Prominent historian cancels course at Columbia University over Trump deal

Friday 1st August 2025

Rashid Khalidi, in open letter published by Guardian, accuses university of ‘capitulating’ with $200m settlement

Historian Rashid Khalidi, the Edward Said professor emeritus of modern Arab studies at Columbia University, has cancelled plans to teach this fall in response to the school’s recent agreement with the Trump administration.

Khalidi made the announcement in an open letter to Columbia’s acting president published in the Guardian on Friday.

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