This should have been happening for decades now, but better late than never.
The College Fix reports:
‘Too easily forgotten’: Seminar encourages scholars to teach about evils of communismThe University of Texas at Austin will host a two-day seminar on communism to encourage professors to host their own classes on the subject and ensure that, as one professor put it, the “destructive” ideology is not “easily forgotten.”“Too often, courses on communism focus on theory at the expense of real-world outcomes,” UT Austin Professor Alexander Duff told The College Fix.“Communism is among the most destructive ideologies in history with regard to personal liberty, prosperity, and the rule of law. Reckoning with the truth of this is of utmost urgency, given that such mistakes are too easily forgotten,” Duff said in a recent interview.The conference, “Teaching the Twentieth Century: Communism and Dissent,” will take place this October.The event is a partnership between the university’s School of Civic Leadership and the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation. The foundation, authorized by U.S. Congress in 1993, works to educate the public about the 100 million people who have died as the result of communism’s human rights abuses.Eric Patterson, president and CEO of the foundation, told The Fix in a recent email that the purpose of the conference is to “empower university faculty with the resources needed to teach about communism — its history, its ideology, and its terrible legacy.”The seminar aims to prepare professors to teach classes on communism from within various disciplines. The conference is free, but professors who participate must agree to teach a related course following the seminar.Patterson, (pictured) a foreign policy expert and former U.S. Department of State official, told The Fix that professors “have an important role to play to analyze the claims and evidence of communism, because for the past century it has been the main alternative worldview to the Western moral order.”“Much needs to be done to empower educators to tell an accurate history of the crimes and destruction wrought by communist revolutionaries and governments,” Patterson said.
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