About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of free speech in education and the fallout from recent events, featuring experts in law and human rights.

Eric Heinze (Maîtrise, Paris; JD, Harvard; Ph.D. Leiden), a former Fulbright, DAAD and Chateaubriand fellow, is Professor of Law and Humanities at Queen Mary, University of London. He writes on justice theory and on human rights, and has worked with the International Commission of Jurists and the UN Sub-Commission on Human Rights in Geneva. He has advised NGOs on human rights, including Liberty, Amnesty International and the Media Diversity Institute. Heinze is author of The Most Human Right: Why Free Speech Is Everything. Suzanne Nossel is the CEO of PEN America, the foremost organization working to protect and advance human rights, free expression and literature. She has also served as the Chief Operating Officer of Human Rights Watch and as Executive Director of Amnesty International USA; and held senior State Department positions in the Clinton and Obama administrations. A graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, Nossel frequently writes op-eds for the New York Times, the Washington Post, and other publications, as well as a regular column for Foreign Policy magazine. She lives in New York City. Nosssel is author of Dare to Speak: Defending Free Speech for All…

People in this episode

Guests: Eric Heinze, Suzanne Nossel, Jonathan Zimmerman

Topics covered

• free speech
• human rights
• education
• justice theory
• politics
• literature

Keywords

• free speech
• education
• human rights
• justice
• politics
• literature
• PEN America

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: PEN America, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, International Commission of Jurists, UN Sub-Commission on Human Rights

Books & works: The Most Human Right: Why Free Speech Is Everything, Dare to Speak: Defending Free Speech for All

Places: New York City, Paris, Leiden, Pennsylvania

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