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, please join us to discuss how and why authoritarian programs seek to dismantle universities.
- Date: Friday, April 25th, 2025
- Time: 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
- Where: Zoom
- Register here (required)
Speakers
Peter Fritzsche, W. D. and Sara E. Trowbridge
Professor of History and Author of Hitler’s First Hundred Days: When Germans Embraced the Third Reich
The University Professor in 1933
Looking at the university as a bastion of inquiry and a pillar of society, Fritzsche will highlight what happened in Nazi Germany and suggest broader implications.
Maxim Krupskiy
Russian Human Rights Attorney, Visiting Scholar in Law, Philosophy and Russian and Eurasian Studies
The Erosion of Academic Freedom under Contemporary Autocracy. A Russian case study
Using Putin’s Russia as an example, Krupskiy will
discuss the techniques contemporary autocrats use to suppress academic freedom.
Moderated by Robin Kar, Professor of Law & Philosophy, President of the UIUC chapter of the AAUP After 20-minute talks from these leading experts, this 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
Illinois Chapter Website: https://aaup-ui.org/home/
National Chapter Website: https://www.aaup.org