Join us for this event featuring the work and perspectives of linguists and linguistic anthropologists as well as legal scholars, college administrators, cultural anthropologists, and journalists.
Schedule
9:30 a.m. | Introductory Keynote
David Cole, National Legal Director, ACLU
10:10 a.m. | Coffee Break
10:30 a.m. | Morning Session: Keywords
Academic Freedom
Nicholas DeGenova, Independent Scholar
Campus Activism
Sa’ed Atshan, Professor, Swarthmore College,
The Law on Campus
Abner Greene, Professor, Fordham University
11:30 a.m. | Panel
Moderator: Janet McIntosh, Professor, Brandeis Unviersity
12 p.m. | Lunch Break
2 p.m. | Afternoon Session: Situations on the Ground
Introduction
Danilyn Rutherford, Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research
Teaching Anti-Racism
Renee Blake, Professor, NYU
Speech Codes
Mariam Durrani, Professor, Hamilton College
Protesting the State
Eva-Marie Dubuisson, Professor, Boğaziçi University
3 p.m. | Panel
Moderator: Asale Angel-Ajani, Professor, City College of New York
3:45 p.m. | Wrap-Up Keynote
Lane Greene, Language Columnist, The Economist
This event is free and open to the public. If you have any questions, please contact Ayala Fader at [email protected].
Sponsors: New York Academy of Sciences, Anthropology Section | Society for Linguistic Anthropology | Fordham University, Department of Sociology and Anthropology | Fordham University, Dean’s Fund | Montclair State University, College of Humanities and Social Sciences | City College of New York, Colin Powell School of Civic and Global Leadership | New York University, Department of Anthropology
Organizers: Sonia Das, NYU | Elsa Davidson, Montclair State University | Ayala Fader, Fordham University | Irina Carlota Silber, City College of New York
This event is open to alumni, faculty/staff, students, and the public.