National Conference on Academic Freedom
“Defending Academic Freedom, Promoting Equitable Universities”
University of California, San Diego
Thursday, April 13th 2006
Students and Scholars Mobilizing Against Repressive Times (SMART)
smart_ucsd@ucsd.edu, (619) 574.0886
http://acs.ucsd.edu/~smartweb/
*check website for updates
Location: PRICE CENTER, San Francisco/Santa Cruz Room
9:00-10:15
Attacks on Arab Professors & Middle East Studies Programs
Dr. Moustafa Bayoumi, CUNY-Brooklyn
Nadia Keilani, Arab American Anti-Discrimination Committee
10:30-11:45
Members of the Blacklisted UCLA “Dirty Thirty”
Dr. Saree Makdisi, Department of English
Dr. Christine Littleton, Law School
Location: PRICE CENTER, Gallery B
1:00-2:15
Downsizing Academic Freedom, Downsizing the University
Marcus Harvey, AAUP Assistant Secretary
Robert Samuels, AFT UC President
2:30-3:45
Workshop: Attacks on Student Organizations & Free Speech
Dr. Carole Kennedy, SDSU
Ruth Olsen-Jorgenson, UC Students Association
Will Parrish, UCSC Tent City Organizer
4:00-5:15
Workshop: Classroom Politics & Teaching Controversy
Dr. Jorge Mariscal, UCSD
5:30-6:45
Critical Focus: Attacks on Campus Equity
Affirmative Action, Student Support Programs, Curriculum Shifts
Location: WARREN LECTURE HALL 2005
7:30-8:15
Keynote Address: John K. Wilson
Founder of College Freedom (www.collegefreedom.org)
Author of The Myth of Political Correctness
8:15-9:00
Discussion: “Where Does Academic Freedom Go From Here?”
9:30-11:00
Film: Herbert’s Hippopotamus
Sponsored by UCSD GSA, Literature Department & Office of Diversity