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AAUP Presents "Activism and the Struggle for Academic Freedom"

February 18, 2026
A book cover with the title "in the spirit of H. Chandler Davis Activism and the struggle for academic freedom". The cover features a black and white photo of a person in a uniform looming over a smaller figure.

On Monday, February 23 from 7 – 8 p.m., the national American Association of University Professors (AAUP) will host the event Activism and the Struggle for Academic Freedom. The event will focus on In the Spirit of H. Chandler Davis: Activism and the Struggle for Academic Freedom, the new book of essays about academic freedom from Disobedience Press, an imprint of Michigan Publishing run by Stamps Professors Rebekah Modrak and Nick Tobier.

The American Association of University Professors invites you to join moderator Isaac Kamola, editor Melanie S. Tanielian and contributors Marjorie Heins and Henry Reichman to discuss the release of In the Spirit of H. Chandler Davis: Activism and the Struggle for Academic Freedom.

Inspired by Chandler Davis’ courage, integrity, and devotion to the struggle against oppression, injustice, and the persecution of speech, the twelve contributors to this book offer crucial insights into the importance of defending intellectual independence, institutional autonomy, and the right to free expression, and the importance of facing, and not accepting, authoritarian threats.

Activism and the Struggle for Academic Freedom
Monday, February 23 from 7 – 8 p.m. EST
Registration required.