At a moment that brings unprecedented threats to higher education and academic freedom 10 the US, coupled with existential challenges to institutions norms and democratic institutions, please join the AAUP Illinois Local Chapter to discuss how and why authoritarian programs seek to dismantle universities.
Speakers:
Peter Fritzsche, W. D. and Sara E. Trowbridge Professor of History and Author of Hitler’s First Hundred Days: When Germans Embraced the Third Reich
Maxim Krupskiy, Russian Human Rights Attorney, Visiting Scholar in Law, Philosophy and Russian and Eurasian Studies
Moderated by Robin Kar, Professor of Law & Philosophy, President of the U of I chapter of the AAUP
After 20-minute talks from these leading experts, this webinar will allow time for Q&A and invite participants to share their own concerns or experiences relevant to current social, cultural, and political developments