Vincent Moscardelli

09:15 – 10:15 | Registration and Breakfast

10:15 – 10:25 | Introduction

10:25 – 11:10 | Devin James Lane (UNC Chapel Hill) - Should You Defer to Individual Experts?
Commentator: Kaley Rittichier

11:15 – 12:00 | John Madock (University of Florida) – Sturdy Beliefs
Commentator: Chad Hall

12:05 – 12:50 | Alice Hilder-Jarvis (University of Cambridge) - Gender Identities as Hermeneutic Frameworks
Commentator: Ananda Griffin

12:50 – 2:00 | Lunch

2:00 – 2:45 | Brant Entrekin (University of Tennessee, Knoxville) (online) - Allies and Intellectual Virtue Signaling
Commentator: Ayabulela Mhlahlo

2:50 – 3:35 | Minseok Kim (Syracuse Univesity) – Sparse First-orderism and Russell’s Paradox
Commentator: Özcan Karabağ

3:40 – 4:40 | Keynote: Linda Alcoff (CUNY) – The Persistence of Cultural Racism

The panel will address key themes including global tariffs and trade sanctions; staffing and budgetary changes at federal agencies responsible for social welfare programs; changes in health policy and program delivery; and changes in labor policies, with a focus on the rights of workers to organize, strike, and engage in collective bargaining.

Panelists

• Prof. Richard Langlois (Economics)
• Prof. Lyle Scruggs (Political Science)
• Prof. Emeritus, Thomas Buckley (Pharmacy)
• Prof. Michael Fischl (Law)

Moderator

• Prof. Shareen Hertel (Human Rights & Political Science)

Sponsors

This is event is hosted by the Economic & Social Rights Program of the Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute and is open to faculty, students and community members. 

We’re grateful for the co-sponsorship of the UConn Humanities Institute, Department of Political Science, and our UConn regional campus partners at Avery Point, Hartford, the School of Law, Stamford, and Waterbury.

Please RSVP at the link below to join us in-person in the Konover Auditorium of The Dodd Center for Human Rights. It will be made available by livestream at specific classroom spaces on UConn regional campuses.

Watch at UConn regional campuses (no need to register)

• UConn Avery Point: Library Study Room 3
• UConn Hartford: HTB MZ16
• UConn School of Law: Library 422
• UConn Stamford: DWTN 253
• UConn Waterbury: WTB 323

This is an Honors Event. See tags below for categories. #UHLevent11154

Roundtable Speakers:

Steven Calabresi, Clayton J. and Henry R. Barber Professor of Law, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law

Cristina Rodriguez, Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law, Yale Law School

Moderator:

Minor Myers, Professor of Law, UConn School of Law

A reception will precede the discussion. Light refreshments will be served.

RSVP HERE!

If you require a reasonable accommodation for a disability, please contact the Law School at 860-570-5079 or via email at law.studentservices@uconn.edu at least two weeks in advance.

This dialogue invites you into small group facilitated conversations with fellow faculty members to explore how academic freedom is understood and experienced across roles and campuses. Together, we’ll consider how it shapes our work, the challenges we encounter, and the kind of academic community we hope to cultivate.

Come be part of the conversation. Your voice matters.