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Who has the right to speak on campus? Joan Scott, Professor Emerita at the Institute for Advanced Study and one of America's foremost historians, speaks about free speech on campus, Charlottesville, the difference between academic freedom and a blanket rule permitting all opinions to be debated, and the role of the university in educating students and citizens to make such distinctions. Scott is the author of many books, including Sex and Secularism, The Fantasy of Feminist History, The Politics of the Veil, Gender and the Politics of History, and the landmark article, "Gender: A Useful Category of Historical Analysis," which ranks among one of the most widely cited and most influential essays on history and methodology to date.
Harry Kreisler welcomes historian Joan Wallach Scott who traces her intellectual odyssey and recalls the impact of the women's movement on her research and teaching. She describes the intellectual influences that led her to write the now classic article, "Gender: A Useful Category of Historical Analysis." She also discusses the utility of critical history for elucidating contemporary policy debates with a focus on her recent book "The Politics of the Veil," an analysis of the political, cultural, and social factors that led to the French ban on the wearing of the veil by Muslim young women in public schools. Series: "Conversations with History" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 16278]
Harry Kreisler welcomes historian Joan Wallach Scott who traces her intellectual odyssey and recalls the impact of the women's movement on her research and teaching. She describes the intellectual influences that led her to write the now classic article, "Gender: A Useful Category of Historical Analysis." She also discusses the utility of critical history for elucidating contemporary policy debates with a focus on her recent book "The Politics of the Veil," an analysis of the political, cultural, and social factors that led to the French ban on the wearing of the veil by Muslim young women in public schools. Series: "Conversations with History" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 16278]
Harry Kreisler welcomes historian Joan Wallach Scott who traces her intellectual odyssey and recalls the impact of the women's movement on her research and teaching. She describes the intellectual influences that led her to write the now classic article, "Gender: A Useful Category of Historical Analysis." She also discusses the utility of critical history for elucidating contemporary policy debates with a focus on her recent book "The Politics of the Veil," an analysis of the political, cultural, and social factors that led to the French ban on the wearing of the veil by Muslim young women in public schools. Series: "Conversations with History" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 16278]
Harry Kreisler welcomes historian Joan Wallach Scott who traces her intellectual odyssey and recalls the impact of the women's movement on her research and teaching. She describes the intellectual influences that led her to write the now classic article, "Gender: A Useful Category of Historical Analysis." She also discusses the utility of critical history for elucidating contemporary policy debates with a focus on her recent book "The Politics of the Veil," an analysis of the political, cultural, and social factors that led to the French ban on the wearing of the veil by Muslim young women in public schools. Series: "Conversations with History" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 16278]