Academics For Academic Freedom Annual Conference, 2023

On the 11th November, Academics For Academic Freedom - or AFAF - held its annual conference at the Oliver Thomson Lecture Theatre at City, University of London

While AFAF was founded in 2006 by Professor Dennis Hayes, this year was its first in-person conference. Professors Ian Pace and Michael Ben-Gad launched introductory salvoes, the latter noting the 300,000-strong pro-Palestine march being held elsewhere in central London.

President of City University Professor Sir Anthony Finkelstein beamed in his video a…