UChicago AAUP
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The UChicago chapter of the American Association of University Professors. Fighting for democracy and academic freedom since 1915. uchicagoaaup.org
Thanks to everyone who participated in the discussion of the appointment of John Kirby to run the Institute of Politics. It’s rare to have so many faculty and students talking honestly about their concerns together. And thanks to @peterbeinart.bsky.social for joining us!
November 4, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Thanks to everyone who participated in the discussion of the appointment of John Kirby to run the Institute of Politics. It’s rare to have so many faculty and students talking honestly about their concerns together. And thanks to @peterbeinart.bsky.social for joining us!
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Looking forward to this!
Please join us next week at UChicago for a conversation with @peterbeinart.bsky.social, @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social, and @gabrielwinant.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Looking forward to this!
Please join us next week at UChicago for a conversation with @peterbeinart.bsky.social, @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social, and @gabrielwinant.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Please join us next week at UChicago for a conversation with @peterbeinart.bsky.social, @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social, and @gabrielwinant.bsky.social
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egregious choice akin to when Yale university hired the architect of Bush admin's "enhanced interrogation techniques," a decision for which they later apologized. it's still possible for U Chicago to amend this grave lapse of judgment, you can reach out here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
October 21, 2025 at 6:39 PM
egregious choice akin to when Yale university hired the architect of Bush admin's "enhanced interrogation techniques," a decision for which they later apologized. it's still possible for U Chicago to amend this grave lapse of judgment, you can reach out here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
The appointment of John Kirby to direct the Institute of Politics is shocking and disgraceful. Kirby misled the public systematically over a long period, over grave matters of life and death. He has no place in an institution committed to truthful inquiry or a democratic public sphere.
October 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The appointment of John Kirby to direct the Institute of Politics is shocking and disgraceful. Kirby misled the public systematically over a long period, over grave matters of life and death. He has no place in an institution committed to truthful inquiry or a democratic public sphere.
Thanks to everyone who came out in the rain last week to fight for the future and meaning of our work
October 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Thanks to everyone who came out in the rain last week to fight for the future and meaning of our work
Great pieced by @mcmansionhell.bsky.social on thr UChicago money pit www.thenation.com/article/cult...
Why Did UChicago Destroy the Humanities?
www.thenation.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Great pieced by @mcmansionhell.bsky.social on thr UChicago money pit www.thenation.com/article/cult...
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The Trump admin’s offer to give preferential treatment to institutions that toe the party line reeks of bribery in exchange for allegiance to a partisan ideological agenda.
This is corruption.
Adherence to ‘loyalty oaths’ would usher in a new era of thought policing in American higher education.
This is corruption.
Adherence to ‘loyalty oaths’ would usher in a new era of thought policing in American higher education.
Universities Must Reject Trump Admin 'Loyalty Oath' Compacts
The AAUP and AFT warn that the Trump administration’s offer to give preferential treatment to colleges and universities that court government favor in exchange for allegiance to a partisan ideological...
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October 2, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The Trump admin’s offer to give preferential treatment to institutions that toe the party line reeks of bribery in exchange for allegiance to a partisan ideological agenda.
This is corruption.
Adherence to ‘loyalty oaths’ would usher in a new era of thought policing in American higher education.
This is corruption.
Adherence to ‘loyalty oaths’ would usher in a new era of thought policing in American higher education.
Get ready! Be there!
October 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Get ready! Be there!
Thanks to everyone who came to “Beyond the Quad” to kick off the year with a discussion of how to build solidarity on a wider basis in the face of gentrification, Medicaid cuts, and more. And thanks especially to panelists @davarianbaldwin.bsky.social , Dixon Romeo, JP Murray, and Cathy Cohen
October 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Thanks to everyone who came to “Beyond the Quad” to kick off the year with a discussion of how to build solidarity on a wider basis in the face of gentrification, Medicaid cuts, and more. And thanks especially to panelists @davarianbaldwin.bsky.social , Dixon Romeo, JP Murray, and Cathy Cohen
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It’s easy to fear that academics are too isolated to defend ourselves if you don’t know about the struggles going on all around us, and the connections—real and possible—between us and the larger community. Come learn and talk about it on 10/1 at 11 am!
September 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
It’s easy to fear that academics are too isolated to defend ourselves if you don’t know about the struggles going on all around us, and the connections—real and possible—between us and the larger community. Come learn and talk about it on 10/1 at 11 am!
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"In this moment, the thing that will actually get us through this, is solidarity...It's up the federal workers that are actually in the building to do that, & that's what FUN is about. We make sure people know they are not alone." - FUN organizer Paul Osadebe. Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgsW...
September 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
"In this moment, the thing that will actually get us through this, is solidarity...It's up the federal workers that are actually in the building to do that, & that's what FUN is about. We make sure people know they are not alone." - FUN organizer Paul Osadebe. Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgsW...
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Academic freedom will not survive by encouraging professors to censor themselves more.
“Too much of the response to the Trump admin’s repression has been driven by fear & cowardice. We need to fiercely support #academicfreedom as a fundamental right for all.”
— @johnkwilson.bsky.social
“Too much of the response to the Trump admin’s repression has been driven by fear & cowardice. We need to fiercely support #academicfreedom as a fundamental right for all.”
— @johnkwilson.bsky.social
Discretion Is Not the Better Part of Academic Freedom
In a free society, we strive to eliminate the punishments that make discretion a rational choice—and not glorify discretion as a virtue when it is actually a vice.
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September 29, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Academic freedom will not survive by encouraging professors to censor themselves more.
“Too much of the response to the Trump admin’s repression has been driven by fear & cowardice. We need to fiercely support #academicfreedom as a fundamental right for all.”
— @johnkwilson.bsky.social
“Too much of the response to the Trump admin’s repression has been driven by fear & cowardice. We need to fiercely support #academicfreedom as a fundamental right for all.”
— @johnkwilson.bsky.social
Victory to the resident doctors at UChicago Medicine in their fight for a first contract!
September 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Victory to the resident doctors at UChicago Medicine in their fight for a first contract!
It’s easy to fear that academics are too isolated to defend ourselves if you don’t know about the struggles going on all around us, and the connections—real and possible—between us and the larger community. Come learn and talk about it on 10/1 at 11 am!
September 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
It’s easy to fear that academics are too isolated to defend ourselves if you don’t know about the struggles going on all around us, and the connections—real and possible—between us and the larger community. Come learn and talk about it on 10/1 at 11 am!
All of us at the university budget town hall heard the same thing when the president said that donors liked the “sharpening” we’ve done and will reward future “sharpening,” right?
September 20, 2025 at 3:38 PM
All of us at the university budget town hall heard the same thing when the president said that donors liked the “sharpening” we’ve done and will reward future “sharpening,” right?
We love free flowing dialogue don’t we folks
September 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
We love free flowing dialogue don’t we folks
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Happy to return to my other home and chop it up at the UChicago Center for Contemporary Theory and also build with @uchicagoaaup.bsky.social
All my Chicagoland peoples, please come thru on September 30...this Higher Ed crisis is deeper than "corporatization."
ccct.uchicago.edu/events/beyon...
All my Chicagoland peoples, please come thru on September 30...this Higher Ed crisis is deeper than "corporatization."
ccct.uchicago.edu/events/beyon...
September 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Happy to return to my other home and chop it up at the UChicago Center for Contemporary Theory and also build with @uchicagoaaup.bsky.social
All my Chicagoland peoples, please come thru on September 30...this Higher Ed crisis is deeper than "corporatization."
ccct.uchicago.edu/events/beyon...
All my Chicagoland peoples, please come thru on September 30...this Higher Ed crisis is deeper than "corporatization."
ccct.uchicago.edu/events/beyon...
The attack on our freedom on campus can't be avoided, it has to be confronted and defeated
"[N]o faculty member should be disciplined for supporting Palestinian human rights."
"Mamdani's support for the Fired Four is a step forward in building support for the struggle to reinstate the Fired Four."
#NewYork #USA #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Policing #Genocide
"Mamdani's support for the Fired Four is a step forward in building support for the struggle to reinstate the Fired Four."
#NewYork #USA #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Policing #Genocide
Mamdani Offers Support for Fired CUNY Professors at Brooklyn College Rally - Left Voice
Zohran Mamdani denounced the firing of four CUNY faculty for pro-Palestine activism. This highlights the strength of the movement students, faculty, and staff have been building. Now is the time to…
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September 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The attack on our freedom on campus can't be avoided, it has to be confronted and defeated