“The insistence that ‘laïcité’ is a fundamental principle is a
cover for a continued assault on the rights of Muslim citizens in
French society,” Joan W. Scott,
Professor Emerita in the School of Social Science, said in a
telephone interview with...
Peter Coviello, Member in
the School of Social Science, reviews Sex and Secularism
by Professor Emerita Joan Wallach
Scott and In the Name of Women's Rights by Visitor
Sara Farris, writing, "part of
what is remarkable about these books, too...
Joan Wallach Scott, Professor Emerita in the School of Social
Science, has been awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science
from the University of Edinburgh. The award, presented by the
University's Principal and Vice Chancellor, Professor Peter...
On March 13, 2018, Joan Wallach
Scott, Professor Emerita in the School of Social Science, was
named a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur of France, the country's
highest decoration, in a ceremony held at the Cultural Services of
the French Embassy...
Joan Scott, Professor Emerita in
the School of Social Science, will examine the understanding of
research, the search for truth, and the importance of academic
freedom to research across a variety of fields at 4:30 p.m. on
February 21 at Princeton...
Free speech makes no distinctions as to quality; academic
freedom does. Are all opinions equally valid in a university
classroom? Are professors being "ideological" when they refuse to
accept the Bible as scientific evidence? What, then, becomes
of...
Joan Scott, Professor Emerita in
the School of Social Science, and Peter Coviello, Member in the
School, will discuss how secularism has been used to justify the
subordination of women at 6:00 p.m. on
December 7 at Labyrinth
Books.
