Continuing Threats to Academic Freedom: Endangered Scholars Worldwide

Continuing Threats to Academic Freedom: Endangered Scholars Worldwide

Friday, November 18, 2016
6:00 – 8:00 PM
The New School
Lower level, room 104
63 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10011

The Center for Public Scholarship’s and Endangered Scholars Worldwide will present a panel discussion on the state of free inquiry and threats to free expression in universities in China, Syria, Iran and Turkey.  In the wake of the failed coup in Istanbul and the unprecedented purge of academics at Turkish universities, and during the ongoing civil war in Syria, and deepening questions about academic freedom in Iran and China, our panel will discuss the past, present and future of free inquiry and its risks in these countries.

The panel features a Chinese philosopher and current University in Exile Scholar in Residence at The New School; a Syrian computer scientist and former University in Exile Scholar in Residence; an Iranian social scientist and urban planner imprisoned in Iran for 8 months, and only recently allowed to return to the US; and a Turkish law professor spending this year in the sociology department at The New School Social Research.

Join us after the panel for a wine and cheese reception in the Events Cafe just outside the lecture hall.

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Please note, registration does not guarantee a seat. Seating is first come, first served. Please plan to arrive at least 15 minutes before the event begins and, if you wish to sit with someone, please arrive together and do not save seats. Thanks!