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Scholar Susan Ostermann, due to take over as director of the university’s Asian studies institute on July 1, has written multiple columns castigating attempts to make abortion illegal.
Notre Dame’s recent announcement that a scholar who advocates for legal abortion will lead the university’s Asian studies institute is drawing criticism from some members of the faculty, but the university is standing by the appointment.
Susan Ostermann, an associate professor of global affairs at Notre Dame who has described laws banning abortion as “violence,” “sexual abuse” and “trauma” and has linked efforts to end abortion to white supremacy, is set to take over as director of the university’s Liu Institute of Asia and Asian Studies on July 1.
Some of the most pointed criticism of the appointment so far has come from Holy Cross Father Wilson Miscamble, a professor emeritus of history at Notre Dame and former chairman of the department, who published a blistering critique in First Thingson Wednesday.
“If this sad appointment is allowed to stand, the hollowness of the claim that Catholic character informs all Notre Dame’s endeavors will be painfully exposed,” Father Miscamble wrote.
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Notre Dame’s recent announcement that a scholar who advocates for legal abortion will lead the university’s Asian studies institute is drawing criticism from some members of the faculty, but the university is standing by the appointment.
Susan Ostermann, an associate professor of global affairs at Notre Dame who has described laws banning abortion as “violence,” “sexual abuse” and “trauma” and has linked efforts to end abortion to white supremacy, is set to take over as director of the university’s Liu Institute of Asia and Asian Studies on July 1.
Some of the most pointed criticism of the appointment so far has come from Holy Cross Father Wilson Miscamble, a professor emeritus of history at Notre Dame and former chairman of the department, who published a blistering critique in First Thingson Wednesday.
“If this sad appointment is allowed to stand, the hollowness of the claim that Catholic character informs all Notre Dame’s endeavors will be painfully exposed,” Father Miscamble wrote.
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Notre Dame Affirms Appointment of Abortion Advocate to Prominent Post
Scholar Susan Ostermann, due to take over as director of the university’s Asian studies institute on July 1, has written multiple columns castigating attempts to make abortion illegal.
