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The university is often celebrated as a site for critique where intellectual laborers, protected by academic freedom, may address the pressing social issues of their time and thus contribute to public opinion and to the advancement of... more
My opinion about Anti-Discrimination Law regarding employment
'Düşünce ve İfade Özgürlüğü' üzerine yazılmış en güzel eserlerden birisi.
Given that this article has been withdrawn by Taylor and Francis and the Editor of Third World Quarterly, I have preserved it here for reference. I am not the author of this publication, nor do I endorse its content. This... more
Revista catalana de dret public, 44, ISSN 1885-5709, 2010 Classification source: Universal Decimal Classification (UDC)
In: K. van Berkel & C. van Bruggen, Academische vrijheid. Geschiedenis en actualiteit (Amsterdam: Boom 2020), pp. 87-115 .
A retelling of the 1973 film about a teenager going through a crisis of conscience
These poems, composed in Somali and in English, provide a poetic reflection of the recently emerged debate on the theme of Caddaan Studies which means "White Studies". The criticism and counter-criticism contained in the debate dug so... more
This book presents a theologically-grounded understanding of academic freedom that builds on, completes, and transforms the prevailing secular understanding. Academic freedom in the secular university, while rightly protecting scholars... more
An introduction to a conversation with Jonathan Cole. University of Iceland 10 April 2015
Editorial response to "The Coddling of the American Mind" ("Atlantic Monthly" Sept 2015), published in the 2 Oct 2015 issue of "The Augsburg Echo," our campus newspaper.
Speech at Australian universities is restricted in various ways. A few of them, such as student protests against visiting speakers, receive lots of attention. Others seldom do, such as defamation threats and cyber harassment.... more
Academic freedom is considered to be one of the most important pillars of educational institutions. It is a prerequisite for quality education, essential for complete development of human personality. However, it has been subjected to... more
The University of Puerto Rico, the island's sole public university, faces what is probably the most critical juncture in its history. The draconian budget cuts that have already almost tripled tuition and will slash the institution's... more
A rare and lost preface to Animal farm; novella written by George Orwell. This preface better known as Freedom to Press was written by Orwell himself and It gives equal cult to the topic which Orwell tried to heed on. I just edited it... more
In various debates about science, appeal is made to the freedom of scientific research. A rationale in favor of this freedom is rarely offered. In this paper, two major arguments are reconstructed that promise to lend support to a... more
This paper starts by defining the social enterprise sector, its history, and its current size and scope in the UK. This is followed by a discussion on the distinct legal structures available for social enterprises, and how these determine... more
The overall purpose of this study is to explore human rights ramifications in the recent context of Turkey, the forced migration journeys of intellectuals from the country after the failed coup attempt in 2016, their experiences of... more
This study of how higher education leaders see the free speech phenomenon, i.e., how they are experiencing and responding to free speech issues is significant because universities, perhaps more than any other democracy’s institutions, are... more
The article discusses several arguments offered as justification for academic freedom. It identifies four main arguments, three consequentialist in nature, the other nonconsequentialist. It explores the form these arguments must take in... more
Η ρητορική της κυβέρνησης περί του θέματος απλώς αναπαράγει τα πάγια εδώ και δεκαετίες χονδροειδή προπαγανδιστικά στερεότυπα, ιδεολογήματα και δόγματα της αγοραίας νεοφιλελεύθερης «δημοσιογραφίας/δημοσιολογίας». Στερεότυπα που έχουν... more
This is a book review of Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt's The Coddling of the American Mind (2018).
« Go to College! » clame le magazine Life en 1940. Alors que l’Europe sombre dans le chaos, les États- Unis s’évertuent à assurer la production internationale des savoirs et à promouvoir un idéal alternatif de démocratie éclairée. Au même... more
After Nancy Richardson was fired from her job as Dean of Students at Boston University School of Theology, she sued the university for violating her free speech rights under Massachusetts' equal employment law. Richardson had protested... more
The standard view of academic freedom and free speech is that they play complementary roles in universities. Academic freedom protects academic discourse, while other public discourse in universities is protected by free speech. Here I... more
Az Akadémia egy hierarchikus, az irányítást te-kintve hivatalként mûködô intézmény, Ön pedig egy kritikai gondolkodású, az uralkodó narra tí vá-kat megkérdôjelezô mûvészettörténész. Mégis 12 éve vezeti az MTA Mûvészeti Gyûjteményét.... more
El trabajo aborda las violaciones al Derecho internacional en Palestina a través de las categorías jurídicas de ocupación, colonialismo y apartheid. Analiza al movimiento BDS (Boicot, Desinversión y Sanciones contra el Estado de Israel)... more
The paper analyzes the impact of the reform of 2010 (Act 240 ) on governance and internal organization of the Universities in Italy
Whether it is backlash from the publication of controversial papers or calls for no-platforming, the question of freedom of expression in academia seems to be more pertinent than ever. The conflict here seems to then be one of freedom and... more
Returning to the work begun in Amy Richlin's seminal essay on the unsettling topic of sexual violence in Ovid's work, "Reading Ovid's Rapes," this paper takes another look at the rich interpretive problems posed by the incessantly... more
The Japanese government is taking off the gloves with academics who research, write, and talk about sordid or awkward aspects of Japan’s twentieth-century history. This campaign ranges from harassment and intimidation to legal action in... more
The paper argues that the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) is currently experiencing a crisis of academic freedom and discusses the need to chart a course out of this crisis. The paper claims that the crisis, with its two dimensions... more