For the first time since his suspension, which is still causing international outrage, ousted professor Thomas Klocek will return to the school that silenced him to discuss the role of free speech at Catholic universities. Chicago's DePaul University suspended Klocek without a hearing for disagreeing with Muslim students over the Arab-Israeli conflict in an out-of-classroom debate in 2004. Since then, his case has brought scrutiny on DePaul from media and the academic community while causing division among the university’s own faculty and students.
Marathon Pundit has been covering the Klocek story for two years. I'll be attending next week's event.
The forum, which is sponsored by the DePaul Conservative Alliance, will also include researcher, author and conservative scholar David Horowitz as well as DePaul mathematics professor and Klocek supporter Jonathan Cohen. The event will take place in DePaul’s Cortelyou Commons at 2324 North Fremont Street in Chicago on Wednesday, January 24th at 7:00 PM. The event is free and open to the public.
Horowitz is the author of many books, including his most recent, The Professors: The 101 Most Dangerous Academics in America.
For more information on the Klocek case, to speak to Klocek's attorney John Mauck, or to contact conference organizer Nick Hahn, please e-mail Ian North at ian@tcpr.net.
If you cannot attend but still want to show your support of Klocek--join the 1,851 signers of the Reinstate Thomas Klocek at DePaul petition. Only 149 more signatures are needed to reach the petition goal of 2000.
Related posts: Sept 15: Second anniversary of the beginning of the Thomas Klocek affair
The Thomas Klocek legal defense fund
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