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2015-02-04 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

The Troubling Case of Professor Stephen Cohen

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Posted by badanov 2015-02-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 No, Cohen wasn't denied funding, he (or rather his wife) was trying to DONATE money to the American Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES). The money was to be used to fund 6 fellowships in Russian Studies. Cohen and his wife wanted the fellowships to be named after Cohen. People in the ASEEES didn't want to name the fellowships after Cohen, and said they would only accept the money if the requirement to name it after him was removed.

The amount Cohen's wife was going to donate was around $400,000.

Apparently Cohen is so controversial around the ASEEES that they didn't want his money enough to be willing to put his name on the Scholarships.

Well, it's a free country. If Cohen and his wife want to spend $400,000 funding fellowships in Russian Studies I expect they won't have much trouble finding another organization willing to help.

Posted by DLR 2015-02-04 12:16|| 2015-02-04 12:16|| Front Page Top

#2 I don't get it. It's not like he claimed that AGW is a hoax, or alleged that there are extensive psychological differences between men and women.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-02-04 13:07|| 2015-02-04 13:07|| Front Page Top

#3 He has also been branded an “apologist,” a “useful idiot,” and a “dupe.”

Is this not accurate?

Posted by Rob Crawford 2015-02-04 21:04|| 2015-02-04 21:04|| Front Page Top

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