[Commlist] Call For Papers (CFP): The 2025 IGMDC Conference on Academic Freedom in the United States

Call For Papers (CFP):
The 2025 IGMDC Conference on Academic Freedom in the United States
The Global Media and Democracy Association (GMDA) 
<https://globalarabmedia.org/about-gmda/> invites submission of 
proposals for paper presentations, panel sessions, roundtables, 
seminars, workshops/interactive sessions, posters/exhibits, or seminars 
for the GMDA 2025 annual conference on Academic Freedom in the United 
States, which will be held, in person, in Chicago, October 1-5, 2025.  
Proposals on all topics relevant to academic freedom—its core 
principles, its protection in various contexts, and the challenges it 
faces—will be considered, with priority given to those that engage this 
year’s theme, Academic Unfreedom and the End of the University.  Topics 
include, but are not limited to:

  * University autonomy and authoritarianism in the United States.
  * Academic Freedom Under Trump 1.0 and 2.0.
  * Case Studies related to academic freedom or university autonomy.
  * Academic freedom and the right to education.
  * Academic freedom vs. other concepts like freedom of speech,
    intellectual freedom, and freedom of expression.
  * Challenges to Academic Freedom:
  * Government or political influence on academic institutions,
    including curriculum control, research restrictions, and appointments.
  * Academic work, Censorship and Self-Censorship
  * Ideological Pressures on Academic Freedom
  * Funding and Research Agendas
  * Threats to University Autonomy
  * Free Speech on Campus
  * Academic Freedom and Social Justice:
  * Protection, Advocacy and the role of university policies, faculty
    senates, and academic governance structures in protecting academic
    freedom.
  * Legal protections for academic freedom and the role of courts in
    upholding these rights.
  * Coalition Building and Advocacy
  * Strategies for Addressing Violations of academic freedom, including
    reporting mechanisms, legal support, and public advocacy
  * Conflicts between freedom of expression and academic freedom in the
    university space.
  * The impact of major information and technology corporations on
    academic freedom.
  * Responding to sexual and/or gender-based violence and sexual
    harassment within the university space.
  * Participation of students and/or student unions or organizations in
    the promotion of academic freedom or university autonomy.
  * Diversity and governance in higher education institutions.

Conference Submission Formats
We accept proposals in all formats.  We strongly encourage the 
submission of pre-constituted sessions. All sessions run for 90 minutes. 
Our conference submission formats are pretty flexible and are intended 
to encourage the presentation and sharing of all kinds of projects and 
from different professional and disciplinary locations.  In addition to 
the formats listed above, we are open to new formats.  If you have any 
questions about the CFP or the formats, please email us at: 
(contact /at/ igmdc.org) <mailto:(contact /at/ igmdc.org)>.
_SUBMISSION AND REGISTRATION_
● Friday, July 18, 2025: Submission System Open
● Friday, July 18, 2025 until Friday, August 29, 2025: Early Bird 
Registration
● Friday, September 5, 2025: Final Deadline for Submissions
● Friday, July 25, 2025: Notifications will start being sent out
● Friday, August 29, 2025: Early Registration Ends, Regular Registration 
Rate Begins
● Friday, September 19, 2025: Last day to register to participate in the 
conference.



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