Challenging the New McCarthyism: A Conversation on Academic Freedom at CUNY and Beyond
Tuesday, August 26, 12:30pm – 2:00 pm
HyFlex – Woody Tanger Auditorium, Brooklyn College Library and on Zoom. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/46xAWhvbTU-3ycNJ-mpCSA#/registration
Join us for a conversation about the way the increasingly authoritarian political climate is shaping academic freedom and how we can fight back. Moderated by our Brooklyn College colleague Jeanne Theoharis, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, and featuring:
- Shana Redmond, Director of the Center for the Study of Social Difference and Professor of English and Comparative Literature and the Center for the Study of Ethnicity & Race (CSER) at Columbia University, former President of the American Studies Association
- Ellen Schrecker, Emerita Professor of History, Yeshiva University
- Chenjerai Kumanyika, Asst. Professor of Journalism at New York University, member of the National AAUP Governing Council
- Evan Rothman, Ph.D. student in History at the CUNY Graduate Center, Co-Chair, Graduate Center Chapter of PSC-CUNY
Published: August 19, 2025 | Last Modified: August 20, 2025
