On Thursday, February 20, 2025, author and scholar Musa al-Gharbi comes to MIT for a discussion of his new book, We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite. 

Musa al-Gharbi is a sociologist and assistant professor in the School of Communication and Journalism at Stony Brook University. His research primarily focuses on the political economy of knowledge production and the social life of scholarly and journalistic outputs. He is a columnist for The Guardian, and his writing has also appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Atlantic, and more. 

This event is co-presented by the MIT Free Speech Alliance and the Heterodox Academy Campus Community at MIT.

Time: 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.

Location: Room 2-190

This event is free and open to the public. Registration is encouraged, but the event is unticketed and attendees will be seated on a first-come, first-served basis.