Date, Time, and Location
October 17-23, 2022
Various times
Honors College
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The OU Honors College will sponsor a teach-in that features a series of discussions and workshops on topics related to free speech. Specific sessions will examine free speech in relation to critical race theory, sexual identity, and the impacts of Oklahoma's HB 1775 on public education.
Date, Time, and Location
October 17, 2022
11 am – 1 pm
South Oval
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The Division of DEI will interview OU community members of what free speech means to them. This is an opportunity for participants to share their voice and highlight the diversity of OU in relation to the first amendment.
Date, Time, and Location
October 17, 2022
3 pm
Meacham Auditorium, Oklahoma Memorial Union
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"Free Speech on Campus:
What Is Its Role?"
Dr. Donald Downs
Professor Emeritus
University of Wisconsin, Madison
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"Defending Freedom of Expression
on College Campuses”
Allison Stanger
Russell Leng ’60 Professor of International Politics and Economics
Middlebury College
Date, Time, and Location
October 18, 2022
3 pm
Beaird Lounge, Oklahoma Memorial Union
Details
OU will host a discussion featuring Harvard law professor, author, and constitutional scholar Noah Feldman, who will discuss threats to free speech in the age of social media. Lecture with reception to follow.
Date, Time, and Location
October 20, 2022
1:30 pm
Gaylord 1140, Auditorium
Details
This OU Free Speech Week panel discussion will focus on similarities, differences and the current state of freedom of speech in regions around the world. Panelists will include Feroz Bashari, a senior director of Communications to the president of Afghanistan; Zeeshan Khan, an actor, content creator and story teller from the north of Pakistan who is also known as Celebrity Soul; Rad Sharar Bin Kamal, a content specialist from Bangladesh; Shabnam Farook, a former editor and freelance journalist from Sri Lanka; Sibongile Mpofu, a former print journalist now a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Journalism and Media Studies at the National University of Science and Technology in Zimbabwe; and Gaylord Associate Dean Elanie Steyn, a native of South Africa. Gaylord Media Law and History Prof. Robert Kerr will moderate. This event is co-sponsored by the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication and the OU College of Law. A reception afterward will provide information on law-school opportunities, hosted by Prof. Joe Thai, Associate Dean for Research and Enrichment at OU Law.
Date, Time, and Location
Ongoing
Online
Details
For the academic calendar year, the OU community will have access to view the report, "Free Speech, Internet Privacy and the 'Right to Be Forgotten."
"Free Speech, Internet Privacy and the 'Right to Be Forgotten'" Report
