July 01, 2022
The Network in Defense of Historical Truth and Academic Freedom and Kritika Kultura invite the academic community and the public to On Academic Freedom, Historical Revisionism, and Red-Tagging on July 6, 2022, Wednesday, 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (PST), on Zoom (register here) and Facebook (facebook.com/KritikaKultura).
This is the first in a series of webinars and similar fora planned by the Network in Defense of Historical Truth and Academic Freedom. It is aimed at addressing how free academic inquiry on historical revisionism (and disinformation) is or can be disabled by the state’s strategy of red-tagging, arguing for academic freedom as the absolute precondition for the critical interrogation of, and knowledge-production on, any subject of concern to the public and the academe. The speakers will delve into the following topics:
Academic Freedom
Michael Tan
Professor Emeritus and Former Chancellor, University of the Philippines Diliman
Disinformation and the Academe
Fatima Gaw
Assistant Professor of Mass Communication, University of the Philippines Diliman
Historical Amnesia/Revisionism
Francis Gealogo
Professor of History, Ateneo de Manila University
Red-Tagging
Arnold Alamon
Associate Professor, Mindanao State University–Iligan Institute of Technology
Academic Freedom: A Testimonial
Francisco Nemenzo, Jr.
Professor Emeritus and Former President, University of the Philippines System
Dr. Nemenzo’s speech will be read by Dr. Oscar V. Campomanes, a co-convenor of the Network and Associate Professor at the Department of English, Ateneo de Manila University. The webinar, which will also be the formal launch of the Network, will be moderated by Dr. Michael Pante, Associate Professor at the Department of History, ADMU.