Talk – 'Daniel Ellsberg and Noam Chomsky Discuss Nuclear War '

When: April 24, 2018 7:00pm

The University of Arizona College of Social and Behavioral Sciences is presenting a once-in-a-lifetime event: a conversation between UA Professor Noam Chomsky and Daniel Ellsberg on the topic of nuclear policy and war. The two will be appearing onstage together for the first time.

The event, titled "The Haury Conversation: Daniel Ellsberg and Noam Chomsky Discuss Nuclear War," will be moderated by Betsy Reed, the editor-in-chief of The Intercept. First Look Media, the parent company of The Intercept, will broadcast a free live stream of the event so viewers from around the world can watch. Tickets are $25 and will go on sale on April 10 at 9 a.m. Ticket and livestream information can be found here.

The event is co-sponsored by the Agnese Nelms Haury Program in Environment and Social Justice, which helped fund Chomsky's position at the UA.

Ellsberg has authored a new book titled "The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner," which is an account of the dangers of America's top secret, 70-year-long nuclear policy. Ellsberg, perhaps best known as the whistleblower who released the Pentagon Papers to the media, has also recently been in the news because of the movie The Post, which details the printing of the Pentagon Papers.

Chomsky joined the UA faculty this fall and is a laureate professor in the Department of Linguistics in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. He also holds the title of Agnese Nelms Haury Chair, which is sponsored by the Agnese Nelms Haury Program in Environment and Social Justice.

Chomsky, who is considered the founder of modern linguistics and one of the most influential public intellectuals in the world, has published and lectured widely on U.S. foreign policy, Mideast politics, terrorism, democratic society and war. He has also spoken about his concerns that nuclear war is more likely now than even during the Cold War.


Audience: All
Audience size: Large (101-500)
Price: $25

Where

Campus: Main Campus

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Contacts

sbs-events@email.arizona.edu College of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Requests for disability-related accommodations should be directed to the event's primary contact: sbs-events@email.arizona.edu