Revisiting the History of Academic Freedom and Free Speech

Date
Apr 16, 2024, 4:30 pm6:00 pm
Location
Wooten Hall, Room 301
Audience
Free and Open to the Public

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Event Description

Academic freedom and free speech are often conflated in today’s heated debates.  This panel discussion will discuss how the two evolved in the US and elsewhere, how they have or have not been entailed, and also whether any lessons from the present might be learned from re-examining these complex pasts.

Speakers

Greg Conti, Politics, Princeton

Fara Dabhoiwala, History, Princeton

Moira Weigel, Communications studies, Northeastern; IAS, Princeton

Chaired by Jan-Werner Müller, Politics, Princeton