‘You are not alone’ — UMN professors speak on academic freedom, free speech

What I Learned from My College Stasi File – The Daily Sceptic

When Prof Michael Rainsborough was cancelled over a lecture series on free speech it came, as befits the hushed corridors of academia, like a velvet cosh to the back of the head. Read what he learned in his Stasi file.

‘You are not alone’ — UMN professors speak on academic freedom, free speech

At least 100 people sat in the audience, and another 80 joined over Zoom to watch the public forum held by eight University of Minnesota professors on academic freedom and free speech on Thursday in the Cowles Auditorium of Humphrey Hall.  Eight professors, in fields ranging from microbiology to history, shared concerns over how speech has increasingly been restricted at the University. Michael Gallope, a professor in the department of Cultural …

Amid nationwide crackdown on speech in universities, Millsaps professor’s employment remains in flux

The morning after the 2024 presidential election, James Bowley canceled his class “to mourn and process this racist fascist country.” Millsaps fired him.

Academic Freedom Field Guide

This field guide offers a collection of resources designed to help faculty, and their supporters, respond to attacks at a time when the Trump administration, state governors and legislators, partisan activists, media outlets, congressional committees, and online trolls have targeted faculty for their teaching, research, and public speech. Link URL: programs/academic-freedom/center-defense-academic-freedom/academic-freedom-field-guideImage:  AFG-…