Dialogue & Action in an Age of Divides: Hate and Free Speech

Boston College, Boston University, Brandeis University, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Northeastern University, Tufts University, University of Massachusetts, and Wellesley University present the first session in the panel series, ” Dialogue & Action in an Age of Divides: Hate and Free Speech.”

In this session, panelists discuss the significance of free speech, and its limitations, in the context of controversies over the ways in which speech can relate to Anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and other identity-based racisms.

After exchanges among the panelists, the moderator will take questions from the virtual audience for each panel. The views expressed by the panelists and moderators are their own and are not statements representing the nine sponsoring institutions.

Moderator:
Roderick Ireland, Chief Justice (Ret.), Supreme Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and Distinguished Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Northeastern University

Panelists:
Kent Greenfield, Professor and Dean’s Distinguished Scholar, Boston College
Andrew Leong, Associate Professor of Philosophy, UMass Boston
Andrew Sellars, Clinical Associate Professor of Law, Boston University