Academic Freedom and Human Rights Symposium
Date(s):
October 10, 2025, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Location:
Scholars Event Theater, Room 1280, Price Gilbert Memorial Library
What is “academic freedom” and why is it important? This symposium will feature several panels, comprised of historians and social scientists who specialize in various regions of the world, discussing occasions when powerful outsiders sought to control universities, as well as the outcomes of these efforts for knowledge and human rights. It will also discuss the creation of academic freedom as a principle in the United States and its role in democratic governance.
The symposium will conclude with a keynote address from Michael S. Roth, president of Wesleyan University.