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Defending Campus Free Speech In A Polarized Age, with Paul Alivisatos and Tom Ginsburg
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Defending Campus Free Speech In A Polarized Age, with Paul Alivisatos and Tom Ginsburg
FromBig Brains
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Length:
33 minutes
Released:
Sep 22, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Free speech is probably one of the most polarizing public topics of debate. And those arguments only become more intense when it comes to free expression on college and university campuses. Should professors be allowed to say whatever they want? What about speakers being invited to campus? Who gets to say what is acceptable and unacceptable?The University of Chicago has had a unique and long history of defending free expression, and this year is building upon that commitment by launching The Chicago Forum on Free Inquiry and Expression. That forum is being led by renowned UChicago law professor Tom Ginsburg. He joins our podcast along with President Paul Alivisatos to talk about why universities must have a commitment to free inquiry—and how this new forum plans to promote free and open discourse, while addressing present-day challenges.
Released:
Sep 22, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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