Resources for Thinking about Academic Freedom and Free Speech

Journal on Academic Freedom

Academic Freedom and Free Speech

• Joan Scott, “On Free Speech and Academic Freedom”
• Wendy Brown, “The Big Picture: Defending Society”
• Chris Newfield, “Feeding a Dangerous Fiction”
• David Palumbo- Liu, “Why We Have Free Speech on University Campuses”
• Judith Butler, “Limits on Free Speech?”
• Judith Butler, “The Criminalization of Knowledge, Why the struggle for academic freedom is the struggle for democracy
• Bettina Aptheker, “Free Speech! Hold Firm! We must protect and affirm the first and 14th amendment with everything we have”
• Robert Post, Professor of Law, Yale Law School: “There is No 1st Amendment Right to Speak on a College Campus”
• Masha Gessen, “Does the Far Right Have a Place at Academic Conferences?”
• Heckler’s Veto Case Law as a Resource for Democratic Discourse

Academic Freedom and Gender Issues

• The Assault on Gender and Gender Studies

Academic Freedom and the Research Environment

• National Security, the Assault on Science, and Academic Freedom
• Bill McKibben’s, “Let’s Agree To Not Kill Each One Another” (NYT op-ed)

Responding to the Targeted Harassment of Faculty

• “We are all a single outrage campaign away from having no rights at all”
• One Faculty One Resistance Campaign (AAUP)

Thinking About the Impacts of Hateful Speech on Academic Environments

• UC Berkeley Faculty Open Letter Calling for Boycott of “Free Speech Week”
• The Case For Restricting Hate Speech
• U of T student group says racial violence and harassment a health and safety issue