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People keep telling us they wish they could audit a UATX class.
We heard you. Every lecture of the Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome with UATX Professor Isabella Reinhardt is now free, filmed live in the classroom.
Pull up a chair, and watch the full series: connect.uaustin.org/rome-onl…
Our faculty is expanding. UATX is hiring professors at every rank to start in Fall 2027.
Teach focused seminars. Produce great research. Join an institution dedicated to the fearless pursuit of truth: jobs.lever.co/uaustin
Tonight is the opening of UATX’s student-led production of J.B. Priestley’s An Inspector Calls. The stage is set for a mystery about class and morality that ends with a twist.
University of Austin (UATX) retweeted
Great students, and great fun for me!
This fall Jack Henneman (@jbhenneman) joined UATX as visiting faculty in history.
Host of The History of the Americans, Henneman is teaching nine classes on the founding before the Founding: the century and a half before 1776, when Spanish, Dutch, English, and Native powers competed for North America.
His advice to students: avoid presentism, "the application of today's morality to events in the past," because it "interferes with your ability to understand the people and events of the past."
This fall Jack Henneman (@jbhenneman) joined UATX as visiting faculty in history.
Host of The History of the Americans, Henneman is teaching nine classes on the founding before the Founding: the century and a half before 1776, when Spanish, Dutch, English, and Native powers competed for North America.
His advice to students: avoid presentism, "the application of today's morality to events in the past," because it "interferes with your ability to understand the people and events of the past."
Read Henneman's thoughts on teaching early America at UATX: jackhenneman.substack.com/p/…
Rome’s founding story is probably a myth. But can a made-up story still tell the truth?
All 19 lectures of the Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome are now free.
Sign up: connect.uaustin.org/rome-onl…
University of Austin (UATX) retweeted
This sounds awesome. 👇 Amazing what things are within our reach today that we wouldn’t have dreamed of 25 years ago.
Tomorrow we're releasing a full UATX course for free: all 19 lectures of Professor Isabella Reinhardt's Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome, filmed in class with our students.
It runs from Rome's mythical founding to the Third Century Crisis. It ends on a question the class spent a whole session arguing about: did Rome ever really fall?
The lead up to All Souls Day is a time for Catholics to reflect on all those who have come before them. It’s also a time for Christians and non-believers to gather. UATX President Carlos Carvalho and his son Otto joined the Catholic Association and other students for Mass, brunch, and a trip to the pumpkin patch.
University of Austin (UATX) retweeted
What a phenomenal way to highlight the first counterattack in retaking academia from the Left and re-making it education not indoctrination.
People keep telling us they wish they could audit a UATX class.
We heard you. Every lecture of the Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome with UATX Professor Isabella Reinhardt is now free, filmed live in the classroom.
Pull up a chair, and watch the full series: connect.uaustin.org/rome-onl…
University of Austin (UATX) retweeted
Bravo. This is outstanding. And what a class to present given the times in which we live. It’s also a good showcase for a bold new—old, really—university.
People keep telling us they wish they could audit a UATX class.
We heard you. Every lecture of the Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome with UATX Professor Isabella Reinhardt is now free, filmed live in the classroom.
Pull up a chair, and watch the full series: connect.uaustin.org/rome-onl…
How did the Allies win World War II without trusting each other?
Historian Tim Bouverie (@TimPBouverie) on the unusual alliance that defeated the Axis — and how its cracks still shape global politics.
Nov. 3, 5:30 PM, UATX.
UATX's CBR Chair of Politics, Censorship, and Free Speech Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) on his fight against Australia's radical new censorship legislation.
When UATX professor Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) traveled to Australia to warn against censorship legislation, he never expected his opposition to go viral on social media and then be broadcasted by mainstream media.
Michael is CBR Chair of Politics, Censorship, and Free Speech at UATX, where he teaches journalism and politics.
00:00 — Michael Shellenberger on censorship in Australia
00:33 — Australia's 2024 misinformation bill
01:24 — The "Digital Duty of Care" bill
01:35 — Harm reduction and effective altruism
02:17 — Sam Bankman-Fried and the ends justifying the means
03:02 — Speaking at CPAC Australia
03:29 — Censoring anything that "may cause serious harm"
04:27 — A frustrating meeting with staffers
04:53 — Government sock puppets
06:05 — The iPhone video that went viral
07:09 — How a viral video moved the mainstream media
08:24 — Front page of The Australian
08:40 — A tragic attack and new calls for censorship
09:40 — Does media violence cause real violence?
11:04 — John Hinckley Jr. and Taxi Driver
12:33 — What really motivates censorship
13:31 — The Left's War on Reality
14:01 — UATX's free speech mission
14:32 — A University of Austin for Australia?
15:11 — Higher education's unfinished reform
16:08 — Why Australia matters
16:37 — The Censorship Industrial Complex
17:53 — Bringing the lessons back to the classroom
Recorded: October 23, 2026 at UATX.
University of Austin (UATX) retweeted
I am a longtime supporter of the University of Austin, so I was anxious to get a glimpse into one of its courses. My wife and I watched the first episode this afternoon, and it was fantastic. Professor Reinhardt is organized, articulate, engaging and incredibly knowledgeable. If I were a student at the college, I couldn't wait for the next session of class.
When UATX professor Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) traveled to Australia to warn against censorship legislation, he never expected his opposition to go viral on social media and then be broadcasted by mainstream media.
Michael is CBR Chair of Politics, Censorship, and Free Speech at UATX, where he teaches journalism and politics.
00:00 — Michael Shellenberger on censorship in Australia
00:33 — Australia's 2024 misinformation bill
01:24 — The "Digital Duty of Care" bill
01:35 — Harm reduction and effective altruism
02:17 — Sam Bankman-Fried and the ends justifying the means
03:02 — Speaking at CPAC Australia
03:29 — Censoring anything that "may cause serious harm"
04:27 — A frustrating meeting with staffers
04:53 — Government sock puppets
06:05 — The iPhone video that went viral
07:09 — How a viral video moved the mainstream media
08:24 — Front page of The Australian
08:40 — A tragic attack and new calls for censorship
09:40 — Does media violence cause real violence?
11:04 — John Hinckley Jr. and Taxi Driver
12:33 — What really motivates censorship
13:31 — The Left's War on Reality
14:01 — UATX's free speech mission
14:32 — A University of Austin for Australia?
15:11 — Higher education's unfinished reform
16:08 — Why Australia matters
16:37 — The Censorship Industrial Complex
17:53 — Bringing the lessons back to the classroom
Recorded: October 23, 2026 at UATX.
@shellenberger's new book with Alex Gutentag (@galexybrane) is available for preorder: amazon.com/dp/0063421577
