Freedom of Expression in a Changing World:  What Cannot Be Said

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Please Note:  All sessions taking place on the UCI campus on 1/22/16 and 1/23/16 are now fully booked and we cannot add more attendees due to room capacity limitations.
Guests who would like to view the Saturday, 1/23/16 10:30 AM Snowden/ Gellman dialogue are invited to screen a simulcast of the session at the USC Law School, Room 3.  Visit the conference schedule page at http://sites.uci.edu/freedom/conference-schedule for details on the USC simulcast. 
The LA review of Books will be filming many of the conference panels.  Please visit our conference website at http://sites.uci.edu/freedom to find links to those videos as soon as they are available.
Timed to coincide with the first anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris, this conference will look at the changing parameters of freedom of expression in a rapidly shifting world.  We’ll be talking about freedom of expression on campus, and about the digital era, the law, and freedom of expression. Another panel will address problems of freedom of expression and journalism in conditions of repression. A further panel will address the conflicts and possible concords between freedom of expression and religious belief. Edward Snowden will appear via the web in conversation with his biographer, the prize-winning American journalist and author Barton Gellman. The Atlantic’s Caitlin Flanagan and Zunar, the embattled Malaysian cartoonist, will be among the many brilliant and insightful participants. Steve Mumford, whose outstanding paintings of secure locations off-limits to photojournalists have broken the boundaries of repression, will be speaking and presenting his work. There will be a roundtable of notable political cartoonists discussing their drawings, censorship, and self-censorship.  Sandra Tsing Loh and Azhar Usman will perform stand-up with Q&A after their performances about the extent of comedians’ freedom of expression. UCLA historian David Myers will lead a discussion about tolerance and intolerance of and by religion with NPR's Kirsta Tippett, USC's Sherman Jackson, Rabbi Sharon Brous and novelist Laila Lalami.  The conference will end with a grand finale musical performance by a surprise musical guest and a discussion of race and rap lyrics led by USC law professor Jody Armour.
Please note:
This conference will take place over three days.
The venue for Sessions 1-3 on Friday, January 22 and Saturday, January 23 is the UC Irvine Campus.
The venue for Session 4 on Sunday, January 24 is the University of Southern California Campus.
Guests are welcome to reserve tickets for all sessions or to select only those sessions that they plan to attend.
Please see the conference schedule below for more detailed information, and please check your ticket(s) for the venue location.
Directions and addresses for the venues can be found on our website:
http://sites.uci.edu/freedom
Contact information for the UCI campus events:   Patricia Pierson (949) 824-6876 piersonp@uci.edu 
Contact information for the USC campus events:   Mira Dalpe &amp; Erin Johnson (213) 821-1239 <A HREF="mailto:clhcserv@law.usc.edu" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">clhcserv@law.usc.edu</A>
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE:
What Cannot Be Said: Freedom of Expression in a Changing World
January 22 – 24, 2016
SESSION 1:  Friday, January 22 | EDU 1111, UCI School of Law 
3:45 PM | Welcome remarks, Amy Wilentz
4:00 – 5:30 PM | Cartoonists’ Roundtable:
Zunar, Steve Brodner, Ann Telnaes, Matt Bors, Lalo Alcaraz Moderated by Tom Lutz
5:30 PM | Break refreshments
6:00 – 7:30 PM | Keynote speaker: Rebecca MacKinnon
Introduced by Georges Van Den Abbeele
Saturday, January 23 | Morning @ UCI Student Center, Afternoon @ UCI School of Law
SESSION 2:  Pacific Ballroom D, Student Center
9:00 – 10:00 AM | Stand-Up 1 with Sandra Tsing Loh
10:00 AM | Coffee and pastries
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Edward Snowden (via Google Hangout)
In conversation with Barton Gellman Q&A Moderated by Barry Siegel **This session will be simulcast at the USC Law School Room 3**
SESSION 3:  EDU 1111, UCI School of Law
12:30 – 1:15 PM | LUNCH: What the Dead Said: Posthumography and the Public Sphere
Richard Burt
1:30 – 2:30 PM | The Law and the Changing Parameters of Free Expression
Nadine Strossen, Paul Smith,  David Kaye, Nick Goldberg Moderated by Erwin Chemerinsky
2:45 – 4:00 PM | Freedom of Expression in Repressive Conditions
Louisa Lim, William Dobson, Nina Khrushcheva, Saree Makdisi Moderated by Jeff Wasserstrom
4:00 PM | Coffee Break
4:30 – 5:45 PM | The New Correct: Freedom of Expression on Campus
Barry Glassner, Caitlin Flanagan, David Palumbo-Liu, Brendan O’Neill Moderated by Arlene Keizer
SESSION 4:  Sunday, January 24 | USC, Los Angeles @ The USC Ronald Tutor Campus Center, Ballroom A &amp; B 3607 Trousdale Parkway Los Angeles, CA 90089 
10:00 – 11:00 AM | Religion and Freedom of Expression
Sherman Jackson, Krista Tippett, Laila Lalami, Sharon Brous Moderated by David Myers
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM | Stand-Up 2 with Azhar Usman
1:00 | Lunch and Artist Talk with Steve Mumford
2:00: Rap and Repression: a performance and discussion [with a special guest]