Professional Academic Associations and the Boycott of Israel

African Literature Association:

• African Literature Association Resolution on Academic Boycott of Israel (Passed at Johannesburg Meeting July 2014)

American Anthropological Association (AAA):

• American Anthropological Association (Failed by member-wide vote in May 2016. Fifty one percent of AAA’s eligible members voted, with 2,423 members opposing the resolution, and 2,384 voting to support it.)

American Historical Association (AHA):

• AHA Council Votes Not to Take Action on Petition Requesting an Investigation into Violations of Academic Freedom in Israel and the West Bank
  (Failed January 7, 2017)
• AHA Votes Against Academic Boycott (Failed January 9, 2016 by 111 to 51 vote)

American Studies Association (ASA): 

• American Studies Association Resolution on Academic Boycott of Israel (Passed by membership in December, 2013)
• ASA National Council + EMAILS
  • Rejection of ASA Boycott by Chapters:
    • California American Studies Association (CASA) – “CASA has no intention of adhering to the ASA resolution; the boycott guidelines will not be applied to our upcoming conference in April…. The CASA officers discussed the ASA resolution, and we all agreed that CASA would not abide by the boycott.” (Rejected ASA Academic Boycott February 24, 2014)
    • Eastern American Studies Association (EASA) – EASA is an inclusive organization, open to scholars from all over the world. For this reason, the Eastern American Studies Association will not comply with and does not support the American Studies Association’s ‘Council Resolution on Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions’ endorsing ‘a boycott of Israeli academic institutions’” (Rejected ASA Academic Boycott April 4, 2014)

NOTE: For all issued condemnations of the ASA boycott please click HERE.

Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS):

• AAAS Resolution to Support the Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions (Passed by membership in April 2013)
• AAAS National Council + EMAILS

Association for Humanist Sociology (AHS):

• AHS Votes to Support the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (Passed by membership October, 2013)
• AHS Executive Board + EMAILS

Critical Ethnic Studies Association (CESA):

• CESA Resolution on Academic Boycott of Israeli Academic Associations (Passed by membership in July 2014)

National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies:

• Unanimous support of membership for “National Association for Chicana/Chicano Studies Resolution to Support the Boycott of Israeli Academic Institution” at National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies Annual Conference in San Francisco (Passed April 15-18, 2015).

Native American and Indigenous Studies Association:

• NAISA Declaration of Support for the Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions (Passed by Council of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association in December 2013)
• NAISA National Council + EMAILS

National Women’s Studies Association:

• NWSA Recommendations 2015  (Passed with 88.4% of votes cast in favor of the BDS recommendation, for a total of 653 votes in support on November 27, 2015. Voting on this question follows on a solidarity statement released by NWSA early in 2015.)
• Feminists for Justice in Palestine (Passed with National Women’s Studies Association endorsing call for BDS on Nov 22, 2014)

(IN CONSIDERATION) Middle East Studies Association:

• Presidential Statement on 2014 Resolution (Membership voted in February 2015 to allow discussions of academic boycott within MESA)

Modern Language Association:

• Delegate Assembly Meeting (Failed on January 7, 2017)  – “”MLA delegates did not approve a resolution to endorse a boycott of Israeli institutions. They voted to postpone a resolution to condemn attacks on academic freedom in Palestinian universities. The assembly voted to move forward for consideration by the entire MLA membership a resolution to refrain from endorsing the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel.”

Peace and Justice Studies Association:

• Peace and Justice Studies Association votes to endorse the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign (Passed by membership in November 2014)

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Source: AMCHA Initiative