April 26, 2018
Wolgast to deliver free speech keynote at university libraries conference
Submitted by Journalism and Mass Communications
A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications professor of practice Stephen Wolgast will present the keynote address to the Kansas Library Association's College and University Libraries Conference from noon to 2 p.m. Friday, April 27, in Mayetta.
Wolgast, the Kansas Humanities Council 2016 Kansas Humanities Scholar, will present "Free Speech in Times of Crisis."The presentation includes a discussion of political speech that the Kansas legislature prohibited in the 1920s, "fake news" and recent challenges to free speech and a free press.
