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Academic Freedom at Risk: A Symposium on Campus Policing, Surveillance, and Censorship
April 10 @ 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Dear all,
The Academic Freedom at Risk: A Symposium on Campus Policing, Surveillance, and Censorship, is happening TOMORROW!, April 10th, from 2 PM to 6 PM. Please RSVP here!
Program and flyer below.
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All the best,
Galia
Academic Freedom at Risk:
A Symposium on Campus Policing, Surveillance, and Censorship
This half-day symposium features two panels on policing, surveillance, and the future of academic freedom on US campuses. Bringing together scholars, teachers, and activists, this event seeks to better understand the threats to academic freedom that we’re currently facing and to start collectively developing strategies for preserving our freedom to learn and teach.
PROGRAM
2:00 to 3:15pm: Campus Policing and the Freedom to Learn
- Yalile Suriel History, University of Minnesota – “A Historical Glimpse into a University’s Security Apparatus”
- Jude Paul Matias Dizon Higher Education Leadership, California State University, Stanislaus – “Reimagining Safety on College Campuses”
- Roderick Ferguson Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies, Yale University – “Liberalism, the Impugning of Activism, and the Erosion of Democracy”
3:15 to 3:30pm: Coffee Break
3:30 to 4:50pm: Studying and Working Under Surveillance
- Robert Ovetz Political Science, San José State University – “A Workers’ Inquiry into AI in Higher Education”
- Vineeta Singh Interdisciplinary Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University – “Wellness in the Academicon”
- Fatima El-Tayeb Ethnicity, Race, & Migration;Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies, Yale University – “Studying & Working Under Surveillance: A Transnational Perspective”
5:00 to 6:00pm Reception