Difficult Dialogues Initiative

Promoting Pluralism & Academic Freedom on Campus

Kafka at the Border

Posted by: Difficult Dialogues

Date: June 10, 2008

Inside Higher Ed article chronicles the experience of an international scholar who encounters many problems at the US border because of his last name which may suggest that he is Muslim.  Because of this issue other scholars are unsure about whether they can safely accept invitations to attend conferences or do collaborative research in the United States.