Events

Banned Books Silent Read-In

11:30-1:30pm: City Lit Books on the Chopping Block performance City Lit Books on the Chopping Block

11:30-1:30pm: City Lit Books on the Chopping Block performance City Lit Books on the Chopping Block

Fara Dabhoiwala, "What Is Free Speech?: The History of a Dangerous Idea”

Fara Dabhoiwala, "What Is Free Speech?: The History of a Dangerous Idea”

University of Chicago Banned Books Initiative

University of Chicago Banned Books Initiative

Friday, September 4, 2026, | 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Zoom webinar featuring Professor Leonard Bright, Professor of Public Service and Administration and AAUP Chapter President at Texas A&M University. Dr. Bright will provide an update on the current situation at Texas A&M University and discuss recent developments related to faculty governance, curriculum oversight, and...

“Academic Freedom and Constitutional Rights in a Time of Crisis”: A Constitution Day Discussion with Geoffrey Stone and Valerie C. Johnson.  Join us for a timely and engaging Constitution Day discussion featuring Professor Geoffrey Stone and Professor Valerie Johnson. We encourage departments, campuses, and local AAUP chapters to organize watch parties and engage colleagues, students,...

Banned Books Week is October 4-10, 2026. Many campuses, including North Central College, will be holding events. See the Chicago Banned Books Week site for a list of activities.

On Saturday, Nov. 7 at 11am, members of the Illinois AAUP will be on a panel discussing academic freedom at the Illinois Political Science Association at Harper College, email ipsaproposals@gmail.com to register and attend.

Nov 9 Britt Paris (chair of the AAUP report on Artificial Intelligence and Academic Professions, who spoke at an IL AAUP zoom event earlier this year) of Rutgers will be speaking at 4:30pm at Northwestern’s University Hall 201 about her new book “Radical Infrastructure: Imagining the Internet from the Ground Up”