Events2020 Annual MeetingYour AAR staff continues to work toward holding the Annual Meeting in Boston, Nov. 21-24, 2020. We are aware of the uncertainty and contradictory projections related to the COVID-19 pandemic and with health and safety as a priority, we will continue monitoring the guidance of governments and health experts as we plan and make decisions. Should any changes need to be made related to the 2020 Annual Meeting, we will promptly notify you. 2020 Regional MeetingsOpen Registration: All remaining regional meetings for 2020 have been canceled |
U.S. Government Appears to End Exclusion of Professor Tariq RamadanJanuary 21, 2010 Contact: Susan Snider Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has recently issued orders that appear to end the exclusion from the United States of Professor Tariq Ramadan, on whose behalf the AAR has long been involved in a lawsuit. The AAR joined in the ACLU-filed lawsuit against the U.S. government because of its denial of visas to Ramadan, a prominent scholar of Islam. AAR involvement arose from the government preventing his attendance at the 2004 AAR Annual Meeting in San Antonio, where he was to make a plenary address. Not until 2009 was Ramadan finally able to attend an AAR Annual Meeting—but only because the meeting took place outside the U.S. As a result of the government’s refusal to allow Prof. Ramadan to enter the U.S., the AAR was one of three organizations who several years ago began a lawsuit on Ramadan’s behalf, and in his statement released today Ramadan expressed his appreciation:
Although Professor Ramadan must reapply for a visa, approval seems highly likely. A concern remains, however, that although Secretary of State Clinton’s orders address the particular situations of Ramadan and another scholar, they do not seem to address the larger concern that other scholars may be denied entry into the U.S. for ideological reasons. Nonetheless, the recent news about Prof. Ramadan’s case seems a significant step forward. ### |