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Thursday, February 27, 2003
Should Academics Be Interested in Social Change and Justice?
The George Washington University’s 9th annual Human Sciences Conference, "Academic Labor and the New Politics of Consensus," will confront the emerging criticism of the intellectual and the university since Sept. 11. Should intellectuals serve the larger community? Should academics be interested in social change and justice? Is academic freedom threatened by a new politics of consensus? What is academic labor worth? These are just a few of the many important questions that will be discussed.
The conference will be held Feb. 28 – March 1, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day, at the Mount Vernon Campus of George Washington University. For more information, including directions, call 202/994-6134 or 202/518-7414, send an e-mail, or click here.
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