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A Book Discussion On the War on Tenure with Deepa Das Acevedo

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Jul 1, 2026 academia, academic labour, contract labour, education, precarity, tenure

Deepa Das Acevedo is a legal anthropologist and Associate Professor of Law at Emory University. Her book, The War on Tenure (Cambridge University Press, 2025) was named one of Forbes’ “Top 10 Books in Higher Education” for 2025.

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