Contemporary Threats to Free Expression
A Symposium for College Professors
May 1-2, 2009
Capital Community College in Hartford, Connecticut
Friday, May 1
1:30 – 1:45 PM: Welcome (Don Noel and Joan Bertin)
1:45 – 3:15 PM: Historical overview of the development of contemporary First Amendment law (Chris Finan)
3:15 – 3:30 PM: Break
3:30 – 5:00 PM: Censorship in Culture and the Arts (Svetlana Mintcheva)
5:00 – 5:30 PM: Break
5:30 – 7:30 PM: Reception and dinner
7:30 – 10:00 PM: Film censorship (Frank Couvares), including screening (The People v. Larry Flynt) and moderated discussion
Saturday, May 2
8:30 – 9:00 AM: Continental breakfast
9:00 – 10:30 AM: Hate Speech (Nadine Strossen)
10:30 – 10:45 AM: Break
10:45– 12:15 PM: The Press in Crisis (Alan Neigher)
12:15 – 1:15 PM: Lunch
1:15 – 2:45 PM: New Media (John Palfrey)
2:45 – 3:00 PM: Break
3:00 – 4:30 PM: Student speech and academic freedom (Martin Margulies)
4:30 – 5:30 PM: Summing up: the First Amendment and today’s students (Nadine Strossen)
5:30 PM: Program ends