{"id":1949292,"date":"2023-06-16T14:41:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T18:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgetown-faculty-object-to-renaming-foreign-affairs-school-after-madeleine-albright\/"},"modified":"2023-06-16T14:43:31","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T18:43:31","slug":"georgetown-faculty-object-to-renaming-foreign-affairs-school-after-madeleine-albright","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgetown-faculty-object-to-renaming-foreign-affairs-school-after-madeleine-albright\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgetown faculty oppose renaming Foreign Affairs School after Madeleine Albright."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgeorgetown-faculty-object-to-renaming-foreign-affairs-school-after-madeleine-albright%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1949292&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Petition says \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/belarusian-authorities-raid-homes-and-offices-of-journalists-and-activists\/\" title=\"Belarusian Authorities Raid Homes And Offices Of Journalists And Activists\">gross human rights violations<\/a>\u2019 disqualify first female Secretary of State from honor<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure><figcaption>\n      Georgetown University \/ Getty Images<br \/>\n    <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A petition to stop Georgetown University from renaming its Walsh School of Foreign Service after the late Secretary of State Madeleine Albright due to her ties to &#8220;gross human rights violations&#8221; has received over 1,300 signatures from faculty, students, and alumni, according to the far-left organizers spearheading the campaign.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The objections could sink the proposal, currently under consideration by Georgetown\u2019s administration, to rename the school in honor of Albright, the first female secretary of state who passed away last year.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Critics claim that Albright, who served under the Clinton administration, &#8220;supported some of the U.S. government\u2019s most devastating interventions in Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and South Eastern Europe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;By moving ahead with this project, the University would honor a name associated with gross human rights violations,&#8221; said the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSehyNOqnOXEoY2D3u61FDgB_6JSNpZss1DakJA3PZiCzvFLyA\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSehyNOqnOXEoY2D3u61FDgB_6JSNpZss1DakJA3PZiCzvFLyA\/viewform&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1687020788071000&#038;usg=AOvVaw23-BhHmAgEfhbf3kNz2_7W\">petition<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Protestors say that Albright oversaw the Clinton administration\u2019s sanctions against Iraq, which were imposed in response to Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein\u2019s buildup of weapons stockpiles and refusal to cooperate with international arms inspectors. Hussein\u2019s lawless actions led to the death of half a million Iraqi children under the sanctions.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;When asked many years later to comment on the half a million Iraqi children who died as a consequence of the drastic sanctions imposed on Iraq during her tenure, Madeleine Albright\u2019s answer was \u2018the price was worth it,\u2019&#8221; said the petition. &#8220;These facts are well known among the SFS faculty, students, and alumni, and suggest that a renaming would be met with considerable unease and opposition in the School.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Georgetown University President John DeGioia is expected to make a final decision on the renaming soon.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">According to a source familiar with the internal debate, about half of the foreign service school\u2019s faculty objects to the renaming. The university press office declined to comment on the petition.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">The Walsh School of Foreign Service is one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgetown-faculty-object-to-renaming-foreign-affairs-school-madeleine-albright\/\" title=\"Georgetown faculty oppose renaming school after Madeleine Albright.\">top international relations programs<\/a> in the United States and a training ground for many Washington diplomats. Albright was a former professor at the school.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Marwa Daoudy, an associate professor at SFS who helped organize the protest, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarwaDaoudy\/status\/1667248668263559173\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarwaDaoudy\/status\/1667248668263559173&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1687020788071000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0hkisL7cQNr8cmXRcHV6pW\">said<\/a> the petition &#8220;received +1300 signatures&#8230; largely from our great community of SFS alumni and students!&#8221; since it was launched last week.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Samar Saeed, another organizer, called the renaming proposal &#8220;a disgrace.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;I honestly don\u2019t know how this aligns with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Georgetown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/Georgetown&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1687020788071000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1szCJUV4wtuTBxrSW2PuLm\"> @Georgetown<\/a> values of \u2018women and men for others,\u2019&#8221; she <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Samarsaeed\/status\/1666670301814353923\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/Samarsaeed\/status\/1666670301814353923&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1687020788071000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2rKi9g4XqdbpnphnYkj4Ei\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Washington Free Beacon reached out to faculty members who declined to publicly voice support for Albright \u2013 potentially a reflection of the traction the protest has gained on campus. President Bill Clinton, a School of Foreign Service alumnus, also did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The School of Foreign Service is currently named after its founder Edmund A. Walsh, a Jesuit priest, and staunch anti-Communist who advocated for preemptive nuclear strikes against the Soviet Union. Some faculty members and students have also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/save-fr-edmund-a-walsh-s-j-s-name-in-georgetown-university-s-school-of-foreign-service?recruiter=1310202726&#038;recruited_by_id=2a3440a0-08be-11ee-8c7a-81d4a8d42b6d&#038;utm_source=share_petition&#038;utm_campaign=share_for_starters_page&#038;utm_medium=email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/save-fr-edmund-a-walsh-s-j-s-name-in-georgetown-university-s-school-of-foreign-service?recruiter%3D1310202726%26recruited_by_id%3D2a3440a0-08be-11ee-8c7a-81d4a8d42b6d%26utm_source%3Dshare_petition%26utm_campaign%3Dshare_for_starters_page%26utm_medium%3Demail&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1687020788071000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2q_zxKC-sshsLP4NKxaEzw\">objected<\/a> to the renaming because they say it erases Walsh\u2019s legacy at the school, which he founded in 1919 at the age of 34.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 1,300 signatures have been gathered on a petition urging Georgetown University to reconsider renaming its Walsh School of Foreign Service after Madeleine Albright. 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