Information Clearinghouse: Waskar T. Ari Chachaki, Ph.D. Issues Surrounding His Faculty Appointment to the Department of History and the Institute for Ethnic Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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Summary of the Pending Case (April 2006)

UNL Statements:

UNL History Department & Institute for Ethnic Studies Statement (22 Feb. 2006)
U.S. Citizinship and Immigration Services Response to UNL (3 April 2006)
UNL Office of University Communications Press Release (24 Feb. 2006)
Richard Hoffmann, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, UNL [mp3, 856 KB, 1:47] (7 March 2006)

Letters of Support:

American Historical Association (13 Feb. 2006)
American Association of University Professors (27 Feb. 2006)
US Dept. of State Response to AAUP (17 March 2006)
Latin American Studies Association Statement (March 2006)
Western Michigan University Dept. of History (8 March 2006)
HIFO: Norwegian Historical Association (22 March 2006)
University of Tilburg, Netherlands (26 March 2006)
Canadian Association of University Teachers (30 March 2005)
New York Review of Books Open Letter (11 May 2006)
Georgetown University Faculty Senate to Michael Chertoff, Secretary, Dept. of Homeland Security (2 June 2006)
Georgetown University Faculty Senate to Condoleeza Rice, Secretary of State (2 June 2006)
University of California-Davis Faculty Senate (7 June 2006)
ACLU Press Release (12 July 2006)

Media Reports:

Lincoln Journal Star (18 Feb. 2006)
Chronicle of Higher Education (20 Feb. 2006)
Omaha World-Herald (23 Feb. 2006)
Lincoln Journal Star (24 Feb. 2006)
UNL Daily Nebraskan (28 Feb. 2006)
UNL Daily Nebraskan Staff Editorial (7 March 2006)
Democracy Now interview transcript & audio [mp3, 27.0 MB, 59:04] (16 March 2006)
History News Network (20 March 2006)
Network for Education and Academic Rights (21 March 2006)
Lima (Ohio) News (26 March 2006)
UNL Daily Nebraskan Opinion (30 March 2006)
Chicago Tribune (3 April 2006)
AHA Perspectives News Column (April 2006)
Anthropology News (April 2006)
Christian Science Monitor (11 May 2006)
Georgetown University Faculty Senate Minutes (17 May 2006)
Los Angeles Times (23 July 2006)
National CrossTalk (Summer 2006)
Washington Post (4 August 2006)
WMUK Public Radio & Audio (14 August 2006)
Lincoln Journal Star (9 September 2006)
Georgetown University Faculty Senate Minutes (11 September 2006)
UNL Daily Nebraskan (20 September 2006)
UNL Daily Nebraskan Staff Editorial (25 September 2006)
UNL Daily Nebraskan Letters to the Editor (25 September 2006)
Financial Times (30 September 2006)
New Yorker Talk of the Town (9 October 2006)
Sen. Ben Nelson Statement: (26 October 2006)
New America Media article (13 November 2006)
Barbara Weinstein Column in Perspectives (January 2007)
Journal Star - UNL Sues Department of Homeland Security PDF [91.3 KB] | URL (March 2007)
Maggio Kattar Press Release - UNL Sues Homeland Security [.pdf, 19.7 KB] (March 2007)
Chronicle of Higher Education [.pdf 47.0 KB] (March 2007)
UNL Daily Nebraskan [.pdf 40.9 KB] (March 2007)
UNL Daily Nebraskan Staff Editorial [.pdf 42.5 KB] (March 2007)
UNL Daily Nebraskan [.pdf 40.3 KB] (March 2007)
Wall Street Journal Blog on Waskar [.pdf 57.0 KB] (March 2007)
The Progressive PDF [69.6 KB] | URL (March 2007)
Journal Star PDF [82.7 KB] | URL (March 2007)
Mother Jones PDF [140 KB] | URL (March 2007)
The Scarlett - Ari case prompts UNL to file suit against Homeland Security (March 2007)
Omaha World Herald - Suit may resolve mystery of professor's stalled visa (March 2007)
Journal Star - UNL wins Bolivian professor's work visa (May 2007)
Journal Star - Bolivian scholar hopes for visa 2 years after hire by university (May 2007)
Journal Star - UNL victory for professor is gratifying (May 2007)
KPTM-TV Omaha News Feature by Permission of KPTM Fox News (May 2007)

Spanish Language Coverage:

La Republica PDF [42.1 KB] | URL (March 2007)
La Razon PDF [12.5 KB] | URL (March 2007)
Opinion PDF [42.7 KB] | URL (March 2007)
Los Tiempos PDF [66.8 KB] | URL (March 2007)
La Razon - EEUU dice que el profesor Ari no solicitó visa (March 2007)

To Support Waskar Ari:

Network of Concerned Historians (20 March 2006)
American Association for the Advancement of Science Human Rights Program (30 March 2006)

For More Information:

Kenneth Winkle, Thomas C. Sorensen Professor of History and Chairperson, (402) 472-2414, kwinkle1@unl.edu