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From: Sudalaimuthu Palaniappan <Palaniappa@aol.com>
To: Audrey Truschke <audrey.truschke@gmail.com>
Cc: Indology List <indology@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@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 and here) after being frustrated with delays in firing Wentworth.

Now Wentworth is trying to silence the women he harassed with a defamation lawsuit (here).

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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