Part of the 2017-2018 lecture series, “Free Speech and Intellectual Diversity in Higher Education and American Society,” at Arizona State University.

Allison Stanger and Lucia Martinez Valdivia joined ASU on Monday, Feb. 12, 2018 for a discussion “Speech on Campus: When Protests Turn Extreme.” Where a series of questions were addressed. What led to the protests on their campuses? Why did Middlebury agree to host such a controversial speaker? What has been learned from these incidents? What are the limits of free speech protection for both speakers and protesters? How can other colleges and universities deal with the challenge of providing platforms for the exchange of ideas while also securing public safety? Have Americans lost the ability to disagree peacefully? As Stanger wrote, “Our constitutional democracy will depend on whether Americans can relearn how to engage civilly with one another.”

This event is another in the “Free Speech and Intellectual Diversity in Higher Education and American Society” series sponsored by the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership and co-sponsored by the Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the Sandra Day O’Connor School of Law at ASU.