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From 2020-2025, Georgetown University's Free Speech Project and Future of the Humanities Project held the event series Free Speech at the Crossroads: International Dialogues.
The joint effort was driven by the belief that many of the current political and cultural crises that appear to be local or national are actually international in their scope and impact, and they will only be alleviated when they are considered in that context.
The programs featured distinguished and diverse panelists from the United States, the United Kingdom, and many other countries. Conducted as virtual forums on Zoom, they attracted hundreds of participants of all ages from around the world, who had an opportunity to submit their own questions to the panelists.
Launched in 2020, these dialogues were moderated by Michael Scott, director of the Future of the Humanities Project (a Georgetown-Blackfriars Hall collaboration), and Sanford J. Ungar, director of the nonpartisan Free Speech Project.
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