I recently came across information about this upcoming conference and I think it sounds facinating so I'm posting a description as I think readers may find it very interesting:
A Social Research Conference at The New School
FREE INQUIRY AT RISK: UNIVERSITIES IN DANGEROUS TIMES
A commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the University in Exile at The New School. Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, October 29, 30, and 31, 2008
Rapid globalization, international collaborations, massification, corporate partnerships, increasing number of franchises, regime change, and other conditions of duress are reshaping universities around the world. What are the benefits and what are the risks to academic freedom and free inquiry as universities navigate these trends? This conference will look backward at the role of academic freedom and free inquiry in research universities and forward to what the future may have in store.
John Tishman Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street, NYC
Full conference $30, $10 per session (Students are free)
contact socres@newschool.edu or 212-229-5776 x3121
for more information and to register: www.newschool.edu/FreeInquiry
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