As academic freedom comes under increasing attack in America during the Bush/authoritarians' reign, a conference was held last week addressing this problem endemic to all authoritarian societies.
Chicago IndyMedia recorded the In Defense of Academic Freedom conference held in Chicago on Oct. 12, 2007 at the Rockefeller Chapel, University of Chicago.
Conference speakers and links to speakers' comments made at the conference are below.
- Tariq Ali, Editor of the New Left Review and Verso Books - Listen now to Tariq Ali.
- Dr. Noam Chomsky, Institute Professor & Professor of Linguistics (Emeritus), Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Listen now to Noam Chomsky.
- Dr. Akeel Bilgrami, Johnsonian Professor of Philosophy and Director of The Heyman Center, Columbia University - Listen now to Akeel Bilgrami.
- Dr. Tony Judt, University Professor and Director of the Remarque Institute, New York University - Listen now to Tony Judt.
- Dr. John Mearsheimer, R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago - Listen now to John Mearsheimer.
- Question and Answer period - Listen now to Q & A.
- Mr. Evan Lorendo, Academic Freedom Committee, DePaul University - Listen now to Evan Lorendo.
- Dr. Mehrene Larudee, International Studies Program, DePaul University- Listen now to Mehrene Larudee.
- Dr. Neve Gordon, Professor, Department of Politics and Government, Ben-Gurion University - Listen now to Neve Gordon.
- Dr. Norman Finkelstein, author of Image and Reality of the Israel Palestine Conflict, The Holocaust Industry and Beyond Chutzpah - Listen now to Norman Finkelstein.
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