{"682480":{"#nid":"682480","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Academic Freedom and Human Rights Symposium","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhat is \u201cacademic freedom\u201d 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.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe symposium will conclude with a keynote address from Michael S. Roth, president of Wesleyan University.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPlease \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.co1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_9yml6CrnFJG6U4u  \u0022\u003ERSVP\u003C\/a\u003E by Oct. 1.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EConference Program\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ECoffee and light pastries will be available starting at 9 a.m.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E9:30 a.m. Welcome\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E9:35 \u2013 9:45 a.m. Opening Remarks by Amanda Murdie, Dean of Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts at Georgia Tech\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E9:45 \u2013 10:45 a.m. Panel 1\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u201cAcademic Freedom within the Field of Power,\u201d Kate Pride Brown (Georgia Tech)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u201cAcademic Freedom: History and Fading Future,\u201d Deron Boyles (GSU)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E10:45 \u2013 11 a.m. Break\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E11 a.m. \u2013 12:30 p.m. Panel 2\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u201cGalileo on Trial,\u201d Nick Wilding (GSU)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u201cDoublespeak and Aesopian Language in the Soviet Union,\u201d Nikolay Koposov (Georgia Tech)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u201cUnmasking Rousseau: Victor Klemperer and Academic Freedom in Nazi Germany,\u201d Victoria Thompson (Georgia Tech)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E12:30 \u2013 1:30 p.m. Lunch\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E1:30 \u2013 2:30 p.m. Panel 3\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u0022Academic Freedom in Mexico: A Few Observations\u0022\u0026nbsp;German Vergara (Georgia Tech)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u201cIron Certain, Bamboo Certain, and the Great Firewall: The Limited Progress in Freedom of Information and Expression in China,\u201d Hanchao Lu (Georgia Tech)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E2:30 \u2013 2:40 p.m. Break\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E2:40 p.m. \u2013 4 p.m. Panel 4\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u201cAcademic Censorship and Control in Russia: My Experience at the Siberian Federal University\u201d Evgeny Tikhonravov (Georgia Tech)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u201cFrom Campuses to Courtrooms: The Slow Death of Academic Freedom in Turkey,\u201d Kemal Budak (Georgia Tech)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u201cAuthoritarian Nicaragua and Venezuela: Closing Space for Academic Freedom and Human Rights\u201d Jennifer McCoy (GSU)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E4 p.m. \u2013 4:15 p.m. Coffee Break\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E4:15 p.m. Keynote Address: Michael S. Roth, President of Wesleyan University, \u201cProtecting Our Freedoms: It\u2019s Not Just Academic\u201d\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E5 p.m. Closing Remarks\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EA light reception of drinks and hors d\u2019oeuvres will follow.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis symposium considers the role of academic freedom in society by examining instances, past and present, when it was abrogated, including the impact on knowledge and for human rights.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"This symposium considers the role of academic freedom in society by examining instances, past and present, when it was abrogated, including the impact on knowledge and for human rights."}],"uid":"36009","created_gmt":"2025-05-20 18:34:55","changed_gmt":"2025-09-19 13:57:34","author":"cwhittle9","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2025-10-10T09:30:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2025-10-10T17:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2025-10-10T17:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2025-10-10 13:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2025-10-10 21:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2025-10-10 21:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"Scholars Event Theater, Room 1280, Price Gilbert Memorial Library","extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gatech.co1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_9yml6CrnFJG6U4u","title":"Register Now"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1288","name":"School of History and Sociology"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"4777","name":"academic freedom"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1789","name":"Conference\/Symposium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EKate Pride Brown\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:k.p.brown@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ek.p.brown@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}