Free Speech Dialogues

Greetings,

I want to let you know about a continuing series on the UT campus –Free Speech Dialogues – and its next event: a panel discussion on Freedom of Academic Speech.

Please help get the word out by advertising this event to your contacts and to interested students.

è Note: There is a related Essay Contest. First prize is $1500; second prize is $1000; third prize is $700. For more information: http://www.utexas.edu/cola/bbtobjectivism/essay-contest/free-speech.php

What:    A panel discussion

When:   Tuesday September 29th, 2015 –5:30-7:30 p.m.

Where: College of Liberal Arts Building (CLA) Room 1.302B
(located on the East Mall near San Jacinto Street)

Cost:      Free and open to the public

Dialogue Panelists: 

  • Robert O’Neil – Former President, University of Virginia
  • Steve Sanders – Professor, Indiana University, College of Law
  • Amy Gajda – Professor, Tulane University Law School

 

Format:

The format is audience-friendly:  brief presentations by the three guests, followed by about 40 minutes of interview-style dialogue, then a half hour of questions from the floor.

Panel Moderator: David Rabban – Professor, UT Law

Subject:

Panelists will consider such topics as: 

  • Speech Codes, Trigger Warnings
  • Civility – appropriate constraint? disguise for silencing?
  • Scholarly speech and private speech – is there a difference?
  • Controversial speakers on campus – who should be heard? And who shouldn’t be?
  • Do digital media change the rules?

Speaker bios and full information about the Free Speech Dialogues can be found at:

http://www.utexas.edu/cola/bbtobjectivism/free-speech-dialogues/freedom-of-academic-speech.php

If you have any questions or would like additional information, please contact Clair LaVaye at c.lavaye@utexas.edu.

Thanks very much for helping us get the word out.

Tara Smith

Professor, Philosophy

BB&T Chair for the Study of Objectivism

Free Speech… Let’s talk about it.