Jonathan Zimmerman, Professor of
History of Education at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of
Education, will present a talk on “Censorship and Free Speech on College
Campuses in the Age of Trump,” at Western Washington University, Communications
Facility 120, on Friday, December 1st at 4pm.
At a time when campuses around the
country are facing questions about free speech in classrooms and on campuses,
when students silence views with which they disagree, and hate speech threatens
to produce violence, the University of Pennsylvania’s Jonathan Zimmerman will
help us think through how college campuses should think about free speech on
campus. Drawing from his new co-authored book, The Case for Contention:
Teaching Controversial Issues in American Schools, Prof. Zimmerman will provide
guidance for administrators, professors, students, citizens, and activists.
· When, if ever, should speech be limited?
· How do universities respond to ideas that are
rejected by scholars?
· Are universities “free speech zones” or do
they have an obligation to favor expert knowledge grounded in research?
· How should universities respond to threats
facing free speech on campuses today?
JONATHAN ZIMMERMAN is Professor of
History of Education at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of
Education. In addition to The Case for Contention, he is author of Campus
Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know (2016). He writes regularly for the New
York Review of Books, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and other major
media outlets.
This event is
sponsored by the President’s Office, the Office of the Provost, the College of
Humanities and Social Sciences, the Karen W. Morse Institute for Leadership,
the Ray Wolpow Institute for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Crimes
against Humanity, WWU Associated Students, and the History, Political Science,
Secondary Education, and Sociology departments.
WWU is an equal opportunity institution.
For
disability accommodation contact Johann Neem (360) 650-2511.
