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2023 Nuveen Lecture | Why We Censor: From the Inquisition to the Internet - YouTube

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The 2023 John Nuveen Lecture at the University of Chicago Divinity School brings together historian Ada Palmer and one of the most urgent questions of our moment: Why do people censor? Not because they're malevolent masterminds from a dystopian novel, but because they believe they're doing something good. This year's lecturer, Ada Palmer, associate professor of early modern European history and recipient of the University's 2021 Quantrell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, brings that charge to bear on five centuries of censorship history. Drawing on evidence from the plural,…

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