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First Amendment Workshop Session 1 – The Case Against Free Speech

Time

Friday, April 15 2022 at 9:00am

Location

Zoom

Zoom Recording

Traditional, liberal understandings of free speech and how much protection it should be afforded are an intensifying subject of debate in law, policy and education. This panel brings together diverse voices to debate the future of what constitutes free speech and how it should be encouraged.

Friday, April 15, 9-9:50 a.m. via Zoom

PANELISTS

  • Keith Whittington, Princeton
  • Anthony Leaker, Brighton, U.K.
  • Moderator: Brian Steffen, Simpson College

BIOGRAPHIES

Keith Whittington
Keith Whittington

 

Keith Whittington is William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Politics at Princeton University and the author of, among other works, Speak Freely: Why Universities Must Defend Free Speech.

 

 

Anthony Leaker
Anthony Leaker

 

Anthony Leaker teaches in the Centre for Applied Philosophy, Politics & Culture at the University of Brighton in the UK. He is the author of the book Against Free Speech.

 

 

 

Brian Steffen
Brian Steffen

 

Brian Steffen (moderator) is professor of multimedia communication at Simpson College. He has long taught the college’s Media Law course and has published and presented on free-speech issues.