Can a course on conservatism shake up the liberal
status quo on campus?
Tufts University professor Eitan Hersh presents his
unique class on American conservatism and its impact on campus free
speech and open dialogue. He discusses the challenges and
opportunities of teaching conservative thought in a predominantly
liberal academic environment.
Eitan
Hersh is a professor of political science. He earned his
Ph.D. from Harvard University in 2011 and was a faculty member at
Yale University from 2011-2017.
In March, professor Hersh’s course on conservatism was
profiled in Boston Magazine under the headline, “A
Conservative Thought Experiment on a Liberal College
Campus.”
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
02:02 Prof. Hersh’s personal political beliefs
03:47 Political diversity among faculty and
students
05:14 Hersh’s journey to academia
06:07 What does a conservatism course look like?
09:30 His colleagues’ response to the course
10:29 The challenges of discussing controversial
topics
13:28 FIRE’s data on difficult campus topics
17:50 How have campus dynamics changed
19:42 Institutional neutrality
39:14 What are faculty concerned about?
42:18 What is Hersh expecting as students return to
campus?
46:41 Outro
Transcript is
HERE.
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