The second of two episodes of The Conversation Weekly podcast exploring how the Israel-Gaza conflict is affecting life at universities.
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The first of two episodes of The Conversation Weekly podcast exploring how the Israel-Gaza war is affecting life at universities.
Liberal Prime Minister Robert Menzies insisted universities should have protection from political interference. But Bob Hawke’s education minister John Dawkins dismantled these protections.
A new report has found students and academics critical of China’s Communist Party are being harassed and intimidated by supporters of Beijing. Universities must do more to protect academic freedom.
A Supreme Court ruling about a student’s free-speech rights won’t stem the torrent of crude, disrespectful speech in American society.
The Mahanoy v. B.L. ruling did not give schools or free-speech advocates the clear lines they may have wanted, but it did attempt to address some of the complexity of modern-day speech.
Far from restoring confidence in these institutions, it’s likely interventions will just inflame moral outrage
The issues dominating public debates about academic freedom are not where the greatest threats lie.
Enshrining the Model Code on Freedom of Speech and Academic Freedom in legislation won’t ensure disagreements on campus remain civil. Here are some practical guidelines on how to disagree well.
Academic freedom will be defined in law. It will keep universities busy with compliance, but the main outcome is more symbolic: the government can say it has stood up for free speech.
The campaign for ‘free speech on campus’ mimics US and UK tactics of using a manufactured crisis to further the goal of increasing conservative political influence in universities.
A nationwide report on Islamophobia on campus reveals that friendships between those of different backgrounds is most effective at dispelling racist views.
Inclusive freedom reflects university values in protecting free thought, inquiry and expression, while protecting the dignity of all students and faculty by allowing them to equally contribute.
Is a $25 million judgement against Oberlin College going to chill free speech – or is the wealth of a publicly subsidized private college helping polarize debates about race and politics?
Free inquiry has always been a fraught business, from Eden to Facebook, but is a key component of any open society. It shouldn’t be taken for granted.
The pressure for universities to take action on free speech may be more about politics than anything else.
There’s no evidence we have a problem with free speech on our campuses. The free speech inquiry is expensive and unnecessary.
A 90-minute presentation in 1968 showed off the earliest desktop computer system. In the process it introduced the idea that technology could make individuals better – if government funded research.
On the one-year anniversary of the tragedy in Charlottesville, we asked the presidents of Bowdoin, Elon and the University of Washington whether free speech should be treated differently on campus.
Though free speech on campus is often a divisive issue, solutions are not hard to find, a First Amendment scholar argues.
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Deputy Executive Dean and Associate Dean (Academic), Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, The University of Queensland
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Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
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Adjunct Associate Professor in History, University of New England
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Professor of Law and Humanities, Queen Mary University of London
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University Research Professor of Education, University of Kentucky
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Senior Lecturer in Political Theory and Philosophy, Queen's University Belfast
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Dean of the School of Law, University of California, Irvine
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Law Clerk, University of Florida
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Director of the Brechner Center for Freedom of Information, University of Florida
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President , Bowdoin College
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President, University of Washington
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Professor of History, University of Washington
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Emeritus Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, University of Mississippi
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Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Kent