Immprof Anil Kalhan Named 2024-2025 Fellow of National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement

Immprof Anil Kalhan (Drexel) has been named one of the 2024-2025 fellows of the University of California’s National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement. The Center’s mission is to “explore the intersection of expression, engagement and democratic learning and consider what can be done to restore trust in the value of free speech on college campuses and within society at large.”

The subject of Anil’s research during this fellowship will be “Democratic Erosion and the Contemporary Assault on Education and Knowledge.” As he writes: “Recent campaigns targeting teaching and research on ‘controversial subjects’ have emerged alongside concerns that democratic governance has been placed more fundamentally at risk. This project examines the relationships between these developments, analyzing the legal architecture and rationales of the contemporary assault on knowledge and drawing connections to wider concerns about democratic erosion.” He’ll be building on his work with the American Association of University Professors Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure and its Special Committee on Academic Freedom in Florida.

Congratulations, Anil!

-KitJ