{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"James Hankins on Intellectual Freedom in Medieval Universities\u2014and Today\u2019s","description":"The contemporary university, especially in the United States, is a place for free and open inquiry unencumbered by censorious forces, a place where \u201cprofessors should be leading undergraduates on voyages of intellectual self-discovery.\u201d Or is it? Professor James Hankins of Harvard University joins the podcast to discuss the history of universities as institutions, the intellectual and political conditions of their founding, and what the Renaissance humanists thought of their purpose in society and the lives of their students. What light might this history shed on our current debates about academic freedom in higher education?   \u201cIntellectual Freedom in Medieval Universities\u201d, First Things, February 2022 Virtue Politics: Soulcraft and Statecraft in Renaissance Italy, Harvard University Press, 2019  ","author_name":"Books and a Balance","author_url":"http:\/\/sjc.edu","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/22440473\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/22440473"}