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Between 1976 and 2010, Alan Macfarlane, a professor in the Department of Sociology at Cambridge University, conducted a series of interviews with anthropologists from around the world. Two of those anthropologists included John and Jean Comaroff. They discussed their early lives, their work in the field, life under the Apartheid regime and anthropology, among other […]
Cambridge – John Comaroff explains lawfare or how authoritarian regimes around the world weaponize the legal system to de-legitimize their opponents. The term lawfare was used in Brazil by the defense of former President Lula to describe the violations of legal procedures by the Brazilian courts, as he was a victim of a collective act […]
Following Dean Claudine Gay’s announcement today of sanctions against Harvard Professor John Comaroff, his attorneys seek to inform the public of the full context of this matter. Following an exhaustive investigation lasting more than a year, involving allegations by three complainants, Title IX investigators found John Comaroff responsible solely for verbal sexual harassment arising […]
Professor Comaroff categorically denies ever harassing or retaliating against any student.
Between 1976 and 2010, Alan Macfarlane, a professor in the Department of Sociology at Cambridge University, conducted a series of interviews with anthropologists from around the world. Two of those anthropologists included John and Jean Comaroff. They discussed their early lives, their work in the field, life under the Apartheid regime and anthropology, among other […]
Cambridge, MA – Lawyers for Harvard University asked a U.S. District Court judge on May 31, 2022 to dismiss a civil lawsuit filed by three graduate students last year. Harvard filed a motion for summary judgment on count 10 of the lawsuit, which claimed that the University had improperly obtained and released one plaintiff’s therapy […]
Cambridge – Harvard lawyers asked a federal court judge on Tuesday not to unseal, with redactions, certain documents related to a Title IX complaint, arguing that to do so would reveal sensitive information about third parties, identify individuals and subject them to possible retaliation, discourage parties and witnesses from cooperating with Harvard’s Office of Dispute […]
Cambridge – On July 19, 2022, Harvard University filed an amended motion to dismiss Counts 1 through 9 of the complaint in Czerwienski v. Harvard University, with supporting documents, including an amended Memorandum of Law stating its legal arguments in support of the motion. It also submitted an amended motion for partial summary judgment on […]
Cambridge – John Comaroff’s attorneys object to a Harvard Graduate Student Union petition now circulating that demands sanctions and shunning, and threatens tenure revocation, on the basis of mere allegations. Attorney Ruth O’Meara-Costello expresses shock that HLS law students and a HLS law professor have joined in the witch-hunt tactics. See letter here: Statement from Ruth […]
Reporter Aaron Sibarium covers higher education issues for The Washington Free Beacon. He reports on the petition being promoted by the Harvard Graduate Students Union to pressure the University. See the story here: