Category Archives: Academic freedom

Fighting Antisemitism Means Defending Free Speech

Posted on 01/09/2026 by Brett Ashley Kaplan

While we were hopeful that local, statewide, national, and international opposition to the war in Gaza and to the starvation of its citizens that resulted in the October 10, 2025 ceasefire would make peace, since then both sides have broken … Continue reading →

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Academic Freedom Cases at the U of I, Part 2

Posted on 02/10/2023 by Belden Fields

In the October/November issue of the Public i, I discussed two cases in which the University faced pressure to dismiss professors because of their speech or extramural writing. These cases go back to the 1960s but have recently been resurrected … Continue reading →

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Two Academic Freedom Cases at the U of I Revisited

Posted on 11/04/2022 by Belden Fields

Late last year, the University of Illinois Press published Dangerous Ideas on Campus by Matthew Ehrlich. It is an excellent book on two professors at the U of I, one of whom was fired, while the other was not. The … Continue reading →

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