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SUMMARY:Why debating matters in an era of cancel culture
DESCRIPTION:This event is free\, but please register using the form below. \nThe rise of cancel culture has made many nervous about free expression and open debate. Even though academic freedom is a core value – and a legal duty – of universities\, many students – and even academics – report they self-censor; student societies often encounter problems in terms of inviting diverse speakers. \nIn one such example of the constraints on debate and free speech on campus\, last year\, Academy of Ideas director\, Claire Fox was invited to speak at Royal Holloway’s Debating Society. Yet an invite to talk about the importance of debate was then turned into a bureaucratic nightmare – with risk assessments\, safeguarding checks and other onerous procedures enforced by the students’ union. Eventually\, the students’ union successfully put the Society under pressure to cancel the event – ostensibly because Claire retweeted a clip of Ricky Gervais satirising the gender wars. \nIn this special Living Freedom University Salon at University of Cambridge\, Claire will give the talk on ‘why debating matters’ that was intended for Royal Holloway students. This is followed by a conversation with Omar Loubak\, a student and former organiser of the debating society at Royal Holloway. \nSPEAKERS\n\nClaire Fox\ndirector\, Academy of Ideas; independent peer\, House of Lords; author\, I STILL Find That Offensive! \nOmar Loubak\nDebating Society\, Royal Holloway University of London \nCHAIR\nJames Orr\nassociate professor of Philosophy of Religion\, University of Cambridge \nVENUE\nNewton Room\, The Pitt Building\, Trumpington Street\, Cambridge\, CB2 1RP\nREGISTER\nPlease enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.Name *FirstLastEmail *Submit
URL:https://livingfreedom.org.uk/event/why-debating-matters-in-an-era-of-cancel-culture-cambridge
LOCATION:Cambridge University – The Pitt Building\, Trumpington St\,\, Cambridge\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:University Salon
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