Hamline University

With War Raging, Colleges Confront a Crisis of Their Own Making

Education and validation aren’t the same.

Hamline University’s President Announces Retirement After Prophet Muhammad Controversy

Fayneese S. Miller found herself in a fierce debate over academic freedom and Islamophobia, after an art history lecturer lost her job for showing images of the prophet.

The Censoring of an Iranian American Artist

How have we forgotten that art needn’t defer to religion?

After Lecturer Sues, Hamline University Walks Back Its ‘Islamophobic’ Comments

In an about-face, the school said that using the term was “flawed” and that respect for Muslim students should not have superseded academic freedom.

A Hamline Adjunct Showed a Painting of the Prophet Muhammad. She Lost Her Job.

After an outcry over the art history class by Muslim students, Hamline University officials said the incident was Islamophobic. But many scholars say the work is a masterpiece.