Talks
Queer Histories, Legacies and Imaginings
Join us for a special event with writer Diana Souhami, artist Sadie Lee and art historian and writer Rebecca Birrell that considers the histories, legacies and imaginings of queer culture.
Academic freedom, context and positionality
Wed 3 December
Alison Richard Building
This seminar will bring global perspectives and experiences of academic freedom into dialogue. We will take a spectrum, experiential approach to academic freedom, one that considers the context and positionality of the scholar as key to the exercise of academic freedom. This is in contrast to the binary ‘have versus have-not approach’ that is common in Western academic debates (Jackson 2024). We will hear from scholars with diverse experiences of academic freedom, as well as about the problematics caused by remedies to violations of this right, which may be well-intentioned but are caught in structures such as the neoliberalisation of the university that perpetuate limitations to academic freedom (Özdemir, Mutluer & Özyürek 2019).
Speakers
Wesam Amer (CARA/SRF (Council for At-Risk Academics/Scholar Rescue Fund) Fellow, University of Cambridge)
Caroline Johnston (Mellon Research Fellow in American History, University of Cambridge)
Esra Özyürek (Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge)
Moderated by Ella McPherson (Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge).
This event is followed by drinks in the ARB atrium.
Cost: Free
Venue
| Address: | Alison Richard Building SG2 Sidgwick Site 7 West Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DT |
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