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EXCLUSIVE: Harald Uhlig Student Session a Success

Declan HurleybyDeclan Hurley
November 21, 2022
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EXCLUSIVE: Harald Uhlig Student Session a Success

Courtesy of staff writer Sanjay Srivatsan.

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Professor Harald Uhlig’s student session on Thursday, November 17 went off without a hitch. For the first half hour of his session, he lectured on the history and cruciality of academic freedom—the unfettered production of knowledge—and free speech, understood as people’s liberty to express their viewpoints.

Then, Uhlig generously fielded student questions for about half an hour.

Sanjay Srivatsan, a Thinker staff writer who is also the vice president of the College Republicans, posted a picture of the event attendees:

It was great to listen to the Professor @haralduhlig speak to students about the importance of academic freedom and free speech on campus. pic.twitter.com/IixfwcG3N9

— Sanjay Srivatsan संजय श्रीवत्सन (@srivatsan_jay) November 18, 2022

Uhlig quote-tweeted Srivatsan, thanking him along with Thinker staff writer Aatman Vakil and the Thinker:

Thanks, @srivatsan_jay @ThinkerChicago @AatmanVakil ! https://t.co/f9Nt78KxrV

— Harald Uhlig (@haralduhlig) November 21, 2022

As the Thinker reported in the runup to Uhlig’s event, he is a fellow of the Econometric Society and the Bruce Allen and Barbara Ritzenthaler Professor in Economics at the University of Chicago.

During the fiery summer of 2020, a cancel mob attempted to force him to resign from the editorship of the Journal of Political Economy over remarks critical of Black Lives Matter. The mob was unsuccessful and Uhlig’s contract expired, as planned, in June 2021.

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Declan Hurley

Declan Hurley

Declan Hurley is the Chicago Thinker’s Publisher and Editor-in-Chief. A rising third year at the University of Chicago who is studying Economics and History, Declan is also a small-business owner, the editor of FDL Review, and an active participant in the politics of his home state, North Carolina. He loves to partake in the battle over ideas, and in his free time, he likes to exercise, read, and review public-opinion polling.

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