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April 30, 2024

Students and Faculty - Standing Together - Made the University

The long (medieval) history of the university begins with student protest - and support from their teachers

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by David M. Perry and Matthew Gabriele

Just a quick note to let y’all know that David and Matt have a new piece out, just now, with CNN.

It’s about the recent campus protests, the political crackdowns on them (and violence by police), and more specifically about the deep history of the university - how the very formation of the university during the European Middle Ages came about because students and faculty stood together against craven politicians looking to push their agendas.

“The real history of the university, the most authentic and medieval, reveals that with solidarity between teachers and students, a community that continues to learn together, once stood against kings. That history reminds that even now, together, we can stand against the real “outside agitators” — politicians who care so little about free speech and education.”

Read now on CNN.

People demonstrate at Emory University in support of Palestinians on April 26, 2024. (Elijah Nouvelage/ Reuters)

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