We are already planning the third Conference on Academic Freedom in the Americas that will be held on November 20 & 21, 2024 at the University of Notre Dame (Washington, DC campus)! Stay tuned!
Tentative program
Please find below the tentative program for #CAFA2024. A more detailed program will be available for download soon.
NOVEMBER 19
EVENING OPENING | Official opening of the CAFA 2024 Conference, followed by cocktail
NOVEMBER 20
MORNING
WELCOME REMARKS | CAFA & University of Notre Dame
PANEL #1 | Norms, Policies and challenges for AF Implementation – Keynote address
AFTERNOON
PANEL # 2 | The Shrinking of Academic Spaces
PANEL #3 | Free Speech and Academic Freedom
LAUNCH | Free do Think 2024 report by Scholars at Risk
NOVEMBER 21
MORNING
PANEL #4 | Student Organization and Mobilization
PANEL #5 | Ethnic Racial Discrimination and Academic Freedom
AFTERNOON
PANEL #6 | Gender-Based Violence Protocols
PANEL #7 | Gender violence and Sexual Harassment
CLOSING REMARKS & call for action
NOVEMBER 22
MORNING
MEETING | Meeting and capacity building workshop (closed meeting for CAFA members)
Call for papers for #CAFA2024
The Coalition for Academic Freedom in the Americas (CAFA) invites proposals for papers to be presented at the 3rd Conference on Academic Freedom in the Americas. Interested parties are kindly asked to submit abstracts by March 30, 2024.
CAFA is a coalition led by the University of Monterrey (Mexico), the University of Ottawa’s Human Rights Research and Education Centre (Canada) and Scholars at Risk (United States) and aims to increase awareness of and advocacy in the defence of academic freedom across the Americas.