
The Impact of Book Bans on Higher Education
While book bans themselves remain sadly frequent across the United States, increasingly those efforts have zeroed in on campuses.
11 months agoA space to explore, share and shape the issues facing social and behavioral scientists
While book bans themselves remain sadly frequent across the United States, increasingly those efforts have zeroed in on campuses.
11 months agoThe webinar “What’s the role of the Higher Ed community in supporting intellectual freedom?” — held as part of Banned Books Week — brought together academics to examine these issues.
1 year agoBanned Books Week is an annual event, typically held the last week of September, celebrating the freedom to read. The […]
1 year agoEach year since 1982 the American Library Association has spearheaded a celebration of books that have been suppressed or banned. Two authors of banned books, a sociologist and the deputy editor of ‘Index on Censorship’ discusses banned books in this archived webinar.
5 years agoThe same day that the U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions called for “a national recommitment to free speech on campus” before an audience at Georgetown University, the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom, SAGE Publishing, and Index on Censorship magazine hosted a webinar on “Disinvited Speakers and Academic Freedom.”
6 years ago