WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29th, 2008

6:00 pm - 7:15 pm
Session I. Founding of The New School and the University in Exile

Liberty and Fear: Reflections on The New School’s Founding Moments (1919 and 1933)
[Read Ira Katznelson's presentation at The New School for Social Research site]
Ira Katznelson, Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History, Columbia University; Former Dean, The New School for Social Research
Bob Kerrey, President, The New School

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30th, 2008

10:00 am - 12:45 pm
Session II. Academic Freedom and the Origins and Role of the Research University

Freedom, Pedagogy, and Inquiry in the University and Outside
Akeel Bilgrami, Johnsonian Professor of Philosophy, Director, Heyman Center for the Humanities, Columbia University

How and Why Academic Freedom Became a Canonical Value
Robert M. O'Neil, Director, Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, University of Virginia School of Law; Professor of Law Emeritus, University Professor Emeritus

Who Has Academic Freedom, Who Protects It and Why?
Joan Wallach Scott, Professor in the School of Social Science, Institute for Advanced Studies

Academic Freedom and Emerging Research Universities in the Present>
Ahmed Bawa, Distinguished Lecturer in Physics and Astronomy, Hunter College, City University of New York; former Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Research, University of KwaZulu-Natal

Discussion Between Speakers, then Discussion with Audience

Session Moderator: Jonathan Veitch, Associate Professor of Literature and History, Former Dean, Eugene Lang College, The New School for Liberal Arts

12:45 pm - 2:00 pm BREAK

2:00 pm - 4:45 pm
Session III. Free Inquiry under Conditions of Duress

McCarthyism and Academic Freedom: A Past Threat to the Core Values of the University
Ellen W. Schrecker, Professor of History, Yeshiva University

Academic Freedom under Political Duress: Israel and Palestine
Itzhak Galnoor, Herbert Samuel Professor of Political Science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Deputy Chair, Israel’s Council on Higher Education; Associate, The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute
Khalil Shikaki, Director, Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research; Associate Professor of Political Science, Bir Zeit University

Structural Transformation of the Research University: Finance, Context, and Demography
Craig Calhoun, President, Social Science Research Council; University Professor of the Social Sciences, New York University

The Offshore American University: Risk and Uncertainty in The Overseas Market
Arjun Appadurai, John Dewey Distinguished Professor in the Social Sciences, Senior Advisor for Global Initiatives, The New School

Discussion Between Speakers, then Discussion with Audience

Session Moderator: James E. Miller, Chair, Liberal Studies Program, and Professor of Political Science, The New School for Social Research

4:45 pm - 6:00 pm      BREAK

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Session IV. Keynote Event
Endangered Scholars from Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Belarus, and China
in conversation with Aryeh Neier, President, Open Society Institute

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31st, 2008

10:00 am - 12:45 pm
Session V. Institutionalizing Free Inquiry in Universities during Regime Transitions

South Africa
Andre du Toit, Emeritus Professor of Political Studies, University of Cape Town

India
Deepak Nayyar, Distinguished University Professor of Economics, The New School for Social Research; Former Vice Chancellor, University of Delhi

Free Inquiry in China’s Universities
Merle Goldman, Professor Emerita of History, Boston University

European Post-Communist States: The Early Years of Central European University
Alfred Stepan, Wallace S. Sayre Professor of Government, Director, Center for the Study of Democracy, Toleration and Religion, Columbia University; First Rector, Central European University

Research Universities in Modern Russia
Sergei Guriev, Associate Professor of Economics and Rector, New Economic School, Moscow, Russia

Discussion Between Speakers, then Discussion with Audience

Session Moderator: Ronald Kassimir, Associate Provost for Curriculum and Research, The New School

12:45 pm - 2:00 pm      BREAK

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Session VI. Free Inquiry and Academic Freedom
A Panel Discussion among Academic Leaders

Robert M. Berdahl, President, Association of American Universities; Former Chancellor, University of California, Berkeley

Hanna Holborn Gray, Former President, University of Chicago

Anthony W. Marx, President, Amherst College

Charles M. Vest, Former President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Joseph W. Westphal, Provost, The New School; Former Chancellor, University of Maine

Discussion Between Speakers, then Discussion with Audience

Session Moderator: Bob Kerrey, President, The New School