"A Democratic University in a Democratic Society" at the Next System Teach-In
Featuring the eminent Dr. Richard Flacks
Tuesday, November 11, 2025 2:00 PM to 2:45 PM EST
Lecture Hall, 3
Dr. Richard Flacks, co-founder of Students for a Democratic Society and eminent social movement scholar, speaks to the legacy of the long 1960s in working for "A democratic university in a democracy society."
In this talk, Dr. Flacks will join GMU's Social Movements and Political Protest class via Zoom. We are opening his lecture up to all of you as part of the Next System Teach-In process. Please register and you will receive the zoom link for this talk as well as relevant information for all other Teach-In events.
Richard Flacks, an emeritus professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, is the author of Making History / Making Blintzes, with Mickey Flacks (2018); The Port Huron Statement: Sources and Legacies of the New Left's Founding Manifesto, with Nelson Lichtenstein (2015); Playing for Change: Music and Musicians in the Service of Social Movements, with Rob Rosenthal (2011); Cultural Politics and Social Movements (co-editor, 1995); Beyond the Barricades: The ’60s Generation Grows Up (1989); Making History: The American Left and the American Mind (1988), and many articles on social movements, left culture and strategy.
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This talk is part of the 2025 Next System Teach-In at GMU. For the full program of events, see https://nextsystem.gmu.edu/articles/22762
