Thursday, October 3rd Forum: Can We Talk? Dialogue and Debate in the Contemporary Academy
Register now for Thursday’s Forum 2019: Can We Talk? Dialogue and Debate in the Contemporary Academy
From BU Center for the Humanities Director, Prof Susan Mizruchi:
Forum 2019 will explore one of the biggest challenges facing universities today: the question of how to promote honest intellectual exchange. In seeking a topic that would serve the Boston University community we concluded that no subject was of greater moment than free speech and open debate within our own institutional borders. Any academic environment depends on its capacity to generate and articulate ideas, while protecting the rights of its various members—faculty, students, administrators, staff—to express and defend those ideas. This capacity,
and its status as a value, has become a point of controversy on college campuses and a focus of public discourse. Our purpose in convening this forum is to address the very subjects that are neglected because they are difficult and generate conflict. We hope that our dialogue about dialogue will provide a model of open discussion for the larger academic community and the public.
For more information, please see the BUCH Forum 2019 Brochure.
To register: Center for the Humanities Forum 2019 Registration.