Overview
- Princeton is listing a spring class titled “Gender, Reproduction and Genocide” that describes an “ongoing genocide in Gaza” and places Palestinian experiences alongside those of Jews during the Holocaust and other atrocities.
- The syllabus cites readings on “reproductive genocide in Gaza” and “reprocide in Gaza,” and says Gaza will be examined within the histories of the Armenian genocide, the Holocaust, and genocide against Black and Indigenous populations.
- Rep. Tom Kean said the course language misuses the term genocide and argued any discussion must start with Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack, asserting Israel’s right and obligation to defend its citizens.
- The American Jewish Congress called the course unacceptable during a period of heightened antisemitism on campuses and warned the framing could contribute to a more hostile environment for Jewish students.
- Princeton’s listing shows one of 14 seats filled; the instructor is visiting professor Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, whose prior suspension and later reinstatement at Hebrew University and a detention in Israel were reported, and coverage notes earlier federal Title VI scrutiny and a reported pause in university funding.