Samedi 26 mai 2012
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Le Professeur Tariq Ramadan interdit d’entrée aux Etats-Unis : pétition pour défendre la liberté d’expression académique.

En février 2004, le célèbre intellectuel musulman Tariq Ramadan été engagé par l’Université de Notre Dame (South Bend, USA) et le Kroc Institute of Peace à la fois comme Professeur d’études islamiques et comme « Luce Professor » chargé du programme « Religion, Conflit et Promotion de la Paix ». Un visa de résidence et de travail (H1) lui été initialement octroyé le 5 mai. Quelques trois mois plus tard, le 2 août 2004, soit exactement 9 jours avant son départ pour les Etats-Unis, l’Ambassade américaine à Berne (Suisse) informait le Professeur Tariq Ramadan que le Homeland Security Department venait de révoquer son visa. Aucune explication n’a été fournie à ce jour.

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En février
2004, le célèbre intellectuel musulman Tariq Ramadan
été engagé par l’Université de Notre Dame (South
Bend, USA) et le Kroc Institute of Peace à la
fois comme Professeur d’études islamiques et comme
« Luce Professor » chargé du programme
« Religion, Conflit et Promotion de la Paix ». Un
visa de résidence et de travail (H1) lui été
initialement octroyé le 5 mai. Quelques trois mois
plus tard, le 2 août 2004, soit exactement 9 jours
avant son départ pour les Etats-Unis, l’Ambassade
américaine à Berne (Suisse) informait le Professeur
Tariq Ramadan que le Homeland Security Department
venait de révoquer son visa. Aucune explication n’a
été fournie à ce jour.

 



Cette
décision arbitraire laisse le Professeur Tariq
Ramadan dans l’incapacité de remplir ses
responsabilités universitaires et en premier lieu de
dispenser son enseignement sur “L’Ethique musulmane”
prévu pour le premier semestre d’automne 2004-2005.
Si la situation persistait, cette décision
l’empêcherait également de participer à un grand
nombre de conférences, entre autres les 12 et 13
septembre à l’Université de Stanford à l’initiative


du
France-Stanford Center for Interdisciplinary Studies

 ; le 27 septembre à New York à l’invitation de
l’ancien Président Bill Clinton ou encore les 19-21
novembre en Floride à l’invitation de William S.
Cohen, ancien Sénateur et ancien Secrétaire de la
Défense des Etats-Unis.

 

Nous, les
soussigné(E)s, considérons que la révocation du visa
du Professeur Tariq Ramadan est une atteinte aux
libertés civiles et à la liberté d’expression
académique et exigeons que cette décision soit
reconsidérée sans délai.

 



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Titre universitaire - Nom -
Département - Université

 



Academic
Title/Profession

Name

Department


University/Research Centre and Country

Institute
Professor (retired)

Noam Chomsky

Linguistics &
Philosophy

MIT (USA)

Dr

Adam Hansen



 

Brasenose
College, Oxford (UK)

Dr

Kate Nash

Sociology

Goldsmiths
College, University of London (UK)

Lecturer, Dr.

Jason Glynos

Government

Essex (UK)

Senior
Lecturer and Director of Studies

Kath Weston

Women, Gender
and Sexuality program

Harvard (USA)

Chairman

Michael
Warschawski 



 

Alternative
Information Center, Jerusalem

Human Rights
lawyer

Lea Tsemel



 



 

Research
Student

James Rowe

Politics

University of
California, Santa Cruz (USA)

Associate
Professor

Dr Stella Gaon

English

Toronto
(Canada)

Lecturer, Dr.

Julian Saurin

International
Relations and Politics

Sussex (UK)

Assistant
Professor

Rob Haskings

Music

New Hampshire
(USA)

Professor

Alex
Willingham

Political
Science

Williams
College (USA)

Graduate
Student

Andrew Yale

English

Chicago (USA)

Lecturer, Dr.

Marlies
Glasius

Social Policy

LSE (UK)

Graduate
Student

Sarah Wild

Philosophy

European
Graduate School (Switzerland)

Graduate
Student

Christian
Haenggi

Media and
Communications

European
Graduate School (Switzerland)

Research
Fellow

Vaidas
Morkevicius

Public Policy
Research Centre

Kaunas
University of Technology (Lithuania)

Associate
Professor

Jerise Fogel

Classics

Marshall
University (UK)

Research
Student

David Traynier

Government

Essex (UK)

Research
Student

Mireille
Thornton

Politics

LSE (UK)

Assistant
Professor

Jacinda
Swanson

Dept. of
Political Science

Western
Michigan University (USA)

Dr

Dr. Kathleen
McAfee

School of
Forestry and Environmental Studies

Yale
University (USA)

Assistant
Professor

Jenny Burman

Dept. of Art
History and Communication Studies

McGill
University, Montreal, Quebec (Canada)



 

Academic
Title/Profession

Name

Department


University/Research Centre and Country

Assistant
Professor

Amy Herzog

Media Studies

Queens
College, City University of New York (USA)

Reader

Dr. Bridget
Fowler

Sociology,
Anthropology and Applied Social Sciences

Glasgow (UK)

Assistant
Professor

Ilana Nash

English
Department

Western
Michigan University (USA)

Graduate
Student

Stephen Platz

Media and
Communications

Europaische
Universitat fur Interdisziplinare Studien

Visiting
Assistant Professor

Gus di Zerega

Government

St Lawrence
Univesrity (USA)

Research
Student

Rahul Rao

Politics and
International Relations

Oxford (UK)

Research
Student

Karin
Zitzewitz

Anthropology

Columbia
University (USA)

Associate
Professor

Maria Mitchell

History

Franklin &
Marshall College (USA)

Assistant
Professor

Dr. Kirsten
Pullen

English

Calgary (USA)

Professor

David B
Kronenfeld

Anthropology

University of
California, Riverside (USA)

Academic
support personnel (retired)

Maneulita A
Brown



 

Thurgood
Marshall College (USA)

Visiting
Assistant Professor

Dr. Stephen
Day

Government
Department

St. Lawrence
University (USA)

Associate
Professor

Salem Mekuria

Art Department

Wellesley
College (USA)

Associate
Professor

Narendra
Subramanian

Political
Science

McGill
University, Montreal, Quebec (Canada)

Assistant
Professor

Kimberly
Theidon

Dept. of
Anthropology

Harvard
University (USA)

Postdoctoral
Fellow

Richard Rees

Educational
Leadership Dept.

Miami
University, Oxford, Ohio (USA)

IT
support/artist

Cyrill Duneau



 

Dublin
(Ireland)

Assistant
Professor

Hyla Willis

Department of
Communications

Robert Morris
University (USA)

Associate
Professor

Margaret
Wiener

Department of
Anthropology

University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA)

Assistant
Professor

Dr Serena
Hashimoto

Communication

Hawaii Pacific
University (USA)

Associate
Professor

Gregory
Seigworth

Communication
and Theatre

Millersville
(USA)

Professor

Stuart Liebman

Media Studies

CUNY (USA)

Professor

Patricia E.
Sawin

Department of
Anthropology

University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill (USA)

Associate
Professor

Coco Fusco

Visual Arts
Division

Columbia
University, New York (USA)



 

Academic
Title/Profession

Name

Department


University/Research Centre and Country

Lecturer

Dr. Jen
Schneider

Liberal Arts
and International Studies

Colorado
School of Mines, Golden, CO (USA)

Professor

Prof.
Christopher Nagle

English

Western
Michigan University (USA)

Dr

Judy Z.
Kronenfeld

Creative
Writing

University of
California, Riverside (USA)

Graduate
Student

Anthony
Shenoda

Anthropology

Harvard (USA)

Adjunct
Professor

Terri
Ginsberg, Ph.D.

Jewish Studies
Department

Dartmouth
College (USA)

Research
Student

Andrew
Robinson

Politics

Nottingham
(USA)



 

Annmarie
Lanesey

Art Department

Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute

Learning
Adviser

Julie Hilton

Student
Support Services

University of
Queensland (Australia)

Dr

Dr Geoffrey
Woolcock

UQ
’Boilerhouse’ Community Service & Research
Centre

The University
of Queensland (Australia)

Dr

Dr Adele
Chynoweth

Research
Organiser

University of
Queensland (Australia)

Postdoctoral
Fellow

Dr Michael
Barr

History,
Philosophy Religion and Classics

The University
of Queensland (Australia)

Experimental
Programmer

Paul Jackson

Psychology

The University
of Queensland (Australia)

Federation
Fellow

John Quiggin

School of
Economics

University of
Queensland (Australia)

Dr

Andrew White

Physics

University of
Queensland (Australia)

Dr

Matt Hardin

Chemical
Engineering

University of
Queensland (Australia)

Associate
Professor

Richard B.
Baldauf Jr. PhD

School of
Education

University of
Queensland (Australia)

Reader

Dr. Robert
M. Colomb

School of
Information Technology and Electrical
Engineering

University of
Queensland (Australia)

Research
Assistant

Casey Pfluger

Institute for
Molecular Bioscience

University of
Queensland (Australia)

Senior
Lecturer

Mary Anne
Mercer, DrPH



 

University of
Washington, Seattle (USA)

Centre Manager

Andrea
Mitchell

Centre for
Critical and Cultural Studies

University of
Queensland (Australia)

IT Manager

Michael
McCarthy

School of
Psychology

The University
of Queensland (Australia)

Professor

Professor Alan
Lawson

Director, UQ
Graduate School and Dean of Postgraduate
Students

The University
of Queensland (Australia)

Research
Officer

Salirian Claff

Dept of
Environmental Engineering

The University
of Queensland (Australia)

Dr

Jayne Keogh

Education

The University
of Queensland (Australia)

Academic
Title/Profession

Name

Department


University/Research Centre and Country

Assistant
Professor

Peter
Shoemaker

Modern
Languages

Catholic
University of America ((USA)

Professor

Dr Suad Joseph

Anthropology

University of
California (USA)

Assistant
Professor

Joe Lockard

English
Department

Arizona State
University (USA)

Student

Saqib Bhatti

Political
Science

Yale
University (USA)

Associate
Professor

Ann Kibbey

English
Department

Colerado (USA)

Associate
Professor

Amanda L.
Irwin

Modern
Languages

Rhodes College
(USA)

Assistant
Professor

Suzanne Gauch

English

Temple
University (USA)

Research
Student

Claire Solomon

Spanish and
Portugese

Yale
University (USA)

Graduate
Student

Dierdra Reber

Romance
Languages

Pennsylvania
(USA)

Assistant
Professor

Rocio
Rodriguez del Rio

Department of
Modern Languages and Literatures

Rhodes College
(USA)

Senior
Researcher

Randi
Deguilhem



 

CNRS,
IREMAM-MMSH, Aix-en-Provence (France)

Professor

Dr. Joan
Grimbert

Modern
Languages

Catholic
University of America (USA)

Associate
Professor

Prof. María
M. Carrión

Spanish

Emory (USA)

Research
Student

Winnie Tam

Cultural
Studies

University of
California, Davis (USA)

Associate
Professor

Natalie Melas

Comparative
Literature

Cornell
University (USA)

Assistant
Professor

Dr. Tina
Gianquitto

Liberal Arts
and International Studies

Colorado
School of Mines (USA)

Professor

Tariq Modood

Sociology,
Politics and Public Policy

Bristol (UK)

Outreach
Coordinator

Zeina Seikaly

Center for
Contemporary Arab Studies

Georgetown
(USA)

Assistant
Professor

Lourdes Maria
Alvarez

Spanish and
Comparative Literature

Catholic
University of America (USA)

Associate
Professor

Patricia
Siplon

Political
Science

Saint
Michael’s College, Vermont (USA)

Assistant
Professor

Linda
M. Pierce, Ph.D.

English

University of
Southern Mississippi (USA)

Associate
Professor

Robert Lang

Cinema

Hartford (USA)

Assistant
Professor

Julie Byrne

Religion
Department

Duke
University (USA)

Research
student

Marina
Prentoulis

Government
Department

Essex (UK)

Research
associate

Angela Bate

School of
Population & Health Sciences

University of
Newcastle upon Tyne (UK)

Lecturer

Lisa Dillman

Spanish and
Portugese

Emory (USA)

Dr

Dr Alexandra
Winter

UQ Community
Service and Research Centre

The University
of Queensland (Australia)

Academic
Title/Profession

Name

Department


University/Research Centre and Country

Dr

Dr. Lyndall
Morgan

School of
Languages and Comparative Cultural Studies

The University
of Queensland (Australia)



 

Mrs. Roshini
Mohan

School of
Political Science and International Studies

University of
Queensland (Australia)

Education
Coordinator

Ms Marian
Boman

Faculty of
Health Sciences

The University
of Queensland (Australia)

Dr

Dr Peter Bore

Surgery

University of
Queensland (Australia)

Graduate
Student

Polly Sylvia



 

CUNY (USA)

Principal
Scientific Officer

Peter
Abeydeera

Division of
Chemical Engineering

The University
Of Queensland (Australia)

Dr

Kay Goodall

School of Law

Glasgow
(Scotland)

Research
Student

Lisa Uperesa

Anthropology

Columbia (USA)

Assistant
Professor

Chin-ju Lin

Graduate
Institute of Gender Studies

Kaohsiung
Medical University

Assistant
Professor

Justin
Crumbaugh

Department of
Spanish

Mount Holyoke
College

Assistant
Professor

Corey Robin

Political
Science

CUNY (USA)

Assistant
Professor

Nicholas De
Genova

Anthropology
and Latina/o Studies

Columbia
University (USA)

Dr

Johanna
Lessinger PhD.

Dept. of
Anthropology

John Jay
College for Criminal Justice CUNY (USA)

Senior
Research Fellow

Dr Les Levidow

Centre for
Technology Strategy

Open
University (USA)

Programme
Leader

Miss Kirsty
Fairclough

Broadcasting,
Film and Communication

Accrington and
Rossendale College (UK)

Assistant
Professor

Sheila Lloyd,
Ph.D.

English

Wayne State
University (USA)

Lecturer

Dr Maureen
Burns

Media and
Cultural Studies

The University
of Queensland (Australia)

Dr

Dr Jon Links

Mathematics

The University
of Queensland (Australia)

Student

Emily
Friedrichs



 

Yale
University (USA)

Assistant
Professor

Liza V.
Jiménez, Ph.D.



 

University of
Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico)

Lecturer of
Islamic Studies and Middle East History

Renee
Worringer



 

School of
History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics,
University of Queensland (Australia)

Associate
Professor of Italian and Comparative
Literature

Stefania
Lucamante

Dept. of
Modern Languages and Literatures

The Catholic
University of America (USA)

Doctoral
Student

Gabriela
Saldanha

CTTS

Dublin City
University (Ireland)

Lecturer of
pediatrics

Hanna
Aboulghar, M

School of
Medicine

Cairo
University (Egypt)

Academic
Title/Profession

Name

Department


University/Research Centre and Country

Dr

Rayah Feldman

Visiting
Fellow

Faculty of
Arts and Human Sciences, London South Bank
University (UK)

System Officer

A. B. Chitty

Library

Queens College
of the City University of New York



 

Assistant
Professor

Lisa Maya
Knauer

Department of
Anthropology /Sociology and Program in

 


African/African-American Studies

University of
Massachusetts Dartmouth (USA)

Professor

Wilfrid Hodges

School of
Mathematical Sciences

Queen Mary,
University of London (UK)

Lecturer

Yoshie
Furuhashi


English/Comparative Studies

The Ohio State
University (USA)

Professor

Michael Harris

Department of
Mathematics

Université
Paris 7 (France)

Professor of
Mathematics

Ken Brown



 

University of
Glasgow (Scotland)

Associate
professor

Heba Machhour

Faculty of
Arts, French department

University of
Cairo (Egypt)

Professor

Rand Carter

Department of
the History of Art

Hamilton
College, Clinton, NY 13323 (USA)

Professor of
English

G.A. Rosso



 

Southern
Connecticut State University (USA)

Professor of
Spanish

Carol Maier

Modern and
Classical Language Studies

Kent State
University (USA)

Professor

Donald Sassoon

History

Queen Mary,
University of London (UK)

Dr

Robin Warner

Hispanic
Studies

University of
Sheffield (UK)

Dr

Latha
Kadalayil

School of
Biological Sciences

University of
Southampton (UK)

Senior
Research Officer

Charlie Owen

Thomas Coram
Reserch Unit

Institute of
Education, University of London (UK)

Lab technician

Mrs Hala Ayad

School of
Biological Sciences

Southampton
University (UK)

Senior
Computer Officer

Michael Sackin

Genetics

Leicester (UK)

Professor of
Education

Debbie Epstein



 

Cardiff School
of Social Sciences (UK)



 

Mary Phil
Korsak 

Translation
and Interpretation 

Institut
Supérieur de Traducteurs et Interprètes
(Brussels, Belgium)

Research
Fellow

Marko Attila
Hoare

Robinson
College and the Faculty of History

University of
Cambridge (UK)

Dr

Ben Rogaly

Department of
Geography

University of
Sussex (UK)

Academic
Title/Profession

Name

Department


University/Research Centre and Country

Professor

Ann Phoenix

Faculty of
Social Sciences

The Open
University

Emerita
Professor of Social Policy

Hilary Rose
Phd hon Fil Fhc

Emerita
Professor of Social Policy

University of
Bradford (UK)

Research
Engineer

Gerard Bohner

LPC Clermont

Universite
Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand (France)

Professor

Mohamed-Nabil
Sabry

Mechanical
Engineering Department

Mansoura
University (Egypt)

Associate
Professor

Dr. John BUNZL

Political
Science

University of
Vienna (Austria)

Senior
Librarian

Farida Marei

Rare Books &
Special Collections Library

The American
University in Cairo (Egypt)

Postdoctoral
Fellow

Peter
Klosterman

Cardiovascular
Research Institute

UC San
Francisco (USA)

Dr. (Visiting
Fellow)

Adrian Chan

History
Program, School of Asian and Pacific
Studiews

Australian
National University (Australia)

Dr. (Guest
teacher)

Tony Whelan

Department of
Mathematics

London SChool
of Economics.(UK)



 

Dr

Samuel J.
Noumoff

Political
Science

McGill
University, Montreal (Canada)

Emeritus
Professor

Ailsa Land

Department of
Operational Research

London School
of Economics (UK)

Emeritus
Professor

Frank Land

Department of
Information Systems

London School
of Economics (UK)

Emeritus
Reader

Bucker Dangor

Physics

Imperial
College London (UK)

Professor of
Psychology and Gender Studies

Lynne Segal

Birkbeck
College

University of
London (UK)

Professor of
English Literature

Raoul
Granqvist

Department of
Modern Languages

Umeå
University (Sweden)

Professor of
Economics

Susan
Himmelweit

Faculty of
Social Sciences

Open
University, Milton Keynes (UK)

CNRS
Investigator

Dr. Ahmed
Amine KHAMLICHI

Immunology

Limoges
(France)

Graduate
student (Law)

Kelly-Ann
Semper

Law

London School
of Economics (UK)

Chair of Media
and Cultural Studies

Prof Haim
Bresheeth

School of
Social Science, Media and Cultural Studies

University of
East London (UK)

Associate
Professor

Robert Jensen

Journalism

University of
Texas at Austin (USA)



 

Professor

Dr. Fatemeh
Abdollahzadeh



 

Central
Connecticut State University (USA)

Dr

Aline Remael

Hoger
Instituut voor Vertaler en Tolken

Hogeschool
Antwerpen/University Antwerp

Prof. Emeritus

James C. Faris

Anthropology
and Middle East Studies,

University of
Connecticut (USA)

Academic
Title/Profession

Name

Department


University/Research Centre and Country

Literary
Editor

Adam Shatz



 

The Nation, NY
(USA)

Professor

Eleanor
M.Godway

Dept of
Philosophy

Central
Connecticut

 

State
University (USA)

Lecturer and
Director, Forced Migration and Refugee
Studies

Fateh Azzam



 

The American
University in Cairo (Egypt)

Professor

Sadu
Nanjundiah

Physics

Central
Connecticut State University (USA)

Associate
Professor

Samia Mehrez

Department of
Arabic Studies

American
University in Cairo (USA)

Professor of
History

Lawrence
Davidson



 

West Chester
University (USA)

Emeritus
Professor

Moshé Machover



 

King’s College,
London (UK)

Student

Lander Vander
Linden



 

Law faculty,
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

Professor

Brian Johnston

School of
Drama

Carnegie
Mellon University, Pittsburgh (USA)

Professor
Emeritus

Nigel Harris

Development
Planning Unit

University
College London (UK)

Professor

Irene Bruegel

Faculty Arts
and Human Science

London South
Bank University (UK)

Dean

Robert
M. Bliss

Pierre Laclede
Honors College

University of
Missouri-St. Louis (USA)

Senior
Lecturer in Government

Kevin Morgan

Dept of
Government

University of
Manchester (UK)

Lecturer



 

Ian McDonald

Chelsea School

University of
Brighton (UK)



 

Professor of
Translation Studies

Mona Baker

Centre for
Translation & Intercultural Studies

University of
Manchester (UK)

Editorial
Director

Anne Beech



 

Pluto Press
(UK)

 

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