U of A Scholars at Risk Lecture Features Former Kyrgyzstani Diplomat

This year's Professor Dick Bennett Lecture, hosted by the Scholars at Risk Committee at the University of Arkansas, is going to be held virtually on Wednesday, Nov. 18, at 5 p.m. Speaker Baktybek Bashimov, a one-time diplomat from Kyrgyzstan who had to flee his native country, says there are critical issues surrounding academic freedom that need to be addressed.