"You can't have social justice without intellectual freedom": Spring 2023 Symposium with Dr. Emily Knox
Recording now available! Join HxLibraries for our Spring 2023 Symposium with intellectual freedom, censorship, and book banning scholar Dr. Emily Knox on Feb. 23 for Freedom to Read Week.
Recording now available via Penn State University’s Mediaspace.
How should library workers navigate dual commitments to intellectual freedom and social progress?
How should information institutions respond to information disorder?
What information is communicated in content (aka “trigger”) warnings, and where are they used?
These are some of the questions Dr. Emily Knox explores in her research on intellectual freedom and censorship, information ethics, and information access.
Emily will explore the question “Why you can’t have social justice without intellectual freedom” for HxLibraries virtual Spring 2023 Symposium.
Join HxLibraries for our virtual Spring 2023 Symposium with Dr. Emily Knox during Freedom to Read Week on Thursday, February 23rd at 3pm CT via Zoom by registering (via Google Form).
About Dr. Emily Knox
Emily is an associate professor in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She holds a PhD in Communication, Information, and Library Studies from Rutgers University.
Emily is a widely cited scholar on topics related to intellectual freedom, including censorship, book banning, information policy, and information access. She is the author or editor of three books:
Foundations of Intellectual Freedom (2022, ALA Neal-Schuman)
Foundations of Information Ethics (with John T. F. Burgess, 2019, ALA Neal-Schuman)
Book Banning in 21st-Century America (2015, Rowman & Littlefield)
Her articles have appeared in Library Quarterly, Library and Information Science Research, Open Information Science, and the Journal of Intellectual Freedom and Privacy, where she currently serves as editor. Emily is also frequently interviewed in the popular media about book banning and censorship.
Learn more about Dr. Emily Knox.
About HxLibraries
Heterodox Libraries (HxLibraries) is a disciplinary community of Heterodox Academy, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quality of research and education in universities by increasing open inquiry, viewpoint diversity, and constructive disagreement.
HxLibraries hosts multiple symposia each year — featuring a keynote speaker, small group discussions, and Q&A — as well as monthly happy hours via Zoom, and publishes the Heterodoxy in the Stacks substack. HxLibraries members include Library and Information Science (LIS) faculty, LIS degree-holders and -seekers, and library workers of all backgrounds and from all types of libraries. Membership is free. Learn more about joining HxLibraries.
About the HxLibraries Symposium
Modeled on the Heterodox Canada Symposium, the HxLibraries Symposium is an opportunity for participants to explore ideas related to library theory and practice, information science, and information culture.
Each symposium begins with remarks from a keynote speaker (25-30 mins.) followed by small group discussion (15-20 mins.) and concludes with Q&A (15 mins.).
Previous symposia have explored trends in LIS scholarship related to intellectual freedom, neutrality, social justice, and diversity, equity, and inclusion; the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR); the neutrality debate in libraries; and democratic thinking and other democratic virtues. HxLibraries members are encouraged to present or propose symposia.
The Heterodox Libraries Spring 2023 Symposium is generously supported with funding from Heterodox Academy.
Register for the virtual Heterodox Libraries Spring 2023 Symposium, “Why you can’t have social justice without intellectual freedom,” with Dr. Emily Knox on February 23, 2023 at 3pm CT (via Google Form). Please send other inquiries to Sarah at smh767[at]psu[dot]edu.
To promote viewpoint diversity, Heterodoxy in the Stacks invites constructive dissent and disagreement in the form of guest posts. While articles published on Heterodoxy in the Stacks are not peer- or editorially-reviewed, all posts must model the HxA Way. Content is attributed to the individual contributor(s).
To submit an article for Heterodoxy in the Stacks, send an email with the article title, author name, and article document to hxlibsstack@gmail.com. Unless otherwise requested, the commenting feature will be on. Thank you for joining the conversation!
I'm looking forward to this event.
Any chance part will be recorded? I have Reconsideration Committee at that time? (I respect the privacy of small groups)