SCRIPTS Cluster of Excellence Project in Berlin, WZB Global Constitutionalism and ELTE Faculty of Social Sciences cordially invites you to their jointly organized workshop titled "Academic Freedom. Conceptualisation, Contestations and Constitutional Challenges."
The workshop aims to examine the content of academic freedom as a democratic and liberal norm and examine patterns in its justification and contestation. First, it examines the emergence of academic freedom, its spread and its evolution as a global and regional norm. Then the workshop takes a closer look at the dynamics and causes of contestation, as well as legal strategies of resistance in the East Central European region.
Program
Day 1—Thursday, February 9, 2023 |
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13:45 |
Opening remarks |
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Balázs Majtényi (ELTE University), Gábor Zoltán Szűcs (ELTE University) |
14:00–15:30 |
Panel One: Academic Freedom and the Liberal Script |
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Chair: Kriszta Kovács (WZB Berlin Social Science Center, ELTE University) |
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What is the Point of Academic Freedom? Mattias Kumm (WZB Berlin Social Science Center, New York University) |
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Academic Freedom: Regional, Liberal, Global? Tanja Börzel (Freie Universität Berlin) |
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Discussants: Anna Unger (ELTE University), Gábor Attila Tóth (Humboldt Fellow) |
15:30–15:50 |
Coffee break |
15:50–17.20 |
Panel Two: Academic Freedom Over Time and Space |
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Chair: Mattias Kumm (WZB Berlin Social Science Center, New York University) |
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How Norm-entrepreneurs at the United Nations Made Free Science a Human Right? Katrin Kinzelbach (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg) |
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The Constitutional Codification of Academic Freedom Over Time and Space Janika Spannagel (Freie Universität Berlin) |
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Discussants: Ágnes Kövér (ELTE University), Balázs Majtényi (ELTE University) |
Day 2—Friday, February 10, 2023 |
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09:30–11:00 |
Panel Three: Academic Freedom at the Regional Level 1 |
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Chair: Katrin Kinzelbach (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg) |
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Returning to China: Academic Freedom in Hong Kong Hualing Fu (University of Hong Kong) |
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Academic Freedom as a Legal Concept in Europe Kriszta Kovács (ELTE University) |
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Discussant: Lilla Farkas (ELTE University), Tamás Ziegler (ELTE University) |
11:00–11:20 |
Coffee break |
11:20–12:50 |
Panel Four: Academic Freedom at the Regional Level 2 |
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Chair: Tanja Börzel (Freie Universität Berlin) |
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Constitution-making, Democratisation and Links with Academic Freedom in Africa Kwadwo Appiagyei-Atua (University of Ghana) |
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The Latin American Tradition of University Autonomy and Its Evolution in the Constitutional Law of Chile Andrés Bernasconi (Pontifical Catholic University of Chile) |
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Discussants: Orsolya Salát (ELTE University), Katrin Kinzelbach (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg) |
12:50–13:50 |
Lunch break |
14:00–15:30 |
Panel Five: Contestations of Academic Freedom |
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Chair: Janika Spannagel (Freie Universität Berlin) |
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Authoritarian Governance of Higher Education in Eastern Europe: Reconstructing a European Counter-Culture Tamás Ziegler (ELTE University) |
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The Challenge to Academic Freedom in Hungary Andrew Ryder (ELTE University) |
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Discussants: Zsolt Körtvélyesi (ELTE University), Mária Heller (ELTE University) |
15:30 |
Closing remarks |
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Tanja Börzel (Freie Universität Berlin), Mattias Kumm (WZB Berlin Social Science Center, New York University) |
You can also download the program in a pdf format.
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Registration
The event is open to the public, but the number of participants is restricted. To register, please email by January 31, 2023 to hilde.ottschofski@wzb.eu.