Carnegie Connects

The Campus and the Israel-Hamas War

Episode Summary

Aaron David Miller sits down with Princeton University Dean Amaney Jamal and Columbia University Dean Keren Yarhi-Milo to discuss the campus protests sparked by the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.

Episode Notes

This past spring many college and university campuses were roiled by unprecedented protests sparked by the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. Not since Vietnam has any foreign policy issue resulted in such widespread demonstrations on campuses.

What explains the intensity of the reaction? Has the Israeli-Palestinian conflict become a permanent fixture of hot debate? What lessons have been learned should demonstrations reoccur this fall? And is it possible to have productive conversations about the conflict without succumbing to nationalized, polarized narratives in a toxic media environment?

Join Aaron David Miller as he sits down with Princeton University Dean Amaney Jamal and Columbia University Dean Keren Yarhi-Milo for a wide-ranging discussion of  these and other issues.