On Tuesday, October 15, Noam Chomsky will speak at the Curtis M. Phillips, M.D. Center for the Performing Arts for the twentieth founding anniversary of Gainesville’s Civic Media Center. Doors open at 7:15 p.m., speech at 8 p.m. The speech is free and open to the public, but advance tickets are required. Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and one of America’s most prominent authors and political dissidents.
A native of Pennsylvania, Chomsky received his Ph.D in Linguistics in 1955 from the University of Pennsylvania. Chomsky was a Junior Fellow of the Harvard University Society of Fellows from 1951 to 1955. His work has had a profound and lasting influence on all cognitive sciences. In 1955, Chomsky joined the staff of MIT and was appointed full professor in 1961. Fifteen years later, in 1976, he was appointed Institute Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy. Since then, he has received multiple awards including the Sydney Peace Prize and the Erich Fromm Prize and numerous honorary degrees from universities around the world.
Chomsky writes and speaks frequently on a variety of social and political issues. He advocates popular struggle for greater democracy and he has authored more than 100 books including “Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media” (with Edward Herman), Pirates and Emperors: International Terrorism in the Real World, The Prosperous Few and the Restless Many (with David Barsamian), and Hegemony or Survival: America’s Quest for Global Dominance. As an advocate for free speech and equality, Chomsky has spoken out against U.S. foreign policy and the mainstream media.
The last time Noam Chomsky visited Gainesville, he was brought by the Civic Media Center to celebrate their 10th anniversary – still standing strong, Gainesville’s own library of the independent and non-corporate press and community organizing space is now celebrating their 20th anniversary with Chomsky’s return.
Tickets are available through the Phillips Center starting on Monday, October 14th, Noon to 6 p.m.
Curtis M. Phillips, M.D. Center for the Performing Arts Box Office
Phone: 352-392-ARTS (2787)
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