[INDOLOGY] Indologist at Center of Sexual Harassment Mess at Berkeley

[Walter Slaje]

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2016-10-05 18:03 GMT+02:00 Sudalaimuthu Palaniappan via INDOLOGY <
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> From: Sudalaimuthu Palaniappan <Palaniappa at aol.com>
> To: Audrey Truschke <audrey.truschke at gmail.com>
> Cc: Indology List <indology at list.indology.info>
> Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2016 11:02:34 -0500
> Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Indologist at Center of Sexual Harassment Mess at
> Berkeley
> The case of Blake Wentworth might have played a part in the following
> story regarding another South Asia specialist.
>
> http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-uc-berkeley-
> chancellor-resign-20160816-snap-story.html
>
> Regards,
> Palaniappan
>
>
> On Sep 29, 2016, at 10:52 AM, Audrey Truschke <audrey.truschke at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> List members may be interested in an ongoing sexual harassment scandal at
> UC Berkeley involving an Indologist, Blake Wentworth.
>
> Wentworth, who works on classical Tamil literature, was found guilty of
> sexual harassment and misconduct last year by the university, and three of
> his victims came forward with details of the case (here
> <https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/10/uc-berkeley-students-professor-sexual-harassment-complaint>
> and here
> <https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/27/uc-berkeley-sexual-harassment-scandal-blake-wentworth>)
> after being frustrated with delays in firing Wentworth.
>
> Now Wentworth is trying to silence the women he harassed with a defamation
> lawsuit (here
> <https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/29/uc-berkeley-sexual-harassment-blake-wentworth-sues-victims>
> ).
>
> As many of you know, sexual harassment is an ongoing issue in many
> disciplines, and our corner of the academy, it seems, is no exception.
>
> Audrey Truschke
> Assistant Professor
> Department of History
> Rutgers University-Newark
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