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Noam Chomsky, who joined the University of Arizona faculty in fall 2017, is a laureate professor in the Department of Linguistics in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. He is also the Agnese Nelms Haury Chair in the Agnese Nelms Haury Program in Environment and Social Justice.
Noam Chomsky in the News
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Q&A with Noam Chomsky (SXSW23 Wonder House)
We asked Noam Chomsky about the future of our world, our systems of government and power and our need to come together to address the challenges of our time. The laureate professor and public intellectual shared his thoughts with UArizona College of Social & Behavioral Sciences Dean Lori Poloni-Staudinger.
Office hours with Professor Noam Chomsky (2021)
December 2021
University of Arizona students ask Professor Chomsky questions about politics, career advice, technology, the future, and linguistics in this open forum. This event is co-organized by ASUA and the UArizona College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Support comes from the Agnese Nelms Haury Program in Environment and Social Justice.
Noam Chomsky & Jonathan Kozol in Conversation
Education, Inequality, and the Decline of the "Public Good"
November 10, 2021
Noam Chomsky and Jonathan Kozol discuss education, inequality, and the decline of the “public good.” Together they examine the current inequalities in education and school experience and where we go from here. This virtual University of Arizona event is presented by the College of Education’s Education Policy Center and the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences.
Office Hours with Noam Chomsky (2020)
October 12, 2020
University of Arizona students ask Professor Chomsky questions about politics, career advice, technology, the future, and linguistics in this open forum. This event is co-organized by ASUA and the UArizona College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Support comes from the Agnese Nelms Haury Program in Environment and Social Justice.
Office Hours with Noam Chomsky (2019)
October 2, 2019
University of Arizona students ask Noam Chomsky questions about politics, the future, and linguistics in this open forum. Co-organized by ASUA and the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, with support from the Agnese Nelms Haury Program in Environment and Social Justice.
Conversation on Campus Free Speech
September 5, 2018
Noam Chomsky joins a panel of the most prominent voices in the country on the topic of free speech. The discussion includes the boundaries of free speech on campus, where there is often a tension between adhering to the legal guidelines of free speech and promoting a non-hostile learning environment.
Daniel Ellsberg and Noam Chomsky Discuss Nuclear War
April 24, 2018
Intercept Editor-in-Chief Betsy Reed moderated a discussion between Noam Chomsky and Daniel Ellsberg on the topic of nuclear policy and war. Chomsky, a laureate professor of linguistics at the University of Arizona, and Ellsberg, the Pentagon Papers whistleblower and author of “The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner,” appeared onstage together for the first time.
The Haury Conversation: Noam Chomsky with Toni Massaro
November 9, 2017
Interview with Noam Chomsky by Toni Massaro at Centennial Hall in 2017.
A Conversation on Privacy
March 25, 2016
The balance between national security and government intrusion on the rights of private citizens was the topic of this panel discussion featuring renowned linguist and MIT professor Noam Chomsky, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, and Intercept co-founding editor Glenn Greenwald. Nuala O’Connor, president and CEO of the Center for Democracy and Technology, acted as moderator.
Sponsored by the Don Bennett Moon Foundation
Education For Whom and For What?
February 8, 2012
Noam Chomsky, a world-renowned linguist, intellectual and political activist, spoke at the University of Arizona before joining SBS. His lecture, "Education: For Whom and For What?" featured a talk on the state of higher education, followed by a question-and-answer session.
Noam Chomsky is the Agnese Nelms Haury Chair in the Agnese Nelms Haury Program in Environment and Social Justice.
