Viernes 4 de octubre: 10:00 am PDT / 12:00 pm CDT / 1:00 pm EDT / 19:00 (Hora España)
Organiza y modera: Palmar Alvarez-Blanco
Descripción : Academic freedom and the freedom to learn are under threat on college campuses as never before. Drawing on her work of the rapidly proliferating DEI industry in higher education and on “divisive concepts” legislation in Florida, Amna Khalid will argue that these threats come from inside and outside of academia. For American higher education to survive this onslaught Khalid will emphasize the importance of making a positive case for academic freedom.
Invitada: Amna Khalid is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. She specializes in modern South Asian history, the history of medicine and the global history of free expression. Amna was a Fellow at the University of California National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement during the 2022-2023 academic-year, along with her Carleton colleague Jeff Snyder. They focused on threats to academic freedom in Florida, the state at the epicenter of the conservative movement to encourage state intervention in public school classrooms. Based on interviews Khalid and Snyder conducted with Florida faculty members, they submitted an amicus brief supporting the plaintiffs who are challenging the Stop WOKE Act.
