Free Inquiry at Risk: Universities in Dangerous Times

A Social Research Conference at The New School
Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the University in Exile
Free Inquiry at Risk:
Universities in Dangerous Times
Join us as a group of experts discuss trends that are reshaping universities around the world. What are the benefits and what are the risks to academic freedom and free inquiry as universities navigate rapid globalization, international collaborations, massification, corporate partnerships, growing franchises, regime change, and other conditions of duress?
Keynote Event: Aryeh Neier, President, Open Society Institute in conversation with endangered scholars from Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Belarus, and China.
The New School
Tishman Auditorium, Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall
66 West 12th Street, New York City
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, October 29th, 30th, and 31st, 2008

Conference Tickets: $30 ($10 for a single session)
Free for Full-time Students and New School Alumni

To register or for more information:
call 212.229.5776 x3121,
email socres@newschool.edu,

or visit us online at www.newschool.edu/freeinquiry.