At a moment that brings unprecedented threats to higher education and academic freedom in the US coupled with existential challenges to institutional norms and democratic institutions, join the Illinois Chapter of American Association of University Professors for an event with W.D. and Sara E. Trowbridge Professor of History, Peter Fritzsche, and visiting scholar in law, philosophy, and Russian and Eurasian studies, Maxim Krupiskiy. After 20 minute talks from these leading experts, the 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.