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>Subject: CFP: Censorship and Academic Freedom (9/15/05; NEMLA, 3/2/06-3/5/06)
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>From: "Douglas Howard" <[log in to unmask]>
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>Submissions are invited for a session on Censorship and Academic Freedom
>at the 2006 NEMLA conference in Philadelphia, PA., March 02 - March 05,
>2006.
>
>From the Ward Churchill controversy to the Patriot Act and the Academic
>Bill of Rights, college campuses and classrooms have increasingly become
>the focus of the censorship debate. This panel will examine the various
>ways in which that debate is being played out and explore faculty
>responses to the issues, both within and beyond their classes.  Are
>there certain subjects that should be avoided or ignored or should
>colleges entertain even the most offensive possibilities in the name of
>free speech?
>
>Possible paper topics may include, but are by no means limited to:
>The teaching of controversial literature and banned books
>The use of offensive language in class
>The Academic Bill of Rights
>The Patriot Act and the college library
>Student and faculty codes of conduct
>Faculty and administrative responses to censorship
>Censorship and popular culture.
>
>Abstracts (250-500 words) and a brief bio should be submitted (in MS
>Word format) by September 15, 2005 to: Dr. Douglas L. Howard
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