Fired, threatened, imprisoned...Is academic freedom being eroded? - Summer 2015

ISSUE: VOLUME 44.02 SUMMER 2015

Fired, threatened, imprisoned...

Is academic freedom being eroded?

What is the state of academic freedom in 2015? Index on Censorship magazine’s summer 2015 issue took a global vantage point to explore all the threats – governmental, economic and social – faced by students, teachers and academics.

The full issue is available from Sage Publications or Exact Editions.

Editorial

Shades of McCarthyism

Editor Rachael Jolley explains why the latest Index on Censorship magazine is focusing on academic freedom, with a look at current threats from around the worldwide, from Ukraine to the US.

Contents

A look at what’s inside the summer 2015 issue

Open Letter

We the undersigned believe that academic freedom is under threat across the world.

Fear of terror and offence

From a government crackdown on extremism to marketing departments’ concerns over branding, lecturer Thomas Docherty looks at the threats to the tradition of free discussion on campus.

Power of satirical comedy in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwean artist and satirist Samm Farai Monro aka Comrade Fatso outlines the growing satire scene in Zimbabwe and the dangers he and fellow comedians face from government crackdowns.

Round-the-world tour of censorship

Ann Morgan’s challenge to read a book from every country in the world led her to discover a host of censored writers.

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