Author: Ronen Shoval

Ronen Shoval is Head of Argaman Institute for Advanced Studies and a Visiting Fellow in Jewish and Political Thought at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. Follow him on X @ShovalRonen.

Academia Must Choose the Path That Leads to Reform

American universities stand at a historic crossroads. After decades of strong progressive policies, progressivism has become the status quo. Universities have drifted so far to the left that they have lost all connection to their roots. When it’s easier to find a dissident in Iran than a Republican at Harvard University, it’s a clear sign […]

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The Price of Intellectual Freedom: A Personal Journey Through Vilification

In 1927, Julien Benda’s The Treason of the Intellectuals denounced those who would forsake truth in service of political aims. Nearly a century later, as a researcher and lecturer at Princeton University, I’m embroiled in a modern-day version of Benda’s tale. Indeed, I have become the target of a campaign to eradicate intellectual diversity on […]

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