{"id":1976,"date":"2022-07-25T12:58:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T16:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/?page_id=1976"},"modified":"2022-07-25T12:58:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T16:58:00","slug":"freedom-education-initiative","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/our-work\/freedom-education-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Freedom Education Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/files\/2021\/10\/Du-Bois-mural-crop.jpg\" alt=\"RIC\u2013Public Books Collaboration Launched\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/files\/2021\/10\/Du-Bois-mural-crop.jpg\" alt=\"RIC\u2013Public Books Collaboration Launched\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>RIC launched a collaborative publishing initiative with\u00a0<em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Public Books<\/a><\/em>, \u201cFreedom Education,\u201d in 2021. It features long-form interviews with leading intellectuals, conducted by JHU PhD students that came from the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/our-work\/democracy-dialogue-awards\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1482\">Democracy Dialogue Awards<\/a>. The six winners of the awards are now represented as interviewers in the new series \u201cFreedom Education,\u201d published in October 2021. This initiative extends existing RIC commitments to politically engaged and public-facing scholarship, graduate professionalization, and interdisciplinarity, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/partners\/racism-immigration-and-citizenship-jhu\/\" target=\"_blank\">interviews<\/a>&nbsp;are all major contributions, diverse in their range of topics and deeply interdisciplinary, hewing close to the core themes and topics that drive the Program in Racism, Immigration, and Citizenship but covering new ground as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/freedom-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">introduction by Connolly and Schrader<\/a>, titled \u201cFreedom Education,\u201d explains more about the genesis and development of the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the interviews are below (to be updated as links become available):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/nikki-giovanni-on-rest-love-and-care\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nikki Giovanni<\/a>, interviewed by Pyar Seth (Interdisciplinary Humanistic Studies)&nbsp;<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/theres-no-there-there-keeanga-yamahtta-taylor-on-the-future-of-the-left\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor<\/a>, interviewed by Raychel Gadson&nbsp;(Political Science)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/history-can-answer-the-inexplicable-an-interview-with-madeline-hsu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Madeline Y. Hsu<\/a>, interviewed by Shirley Lung (Sociology)&nbsp;<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/tell-real-stories-shawn-utsey-on-racism-and-psychotherapy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shawn O. Utsey<\/a>, interviewed by Elliott Schwebach (Political Science)&nbsp;<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/democracys-horizons-talking-with-michael-hanchard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Michael Hanchard<\/a>, interviewed by Julieta Casas (Political Science)&nbsp;<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/redlining-does-not-end-talking-with-rebecca-marchiel-on-housing-and-racism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rebecca&nbsp;Marchiel<\/a>, interviewed by N.D.B. Connolly&nbsp;(RIC and History)&nbsp;<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/mae-ngai-weve-always-had-activists-in-our-communities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mae Ngai<\/a>, interviewed by Jilene Chua (History)&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>RIC is grateful to the JHU Office of the Provost and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/africana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Center for Africana Studies<\/a>&nbsp;for supporting this venture, as well as to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/21cc.jhu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">21<sup>st<\/sup>&nbsp;Century Cities Initiative<\/a>&nbsp;for hosting one of the original&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/frO7Yv2vEaI\" target=\"_blank\">conversations<\/a>, between Nathan Connolly and Rebecca Marchiel. Thanks also to RIC graduate assistant Sheharyar Imran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RIC launched a collaborative publishing initiative with\u00a0Public Books, \u201cFreedom Education,\u201d in 2021. 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