A New Orleans professor was recently awarded a $45,000 grant to
support activities focusing on freedom of speech, especially at U.S. colleges and universities.
Chrs Surprenant, an associate professor of philosophy at the
University of New Orleans, is also founding director of the Alexis de
Tocqueville Project, an academic research, public policy and
educational programming center at the university that investigates
the history of Western political and moral thought.
“This topic is especially timely given recent political
developments and ongoing discussions on college campuses relating to
free speech, safe spaces and the aim of universities,” Surprenant
said.
The grant comes from the Institute for Humane Studies at George
Mason University. It will be used to support several scholarly events,
including a university panel discussion later this month with Thomas Cushman, a
professor of sociology at Wellesley College, and Peter Wood,
president of the National Association of Scholars.
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