Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. 32nd Annual Davis, Markert, Nickerson Lecture on Academic and Intellectual Freedom (February 6, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103267 103267-21806716@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 6, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Hutchins Hall
Organized By: Faculty Senate

The annual lecture is named for three U-M faculty members—Chandler Davis, Clement Markert, and Mark Nickerson—who in 1954 were called to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee. All invoked constitutional rights and refused to answer questions about their political associations. The three were suspended from the University with subsequent hearings and committee actions resulting in the reinstatement of Markert, an assistant professor who eventually gained tenure, and the dismissal of Davis, an instructor, and Nickerson, a tenured associate professor.

Monday, February 6, 2023
4 pm – 5:30 pm

University of Michigan Law School
Honigman Auditorium
100 Hutchins Hall
625 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Jan 2023 08:28:12 -0500 2023-02-06T16:00:00-05:00 2023-02-06T17:30:00-05:00 Hutchins Hall Faculty Senate Lecture / Discussion Jamelle Bouie
33rd Annual Davis, Markert, Nickerson Lecture on Academic and Intellectual Freedom (November 9, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/113946 113946-21831950@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 9, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Hutchins Hall
Organized By: Faculty Senate

Across the country, state legislators are increasingly making clear their intentions to pass laws to tighten control over — or outright censor — public education in schools, colleges and universities. On campuses, this movement threatens to upend commitments to the free exchange of ideas and institutional autonomy in curricular, research, and hiring decisions, putting academic freedom in peril. Professors are already attesting to a chilled climate, in which they have become concerned with running afoul of new laws delimiting teaching about race, gender, American history, and LGBTQ+ identities. This talk will summarize the current state of play concerning this rising menace, why it must be confronted, and how the higher education community has a unique role to play in communicating this anti-democratic threat to the public. It will offer a clarion call and suggestions for how to create campuses that serve academic freedom for all in the lead up to the 2024 election and beyond.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 16 Oct 2023 10:47:40 -0400 2023-11-09T16:00:00-05:00 2023-11-09T17:30:00-05:00 Hutchins Hall Faculty Senate Lecture / Discussion Jonathan Friedman