John K. Wilson

The first essay of my new column for @insidehighered, called “Debatable Ideas,” features a critique of the Manhattan Statement. insidehighered.com/opinion/column…

My essay today for the @chronicle on the centennial of the Scopes trial and what it means today: chronicle.com/article/100-ye…

My op-ed for @insidehighered today about the Trump administration's letter to Harvard demanding repression: insidehighered.com/opinion/views/…

My defense of @TheFIREorg against its AAUP critics: insidehighered.com/opinion/views/… Coming soon, my defense of the AAUP against the attacks by FIRE and @glukianoff.

My defense of the @AAUP for its statement on boycotts is published today at @insidehighered insidehighered.com/opinion/views/…

My essay about the uses and abuses of the Kalven Report was just posted by the Chronicle of Higher Education @chronicle chronicle.com/article/what-t…

My essay today at InsideHigherEd on the General Education Act, the latest and most extreme proposal by the right to take over colleges and purge their enemies insidehighered.com/opinion/views/…

My article today for @newlinesmag about the war on international students: newlinesmag.com/argument/what-…

🚨NEW: today we launched inquisitive, a place for intellectual change-makers to engage over uncomfortable questions and great ideas. Our inaugural issue’s theme is The Nerve, with essays from @primalpoly, @Musa_alGharbi, @johnkwilson and more. Which one are you reading first?⬇️

On Thurs. Nov. 7 at 5pm ET, I'll speaking along with @ginsburg_t87385 at Boston University (@BU_Tweets) about institutional neutrality and academic freedom. You can watch the livestream here: heterodoxacademy.org/events/does-in…

My @dividedwefall42 debate with Mark Berkson on banning campus speakers has just been posted. dividedwefall.org/is-canceling-s…

My post today for the AAUP blog explaining why the Congressional hearing on campus free speech and calls to ban certain words threaten academic freedom: academeblog.org/2023/12/11/cal…

My latest essay, on why the praise for Cornell's administration is undeserved and their statement includes a disturbing threat to academic freedom. academeblog.org/2023/05/04/war…

I really enjoyed talking with @theory_gang for her podcast NeoAcademia on academia freedom and many other topics. theorygang.substack.com/p/neoacademia-…

Come to @DuSableMuseum until 4 for the Drum Talk Annual Book & Literary Fair; bonus: see the Nick Cave/Jack Cave The Color Is exhibition! Free

"Although campuses continue to pay lip service to academic freedom, it is increasingly a concept with more enemies than devout defenders," writes @johnkwilson as part of @madebyhistory's Freedom to Learn series in @washingtonpost, sponsored by PEN America. washingtonpost.com/made-by-histor…

My new article this morning for the Washington Post's Made By History looks at how @NASorg and other conservative groups are shifting against academic freedom. washingtonpost.com/made-by-histor…

My defense of the Emory Law Journal against the false attacks that editing a terrible essay by Larry Alexander was an act of censorship. academeblog.org/2022/01/10/in-…

Thanks to @npratc's #NPRConsiderThis for their podcast today on cancel culture and political correctness that mentions my first book, The Myth of Political Correctness. npr.org/2021/07/02/101…

Thanks to @RottenInDenmark for discussing my book, The Myth of Political Correctness, in his great analysis of the topic.