On Tuesday, April 7, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m., Ian Buruma, Henry R. Luce Professor of Human Rights and Journalism at Bard College, will deliver The New School for Social Research’s Annual Hans Maeder Lecture titled, "The Limits of Free Speech."

Ian Buruma books include God's Dust, Behind the Mask, The Missionary and the Libertine, Playing the Game, The Wages of Guilt, Anglomania, Bad Elements, and Murder in Amsterdam, which won a Los Angeles Times book prize for the best current interest book. He was awarded the 2008 Shorenstein Journalism Award, which honored him for his distinguished body of work and the 2008 Erasmus Prize. His most recent book is The China Lover.

The lecture will take place in Wollman Hall, Eugene Lang Building, 65 West 11th Street, 5th floor. Admission is free, but seating is limited and reservations are required by emailing mcnamard@newschool.edu.