Stephen Bannon will address faculty and students at the University of Chicago after a business professor extended an invitation to President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Trump dismisses climate change role in fires, says Newsom needs to manage forest better Jimmy Kimmel hits Trump for rallies while hosting Emmy Awards MORE's former chief strategist.

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"Whether you agree with him or not (and I personally do not), Mr. Bannon has come to interpret and represent this backlash in America. For this reason, I invited Mr. Bannon to a debate on these issues with our faculty," professor Luigi Zingales said in a Facebook post.

A date for the talk has not yet been set, according to the school's newspaper The Chicago Maroon.

The announcement sparked backlash amid the student body.

From today's protest against Steve Bannon at University of Chicago (photo by Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune) pic.twitter.com/BLn0KeJLA4 — Rachael Perrotta (@plussone) January 25, 2018

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