Conference Schedule
08:30–09:15 Registration and refreshments
09:15–09:40 Opening remarks and greetings
- Roy Peled, Organizing Committee
- Ruthy Lowenstein Lazar, Dean
- Orna Ben-Naftali, Emile Zola Chair for Human Rights
09:45–11:00 Presentation Panels
Panel 1A – Mutual Expectations: The University and its Professors
Moderator: Roy Peled
- Colleen Eren – Survey of Faculty on Political‑Statement‑Making & Academic Freedom
- Ken Levy – LSU and Me: Profanity, Political Speech, and Academic Freedom
- Nick Wolfinger – Professors Speak Out: 20 Case Studies
Panel 1B – Theory and Ethics of Campus Free Speech Regulation
Moderator: Manal Totry-Jubran
- Sharona Aharoni‑Goldenberg & Gerry Leisman – Balancing Clashing Scholars’ Academic Freedoms
- Lilach Litor & Hadara Bar‑Mor – Government‑Assisted Codes for Campus Speech in Wartime (Israel)
- Moran Svorai – Academic Freedom as an Ethical Obligation
11:00-11:15 Coffee Break
11:15–12:45 Presentation Panels
Panel 2A – Comparative Legal Developments in Campus Free Speech
Moderator: Maya Steinitz
- Rachel Biaz – Collective‑Bargaining & Academic Freedom in Canada
- Joe Cohn – Title VI, Antisemitism & Federal Leverage
- Andy Lester – The Oklahoma Free Speech Committee: An Experiment in the Systematic, System-Wide Protection of Individual Expression Rights
- Pnina Levine – Regulating Anti‑Israel Speech in Australian Universities While Upholding Academic Freedom
Panel 2B – The University as a Community of Speakers
Moderator: Neta Ziv
- Sharon Avraham‑Weiss, Tammy Rubel‑Lifshitz, Yael Ben‑David, Or Rappel‑Kroyzer – Navigating Between Freedom of Expression and Community Cohesion in Academia During War: An Organizational Perspective
- Muhammad Khalaila – The Role of Academic Institutions in a State of War: The Gaza‑Israel Conflict
- Guy Harpaz – Institutional Self‑Scrutiny under Polarization
- Merav Salomon & Liat Brix‑Etgar – How to Sit on a Barrel of Explosives, Play with Matches and NOT Blow Up: A Framework for a Diverse, Free, Safe & Vibrant Art & Design Campus
13:00–14:15 Luncheon and talk – Campus Leadership Experiences
Moderator: Ya’ara Bar-On, Vice President for DEI, College of Management and member of “BaSha’ar”
Barak Medina, former Provost, Hebrew University
Mark Shtaif, Provost, Tel-Aviv University
14:15–15:30 Presentation Panels
Panel 3A – Responding to pressure from within and outside: Society, Politics and Academic Freedom
Moderator: Adam Shinar
- Noah D. Drezner – Selective Scrutiny: Philanthropy & Free Speech
- Diane Klein – The Post‑Oct 7 Collapse of U.S. Academic‑Freedom Norms & Title VI Weaponization
- Elizabeth Weiss – Indigenous Control vs. Academic Inquiry
Panel 3B – Vulnerable Populations in Hostile Campus Environments
Moderator: Barak Medina
- Aleksandra Gliszczyńska‑Grabias – Jewish/Israeli Students in Europe as a Vulnerable Group
- Suzanne Rutland, Efrat Eilam & Andrew Markus – Self‑Censorship and Hiding Jewish Identity: The Experience of Australian Jewish University Students
- Manal Totry Jubran – Escalating Suppression: The Silencing of Palestinians in Israeli Academic Institutions during Wartime
15:30–15:45 Coffee break
15:45–16:45 Keynote Address – Nadine Strossen
John Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law Emerita at New York Law School;
Former President of the American Civil Liberties Union (1990-2008);
Senior Fellow, FIRE (Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression;
Advisory Council member, Heterodox Academy