International scholar to discuss free speech and first amendment at NDSU – AM 1100 The Flag WZFG

(Fargo, ND) --The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution will be examined during The First: How to Think about Hate Speech, Campus Speech, Religious Speech, Fake News, and Post-Truth, an event scheduled Friday, April 1st, at noon in the NDSU Memorial Unions Anishinaabe Theater and viaZoom.

Stanley Fish, Davidson-Kahn Distinguished University Professor of Humanities and Law at Florida International University, will discuss such questions as:

Fish argues that freedom of speech is a double-edged concept it frees us from constraints, but it also frees us to say and do terrible things.

Fish previously taught at the University of California, Berkeley; Johns Hopkins University; Duke University; and the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he was the dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. He has received many honors and awards, including being named the Chicagoan of the Year for Culture. He is the author of several renowned books, including Winning Argument, How Milton Works, Theres No Such Thing as Free Speech: And Its a Good Thing, Too and How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One. He is a former columnist for the New York Times and his articles have appeared in the Chronicle of Higher Education, Harpers, Esquire and the Atlantic.

Fish will sign copies of his book both before and after his presentation outside the NDSU Bookstore in the Memorial Union.

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International scholar to discuss free speech and first amendment at NDSU - AM 1100 The Flag WZFG