“Where the hell did he get automatic weapons?”
At Wesleyan, we can inform ourselves about the role of guns in our history this semester at the Shasha Seminar for Human Concerns.
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Reflecting Again on Free Speech on Campus
The Washington Post asked me to review this slim book on free speech by two senior administrators at the University of California. I repost it here.
We Must Not Turn Back the Clock on Sexual Assault
We in higher education must protect the rights of the accused without relaxing the civil rights imperative to eliminate sexual assault as a part of campus culture.
Free Speech and Inclusion
Now that the academic year is underway, I am often asked about how Wesleyan handles controversy – from government policies that affect higher ed to campus speakers who take unpopular positions.
“If you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention.”
These were, according to several reports, the words of a recent Facebook post by Heather Heyer, killed yesterday in an act of domestic terrorism.
Summer at Wesleyan’s Center for the Arts
The Wesleyan campus has summer sessions, sports camps, and many researchers from mid-June through mid-August, but it does become a quiet place for a few months. Not so the arts on campus…
Thesis Writers Working Through Break
Good luck to all the students working hard as spring “break” comes to an end!
Pankaj Mishra’s “Age Of Anger”
Pankaj Mishra’s new book, :Age of Anger: A History of the Present,” will be the subject of his Jacob Julien Lecture at Wesleyan on Wednesday, March 1 at 8 p.m. at the Russell House.
Campus Update
In the past few days a few Wesleyan students have received racist, threatening messages. This is completely unacceptable…
Normalized Nastiness
The election season is finally coming to an end. I published this short essay at the end of last week in Inside Higher Education.