Threats to Academic Freedom from Without and Within: Sources and Solutions

2nd Annual CensureUofT Lecture on November 16, 2023, was given by Kenneth Roth, Former Executive Director of Human Rights Watch and Visiting Professor at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs.  

 

Academic freedom is an endangered concept. There have always been external antagonists from among governments, corporations, or donors, but today many threats also come from within universities. Having himself experienced academic retaliation for his criticism of the Israeli government, Kenneth Roth, the former long-time director of Human Rights Watch, described some of the steps needed to reinforce academic freedom.  

 

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