Webinar: Jacob Mchangama, Co-Author, The Future of Free Speech
Date/Time
7/28/2026
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Eastern
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Event Type(s)
MIT Free Speech Alliance Event
Event Description
Author and scholar Jacob Mchangama, co-author of "The Future of Free Speech," is the second guest in MFSA's 2026 summer sessions webinar series. 
Location
Setting: Live Virtual
UNITED STATES
Details
MFSA's 2026 Summer Sessions webinar series continues with a discussion with Jacob Mnuchin, author of Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media and co-author with Jeff Kosseff of The Future of Free Speech: Reversing the Global Decline of Democracy's Most Essential Freedom

This webinar will last roughly one hour and is open to the public. A recording will be made available at a later date. 

Guest biography:
Jacob Mchangama is the Founder and Executive Director of The Future of Free Speech. He is a research professor at Vanderbilt University and a Senior Fellow at The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE). In 2018, he was a visiting scholar at Columbia’s Global Freedom of Expression Center. He has commented extensively on free speech and human rights in outlets including the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, The Economist, Foreign Affairs, and Foreign Policy. Jacob has published in academic and peer-reviewed journals, including Human Rights Quarterly, Policy Review, and Amnesty International’s Strategic Studies. He is the producer and narrator of the podcast Clear and Present Danger: A History of Free Speech. He is also the author of the critically acclaimed book Free Speech: A History From Socrates to Social Media (Basic Books, 2022) and co-author with Jeff Kosseff of The Future of Free Speech: Reversing the Global Decline of Democracy’s Most Essential Freedom (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2026). He is the recipient of numerous awards for his work on free speech and human rights.

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