The Emeriti Association has created a new reading group for emeriti and retirees to discuss two articles each month on how authoritarian regimes globally have attempted to control universities and how universities, their faculties, and students respond. The meetings are scheduled for the first Tuesday of the month, 4 - 5 pm on Zoom. Archived articles may be found below. For more information, please contact Ellen Pasternack, epasternack@ucsb.edu
- October 14, 2025: "How Authoritarians Target Universities" by Ruth Ben Ghiat and "Targeting higher education is an essential tool in the autocratic playbook" by Renée Rippberger, Rachel Beatty Riedl, and Jonathan Katz
