Workshop on Academic Freedom
09. February 2023. 13:45 - 10. February 2023. 16:00
Novotel Budapest Danube (1027 Budapest, Bem rkp. 33–34.)
2023. February 09. 13:45 - 2023. February 10. 16:00
Novotel Budapest Danube (1027 Budapest, Bem rkp. 33–34.)
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.