ Gadzo, Mersiha. "'Anti-Palestinian racism': Appointment row at Toronto university". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Valentina Azarova". Al-Shabaka. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
- ↑ Berlin, Bard College. "Profiles at Bard College Berlin". berlin.bard.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
- ↑ "Migrants illégaux : l'aide européenne à la Libye crée la polémique". La Nouvelle Tribune (in français). 2020-05-05. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Gerster, Jane (7 June 2021). "Following controversy, U of T resumes search for International Human Rights Program director". CBC.
- ↑ Paradkar, Shree (2021-05-21). "Tax Court judge committed a 'serious error' in University of Toronto hiring fiasco, a judicial review finds". The Toronto Star. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
- ↑ Lovatt, Hugh (2017-12-21). "Occupation and Sovereignty: Renewing EU Policy in Israel- Palestine – European Council on Foreign Relations". ECFR. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
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