Academic Freedom Week - September 14th-16th, 2022
Academic Freedom Week - September 14th-16th, 2022
- Actualité Sciences Po
All around the world, there are efforts to curtail the freedom to teach, study and conduct research. The threat may come from political and economic authorities, from the evolution of public opinion or from stakeholders within universities themselves.
As we continue to champion the cause of our colleague Fariba Adelkhah, from 14 to 16 September, Sciences Po will be hosting a week dedicated to examining all aspects of academic freedom. A series of round table discussions will bring together students, researchers, academics and university presidents to explore a variety of perspectives on the issue.
Programme
14 septembre - Les atteintes à la liberté de recherche et d'enseignement en contexte autoritaire
17h -19h30
Cette table ronde réunira des acteurs et des témoins qui évoqueront les atteintes à la liberté d'enseignement et de recherche dans différents pays aux pratiques autoritaires (Russie, Iran, Chine, Brésil...).
15 septembre - La liberté académique en France et dans les démocraties libérales : nouveaux enjeux, nouveaux défis
14h-17h
Parce que la liberté académique se retrouve aujourd’hui au cœur de nombreuses polémiques, cette table ronde vise avant tout à lever les malentendus et confusions qui obscurcissent le débat. La liberté académique n’est pas la liberté d’expression, chacune a ses propres justifications et ses propres régulations, non sans frictions toujours possibles. Qu’est-ce alors qu’un bon modèle de confrontation des idées sur un campus universitaire ? Comment garantit-on l’indispensable exercice du libre débat sans soustraire les campus à la nécessaire prévention des discours de haine ?
September, 15th - Measuring and Advocating for the Academic Freedom Index
5-8 p.m
As part of the Academic Freedom Week, this seminar covers;the topic of the Academic Freedom Index/AFI.
The two main objectives of this seminar are to present the current Academic Freedom Index (AFI) measurement initiatives by explaining the methodology used, the different criteria of its definition, the advantages and disadvantages of this index and to reflect on the concrete uses of the index, its advertisement in particular by universities themselves and the real impact that it could have on the fight for academic freedom.
In the third part introduced by Provost Sergei Guriev, recommendations will be made to Sciences Po on how to make use of the AFI.
September, 16th - Academic Freedom: what do our university communities owe society ?
2.45 - 4 p.m
Speakers:
Michael Ignatieff, Writer, historian, professor and former politician
Sergei Guriev, Provost and Professor at the Department of Economics (Sciences Po)
Silvia Giorguli, Sociologist and President (El Colegio de México)
Zeblon Vilakazi, Vice Chancellor and Principal (University of the Witwatersrand)
Moderator: Vanessa Scherrer, Vice President for International Affairs at Sciences Po