Erratum to: Fem Leg Stud (2011) 19:133–142 DOI 10.1007/s10691-011-9176-3

Feminist Legal Studies Editorial Board

Statement Re: Complaint from Alan Posener

In July 2011, Feminist Legal Studies published an article by Jasbir Puar titled: ‘Citation and Censorship: The Politics of Talking about the Sexual Politics of Israel’ (Vol 19, Issue 2: 133–142). In April 2012, Alan Posener wrote a complaint to Springer, the publisher of Feminist Legal Studies, objecting to content in Puar’s article. Specifically, Posener objected to Puar’s description of Posener as ‘anti-Muslim’ on the basis that it was defamatory.

In response to this complaint, the author has agreed to amend the relevant section of the article as follows:

“One day prior to the start of the conference, the Director of the Humboldt Graduate School and also a conference organizing committee member, Professor Christina von Braun, gave an interview to Alan Posener, a well-known journalist in Berlin. While Posener is a self-described champion of Muslim rights in Europe, his contributions in the interview with Von Braun reflect one example of the complex ways that anti-Muslim assumptions can be refunctioned and masked within neoliberal discourse. In this interview von Braun made derogatory comments about the author’s work and person… [rest of paragraph to continue with original text]”.

The above paragraph should be deemed to replace the original version.