The Chicago Forum Launch Event
The Chicago Forum officially launched in the Fall of 2023, bringing together leading voices from University of Chicago faculty, to guest scholars, from artists and thought leaders, to major civic organizations. This is just the beginning of an ambitious UChicago initiative. Watch the video highlights of the event here.
This is a beginning, not an end, and the Chicago Forum is a place for a constant struggle to improve the University's tradition of free inquiry and expression.
The President's Keynote Conversation with Cathy Cohen, Jonathan Haidt, Mary Dana Hinton and Nadine Strossen
Rising Illiberalisms: Tom Ginsburg with David French, Tracie D. Hall, Amanda Williams and Suzanne Nossel
Technology Challenges: Social Media and AI with Joshua Cohen, Brandi Collins-Dexter, Nick Feamster and Genevieve Lakier
An Arts and Free Expression Conversation with UChicago Board Chair David M. Rubenstein and Ayad Akhtar
Universities and the Wider World: Geoffrey R. Stone, Ben Wizner-ACLU, Alex Morey-FIRE, & Jeff Flier-Heterodox Academy
Speakers
Ayad AkhtarNovelist and Playwright
Paul AlivisatosPresident of the University of Chicago
David AxelrodSenior Advisor to the President of the University of Chicago
Richard BurrFormer Senator, North Carolina
Cathy CohenDistinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago
Joshua CohenDistinguished Senior Fellow, University of California, Berkeley
Brandi Collins-DexterFellow, Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center
Ross DouthatColumnist, The New York Times
Nick FeamsterProfessor of Computer Science, University of Chicago
Jeffrey FlierProfessor of Physiology and Medicine, Harvard University
David FrenchColumnist, The New York Times
Jonathan HaidtThomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership, NYU Stern School of Business
Tracie D. HallExecutive Director, American Library Assocation
Heidi HeitkampDirector, University of Chicago Institute of Politics
Mary Dana HintonPresident, Hollins University
Genevieve LakierProfessor of Law, University of Chicago
Alex MoreyDirector of Campus Rights Advocacy, FIRE
Suzanne NosselCEO, PEN America
David M. RubensteinCo-Founder and Co-Chairman of The Carlyle Group
Geoffrey R. StoneProfessor of Law, University of Chicago
Nadine StrossenSenior Fellow, Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE)
Amanda WilliamsVisual Artist and Architect
Ben WiznerDirector of the Speech, Privacy and Technology Project, ACLU
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