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

[Howard Resnick]

Thank you Audrey.
Howard

> On Oct 5, 2016, at 1:49 PM, Audrey Truschke <audrey.truschke at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Everything shared on this thread has been reported in the mainstream media, not tabloids.
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> I think that Indologists should be interested in the Blake Wentworth sexual harassment scandal, not because it's sensational, but because sexual harassment is a serious problem in our discipline and the academy more widely. It's a hard truth, but a reality that affects many of us, especially women.
> 
> Audrey
> 
> Audrey Truschke
> Assistant Professor
> Department of History
> Rutgers University-Newark
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> On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 1:36 PM, Walter Slaje <slaje at kabelmail.de <mailto:slaje at kabelmail.de>> wrote:
> Will someone from among the list's managing committee please step in and prevent prospective gossips from turning this list into a tabloid?
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> Thanking you,
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> WS
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> 2016-10-05 18:03 GMT+02:00 Sudalaimuthu Palaniappan via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info <mailto:indology at list.indology.info>>:
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> From: Sudalaimuthu Palaniappan <Palaniappa at aol.com <mailto:Palaniappa at aol.com>>
> To: Audrey Truschke <audrey.truschke at gmail.com <mailto:audrey.truschke at gmail.com>>
> Cc: Indology List <indology at list.indology.info <mailto: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 <http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-uc-berkeley-chancellor-resign-20160816-snap-story.html>
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> Regards,
> Palaniappan
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>> On Sep 29, 2016, at 10:52 AM, Audrey Truschke <audrey.truschke at gmail.com <mailto:audrey.truschke at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> 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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