Geoffrey Stone on Freedom and Education
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Channel: The University of Chicago · 2012 · Education
Geoffrey Stone, professor and former dean ('93-'02) at the University of Chicago Law School, discusses the role of freedom and education in America today.
Stone is one of the world's foremost scholars of the Constitution. His most recent books are "Top Secret: When Our Government Keeps Us in the Dark" (2007) and "War and Liberty: An American Dilemma" (2007). His book "Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime from the Sedition Act of 1798 to the War on Terrorism" (2004) received numerous national awards.
This event is part of the University of Chicago Graham School's Great Conversations lecture series and is cosponsored by the Civic Knowledge Project.
April 19, 2012
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