Intellectual Freedom Archives - Association of University Presses

AUPresses Condemns Political Attacks on Books in Schools

The Association joins the National Coalition Against Censorship in protesting the summary removal from school libraries of books that address concerns of historically underrepresented individuals.

December 20, 2021
Categories: Advocacy & Statements

AUPresses Joins Statement Opposing Restrictions on Teaching about Racism and American History

Attempts to ban frank discussion of our shared national and global past, or to legislate against critical tools of humanistic scholarship, are antithetical to the Association’s core values of intellectual freedom and integrity.

June 16, 2021
Categories: Advocacy & Statements

Banned Books Week 2021 Announced

Banned Books Week 2021, celebrating the many ways that "Books Unite Us.," is set for September 26-October 2.

April 13, 2021
Categories: Announcements

AUPresses Responds to the 1776 Report

We note that this report is plagued by procedural deficiencies that would render it unpublishable as a serious work of scholarship.

January 19, 2021
Categories: Advocacy & Statements

AUPresses Joins in Protesting Censorship by Streaming Platforms

AUPresses has signed on to a letter from the National Coalition Against Censorship, protesting the censorship by Zoom, Facebook, and YouTube of an online roundtable event at San Francisco State University this past summer.

October 9, 2020
Categories: Advocacy & Statements, News Archive

AUPresses Statement on US Executive Order on Combatting Race and Sex Stereotyping

As a global community of scholarly publishers dedicated to the advancement of knowledge, AUPresses is appalled by the Executive Order on Combatting Race and Sex Stereotyping.

October 8, 2020
Categories: Advocacy & Statements, News Archive

News

Tag: Intellectual Freedom