The Forum for the Academy and the Public is pleased to announce our 2016 conference, Freedom of Expression in a Changing World: What Cannot Be Said, which will take place on January 22nd, 23rd, and 24th at the UCI and USC campuses.
Timed to coincide with the first anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris, this conference will look at the changing parameters of freedom of expression in a rapidly shifting world. We’ll be talking about freedom of expression on campus, and about the digital era, the law, and freedom of expression. Another panel will address problems of freedom of expression and journalism in conditions of repression. A further panel will address the conflicts and possible concords between freedom of expression and religious belief. Edward Snowden will appear via the web in conversation with his biographer, the prize-winning American journalist and author Barton Gellman. The Atlantic’s Caitlin Flanagan, NPR’s Krista Tippett, and Zunar, the embattled Malaysian cartoonist, will be among the many brilliant and insightful participants. Steve Mumford, whose outstanding paintings of secure locations off-limits to photojournalists have broken the boundaries of repression, will be speaking and presenting his work. There will be a roundtable of notable political cartoonists discussing their drawings, censorship, and self-censorship. Sandra Tsing Loh and Azhar Usman will perform stand-up with Q&A after their performances about the extent of comedians’ freedom of expression. The conference will end with a rap performance by well known artists, and a discussion of the limits of lyrics.
The event is open to students and the public.
Sponsors include:
School of Law, UCI
School of Humanities, UCI
Humanities Commons, UCI
Literary Journalism Program, UCI
The Los Angeles Review of Books
The USC Office of the Provost
USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Center for Asian Studies, UCI
Institute for International, Global and Regional Studies, UCI
Newkirk Center for Science and Society, UCI
Center for Law, History and Culture’s Program on Religious Accommodation, USC
Annenberg Knight Program for Media & Religion, USC
The Levan Institute for Humanities and Ethics, USC
Center for Islamic Thought, Culture and Practice, USC
English Department, USC
Center for the Study of Religion, UCLA
Department of English, UCLA
Department of History, UCLA
The Sady and Ludwig Kahn Chair in Jewish History, UCLA
Participants:
Lalo Alcaraz, political cartoonist
Matt Bors, political cartoonist
Steve Brodner, political cartoonist
Rabbi Sharon Brous
Richard Burt, professor, University of Florida
William J. Dobson, political editor, Slate
Caitlin Flanagan, The Atlantic
Barton Gellman, author
Barry Glassner, president, Lewis & Clark College
Sherman Jackson, King Faisal Chair of Islamic Thought and Culture, USC
David Kaye, UN Special Rapporteur/Freedom of Expression
Nina Khrushcheva, author, professor, The New School
Laila Lalami, author, professor UC Riverside
Louisa Lim, author, former NPR Beijing bureau chief
Rebecca Mackinnon, Global Voices, Internet freedom advocate
Saree Makdisi, author, professor, UCLA Comparative Literature
Steve Mumford, artist
David Myers, author, professor, UCLA History
Brendan O’Neill, editor, Spiked Online
David Palumbo-Liu, author, professor, Stanford Comparative Literature
Barry Siegel, author, UCI Literary Journalism Program
Paul Smith, attorney
Edward Snowden
Nadine Strossen, professor, New York Law School
Ann Telnaes, political cartoonist
Krista Tippet, NPR, On Being
Sandra Tsing Loh, author, radio commentator, playwright, actress, comedian
Azhar Usman, comedian
Jeff Wasserstrom, author, professor, UCI History
Amy Wilentz, author, professor, UCI Literary Journalism Program
Zunar, political cartoonist
UCI sponsors/participants:
Erwin Chemerinsky, Erika Hayasaki, David Kaye, Arlene Keizer, Barry Siegel, Georges van den Abbeele, Amy Wilentz (awilentz@uci.edu), Jeff Wasserstrom
Los Angeles Review of Books sponsor/participant:
Tom Lutz
UCLA sponsor/participant:
David Myers
USC sponsors/participants:
Jody Armour
Sherman Jackson
Nomi Stolzenberg