"What happens when libraries, universities, cultural institutions, & a free & independent media are intimidated, dismantled or destroyed - as is happening in America right now?"
This struggle is between good-faith vs bad-baith actors.
~Sarah Churchwell on "The dark enlightenment"
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ABC listen · Can American democracy withstand the dark enlightenment? - ABC listenKnowledge lies at the heart of a healthy democracy, and its many custodians include libraries, universities, cultural institutions, and a free and independent media. So what happens when these institutions are intimidated, dismantled or destroyed, as is happening in America right now, under the government of President Donald Trump?
This event was recorded at the University of Technology Sydney's Vice Chancellor's Democracy Forum on 14 May 2025.
Speakers
Sarah Churchwell
Professor of American Literature and Chair of Public Understanding of the Humanities at the University of London
Author, The Many Lives of Marilyn Monroe, Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and The Invention of The Great Gatsby, Behold, America: A History of America First and the American Dream, and The Wrath to Come: Gone with the Wind and the Lies America Tells
Director, Being Human festival and Living Literature event series
Judge, Man Booker Prize
Anna Funder (host)
Author, Wifedom, Stasiland and All That I Am
Luminary and Ambassador, University of Technology Sydney
Roy Green (host)
Emeritus Professor and Special Innovation Advisor at University of Technology Sydney
Former Dean of the UTS Business School
Chair of the UTS Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Hub
Further information:
From Gatsby to Huck Finn — American literature in an age of polarisation - Sarah Churchwell on Big Ideas, ABC Radio National 4 November 2024