The Arday Affair

The reinstatement by Ghent University of a key figure in the Jason Arday affair followed pressure from Trump’s State Department. It reveals a wider ideology of ‘injustice as illusion’. Karam Bales reports

Nathan Cofnas and America’s Protection for Anti-Black Racism

Nathan Cofnas’ reinstatement by Ghent University was a striking moment, shedding new light on those seeking to rehabilitate discredited theories of race science under the banner of academic freedom.

The academic’s July Substack post, which made allegations of serial plagiarism against Jason Arday, Professor of Sociology of Education at Cambridge University, ignited a far-right campaign against the black academic, who later resigned from his position and was then found dead at his home in August.