Skip to main content
Visit Temple.edu
Toggle Utility Menu
  • Visit
  • Apply
  • Alumni
  • TUportal
Search

Calendar of Events

  • Schools, Colleges and Departments
  • Calendar
  • Home //
  • What is an Expert Anyway? Lessons from Public Scholarship

What is an Expert Anyway? Lessons from Public Scholarship

    Temple University Libraries

    We live in age in which the idea of 'expertise' is embattled. Scholar, professor, expert: these have become dirty words among a segment of the population that prefers to 'do its own research' and peddle wild conspiracy theories. But does academia share any responsibility for this sorry state of affairs? Can academics claim the high ground when they write books that almost no one without a PhD can understand? In this talk, historian and former journalist Dr. John Ghazvinian (Executive Director, Middle East Center at the University of Pennsylvania) reflects on navigating the contested spaces between academia and public engagement, providing lessons and warnings about the disconnect between American universities and the American public.

    Related Events

    By Category
    By Location

    Additional Info

    Created By: Temple University Libraries
    Open To: Public
    Type: Lecture

    Save and Share

    Download iCal

    Temple University

    1801 N. Broad Street
    Philadelphia, PA 19122 USA

    • Cherry and White Directory
    • Maps and Directions
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • LinkedIn
    • YouTube
    • Instagram
    • TUPortal
    • TUMail
    • Sitemap
    • Accessibility
    • Policies
    • Careers at Temple

    Copyright 2025, Temple University. All rights reserved.