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19 Oct 2021, 8:35 am by Keith E. Whittington
[The Academic Freedom Alliance rebukes Michigan for its handling of Bright Sheng case] Music professor Bright Sheng showed his class at the University of Michigan the 1965 film of William Shakespeare's Othello in which Laurence Olivier plays the Moor in dark make-up. [read post]
18 Oct 2021, 8:50 am by Keith E. Whittington
[The Academic Freedom Alliance responds to the provost's public email] University of Chicago professor Dorian Abbot was to deliver the Tenth Annual John Carlson Lecture at the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on October 21. [read post]
8 Oct 2021, 5:30 am by Keith E. Whittington
In coming weeks, I'll be appearing on several campuses, either virtually or in person, to talk about free speech and academic freedom issues. [read post]
8 Oct 2021, 4:30 am by Keith E. Whittington
., Law and Legitimacy in the Supreme Court (Harvard University Press, 2018) Keith E. [read post]
5 Oct 2021, 6:42 am by Keith E. Whittington
[The Academic Freedom Alliance rebukes MIT for capitulating to the cancel mob] Dorian Abbot is a professor of geophysics at the University of Chicago. [read post]
4 Oct 2021, 7:49 am by Keith E. Whittington
[The board of regents proposes sweeping changes that would significantly weaken tenure protections for faculty] Tenure protections at American universities were a central demand of faculty in the early twentieth century. [read post]
1 Oct 2021, 8:00 am by Keith E. Whittington
[WBUR's On Point dedicated an hour to a discussion of the threat to academic freedom on college campuses] I recently appeared on WBUR's radio talk show On Point hosted by Meghna Chakrabarti. [read post]
1 Oct 2021, 6:49 am by Keith E. Whittington
[A conversation with researchers at FIRE about the free speech climate on college campuses] A new episode of The Academic Freedom Podcast from the Academic Freedom Alliance is now available. [read post]
14 Sep 2021, 7:25 am by Keith E. Whittington
I'm a believer in positive reinforcement, and when university leaders do the right thing they should get credit for doing so. [read post]
8 Sep 2021, 5:00 am by Keith E. Whittington
[University presidents have a responsibility to stand up for academic freedom] It is now a familiar pattern. [read post]
1 Sep 2021, 5:44 am by Keith E. Whittington
[A conversation about fighting for free speech on campus and the trouble with legislative restrictions on it.] [read post]
24 Aug 2021, 2:53 pm by Keith E. Whittington
The Academic Freedom Alliance recently released the third episode of The Academic Freedom Podcast. [read post]
11 Aug 2021, 2:46 pm by Keith E. Whittington
[The University of Iowa minimizes academic freedom so the unvaccinated can feel more comfortable] The University of Iowa has declared itself to be a largely mask-free campus for the Fall of 2021. [read post]
2 Aug 2021, 1:40 pm by Keith E. Whittington
[Thank goodness for small blessings in a public health emergency?] [read post]
9 Jul 2021, 9:30 pm by ernst
Deadline: Aug.30.We did not note until quite recently the symposium published in 2020 in Constitutional Commentary on Keith E. [read post]
30 Jun 2021, 11:05 am by Keith E. Whittington
[Sloppy legislation will lead to unintended consequences that damage academic freedom and good education] I have a short piece today in the Washington Post on the latest missteps in state legislative efforts to root out critical race theory. [read post]
28 Jun 2021, 8:57 am by Keith E. Whittington
As part of my work with the Academic Freedom Alliance, I am making some time to do in person and virtual talks on college campuses on topics relating to academic freedom and campus free speech. [read post]
23 Jun 2021, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
 For the Symposium on Kurt Lash, The Reconstruction Amendments: The Essential Documents (University of Chicago Press, 2021)(2 vols.). [read post]
16 Jun 2021, 11:04 am by Keith E. Whittington
[Regardless of what one thinks about CRT, legislators should not try to suppress ideas in academia] Areo, the online culture and politics journal, is currently highlighting issues of free speech and intellectual freedom. [read post]