Introduction
In 1997, while pursuing my doctoral dissertation on political propaganda in school textbooks of the People’s Poland (Wojdon, 2018a), I visited the Archives of Modern Records (AAN) in Warsaw to examine materials from the Ministry of Education. While I was there, the archivist asked … 
censorship
broadening and deepening epistemic communities in response to university censorship
Introduction
University faculty and students returned to campuses in 2025 under new state legislation and federal executive orders that restrict what professors may teach and how students engage in political life on campuses in the United States. These constraints are widespread; by mid year, …
banning bad books: on aesthetic education and censorship
Introduction
Artworks are powerful and may convey messages of hope, optimism, hate, anger or despair. They are capable of communicating hateful messages just as effectively as non-offensive messages. In recent years we have seen the tide turn against the aestheticians who defend art as an …
reflections on ancient and modern censorship in education
In fifth century BCE Athens, as in several other cities, elementary schooling was a fact of life. From the age of seven or so, a boy of means would be led by his household slave, a paidagogos, to the schoolroom. He would learn to pluck the strings of the lyre, sing and dance. He would memorize what …
the censorship of history and the fragility of power
As the United States entered World War I in 1917, the Hollywood film The Spirit of ‘76 seemed a perfect complement to the government’s massive anti-German propaganda campaign. Authorities were working overtime to galvanize patriotic sentiment, whip up hatred against “the Hun,” and suppress aberrant …
editorial: censorship & education: a brief introduction
From the Latin, meaning to evaluate or judge, censorship denotes the disapproval, suppression or prohibition of (some aspects of) literature, art, or media that is considered offensive or obscene to local sensibilities, politically unacceptable to a ruling authority, inappropriate for a particular …