The project’s Principal Investigators and Core Participants first convened over the course of the fall 2025 semester to form a common set of references, methods, and analyses related to “the making of the modern university.” Their convenings progressed through the following themes and materials:
- Introductions
- Risk Analysis and Governance
- The Cold War, Science Research, and Student Protest at UIUC
- Social Difference in the Post-’68 University
- Academic Freedom and Campus Speech
- Land Expropriation and Use
- Globalizing the U.S. University
- Risk and Institutional Change
For a list of readings discussed, please contact sawyerseminar@illinois.edu.