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MEMORIES OF IN THE AGE OF TRUMP McCARTHYISM 11/13/2017 7 P .M. Roschel Performing Arts Center ELLEN SCHRECKER Professor Emerita, Yeshiva University Author of Many Are the Crimes: McCarthyism in America; No Ivory Tower: McCarthyism and the Universities; and The Lost Soul Of Higher Education: Corporatization, The Assault On Academic Freedom, And The End Of The American University Moderator: J. RICHARD GRAY, Mayor of Lancaster From 1947 to 1960, the United States experienced the sustained repression of free speech and the right to dissent in the name of national security. Thousands of Americans who belonged to organizations deemed “un-American” lost their livelihoods, and hundreds were jailed or driven into exile. Self-censorship and the threat of FBI investi- gations enforced a narrow consensus on issues of war and peace in schools, universities, and the press. Sixty years later, in an increasingly polarized country, are we at risk of again calling some Americans “un-Amer- ican?” Will new demagogues arise to label their political opponents “traitors,” as Senator Joseph McCarthy did with great success and the support of many other leading politicians in both parties? What are the moral and historical consequences of staying silent in an age of fear? SPONSORS: DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY PUBLIC AFFAIRS LECTURE FUND MILLER HUMANITIES FUND ACADEMIC INNOVATION FUND HISTORIANS FOR PEACE AND DEMOCRACY POSTER DESIGNED BY THE FRANKLIN & MARSHALL COLLEGE OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
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M E M O R I E S O F
I N T H E A G E O F T R U M P McCARTHYISM
11/13/2017 7 P.M.R o s c h e l P e r f o r m i n g A r t s C e n t e r
ELLEN SCHRECKER Professor Emerita, Yeshiva UniversityAuthor of Many Are the Crimes: McCarthyism in America; No Ivory Tower: McCarthyism and the Universities; and The Lost Soul Of Higher Education: Corporatization, The Assault On Academic Freedom, And The End Of The American University
Sixty years later, in an increasingly polarized country, are we at risk of again calling some Americans “un-American?” Will new demagogues arise to label their political opponents “traitors,” as Senator Joseph McCarthy did with great success and the support of many other leading politicians in both parties? What are the moral and historical consequences of staying silent in an age of fear?
From 1947 to 1960, the United States experienced the sustained repression of free speech and the right to dissent in the name of national security. Thousands of Americans who belonged to
organizations deemed “un-American” lost their livelihoods, and hundreds were jailed or driven into exile. Self-censorship and the threat of FBI investigations enforced a narrow consensus on
issues of war and peace in schools, universities, and the press.
Moderator: J. RICHARD GRAY, Mayor of Lancaster
From 1947 to 1960, the United States experienced the sustained repression of free speech and the right to dissent in the name of national security. Thousands of Americans who belonged to organizations deemed “un-American” lost their livelihoods, and hundreds were jailed or driven into exile. Self-censorship and the threat of FBI investi-gations enforced a narrow consensus on issues of war and peace in schools, universities, and the press. Sixty years later, in an increasingly polarized country, are we at risk of again calling some Americans “un-Amer-ican?” Will new demagogues arise to label their political opponents “traitors,” as Senator Joseph McCarthy did with great success and the support of many other leading politicians in both parties? What are the moral and historical consequences of staying silent in an age of fear?
S P O N S O R S :
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY
PUBLIC AFFAIRS LECTURE FUND
MILLER HUMANITIES FUND
ACADEMIC INNOVATION FUND
HISTORIANS FOR PEACE AND DEMOCRACY
POSTER DESIGNED BY THE FRANKLIN & MARSHALL COLLEGE OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
