[nyfoil-l] Columbia U, Colloquium on Intellectual Freedom: Mon. Apr 26

[Aniruddha Das]

The Center for Comparative Literature and Society
presents

A Colloquium on Intellectual Freedom

Monday, April 26, 2004
10:00 am – 5:30 pm

1512 International Affairs Building
Columbia University


Program:

10:00-12:00
Provost Alan Brinkley, Columbia University
Professor Geoffrey Stone, University of Chicago
Professor Arthur Eisenberg, NYCLU
Moderator:  Jewelnel Davis, University Chaplain

2:00-4:00
Professor Mary Burgan, General Secretary, AAUP
Professor Romila Thapar, Nehru University, New Delhi
Professor Juan Cole, University of Michigan
Moderator:  Kendall Thomas, Nash Professor, School of Law

4:00-5:00
Plenary

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We are writing to invite you to a colloquium on intellectual freedom.  As 
you know, in recent years there have been serious threats to the freedom of 
thinkers and to freedom of thought in many countries in the world.  In a 
number of cases these threats have been sufficiently strong that freedom of 
thought and discourse have been effectively dampened.  Freedom of thought 
is threatened in many countries by the increasing entry of religious and 
political conflict, as well as intellectual dogmatism, into public 
spaces.  Universities are important sites for the exercise of intellectual 
freedom, and the application of reason to counteract such conflictual 
partisanship and dogmatism.

We will hold a colloquium on the subject of intellectual freedom and its 
safeguarding at Columbia University on Monday, April 26th.  We hope to take 
note of the role that Columbia University and other institutions have 
played historically in safeguarding the intellectual freedom of 
controversial academic figures. We expect a number of leading academics, 
free speech activists, and university administrators to offer their views 
on the present climate and future prospects of intellectual freedom.  The 
speakers represent a variety of disciplinary and regional perspectives.


The Colloquium is free and open to the public.
For more information, please call 212-870-3990.