Friday, January 14, 2022
Cambridge professor accused of ‘conspiratorial attacks on Jewish students’
A Cambridge University professor is facing claims she has made "conspiratorial attacks on Jewish students" after alleging became a target because she had voiced opposition to the IHRA definition of antisemitism.
Priyamvada Gopal, professor of postcolonial literature, was criticised by the Cambridge University Jewish Society on Thursday after she tweeted an astonishing attack on two students who she accused of committing "the perfect murder" on her as "someone whose views on IHRA you don't like."
Her onslaught came after the Varsity student newspaper, for whom the two Jewish undergraduates work, published an interview Cambridge donProfessor David Abulafia, who accused Gopal of making "potentially libelous" comments about him.
History professor Abulafi had earlier written an article for the Daily Telegraph about the trial of activists who toppled the statue of Edward Colston in Bristol.
He argued that pulling down the statue did not "aid historical understanding" and that the activists should not be deciding its fate.
Professor Gopal -then tweeted: "'Few undergrads produce work this weak after the first week or so."
The row between Gopal and Abulafi – born in London to a Jewish family and spent most of his career at Cambridge, specialising in Mediterranean history – ended up appearing in several national newspapers this week.
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