Academic Freedom

Michael Ignatieff is President and Rector of the Central European University. Ignatieff comes to CEU after serving as Edward R. Murrow Professor of Practice of the Press, Politics, and Public Policy at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. An international commentator on contemporary issues of democracy, human rights, and governance and a Canadian citizen, Ignatieff is also an award-winning writer, teacher, former politician, and historian with a deep knowledge of Central and Eastern Europe.Stefan Roch is a PhD student in Public Policy at the Central European University.

• CONTENTACADEMIC FREEDOM FROM WITHOUT AND WITHIN, MICHAEL IGNATIEFFACADEMIC FREEDOM AND THE TENSION BETWEEN UNIVERSITY AND STATE , JOAN SCOTTThe University and the NationAcademic FreedomPublic and PrivateTHE THREAT WITHOUT: STATE PRACTICES AND BARRIERS TO ACADEMIC FREEDOM AROUND THE WORLD3 Ideas on Academic Freedom, Liviu MateiThe distinction between academic freedom and university autonomyAcademic freedom and institutional autonomy are multidimensionalUniversities need the stateLessons from CEU and other universitiesAcademic Freedom in the UK, the Indian Subcontinent and Bangladesh, Nirmala RaoAcademic Freedom in the UKAcademic freedom and the Indian subcontinentAcademic Freedom and Universities in Continental Europe, Helga NowotnyAcademic Freedom under attack in Turkey , Ayse KadiogluBetween Classical and new Theories of Academic Freedom: Experiences from teaching between New York and Abu Dabi, Catharine R. StimpsonIntroduction: The classical and the political definition of academic freedomAcademic freedom in the Gulf states: backgroundExperiences at NYU Abu DabiConclusionsTHE THREAT WITHIN: THE STRUGGLE FOR AND AGAINST ACADEMIC FREEDOM WITHIN U.S. UNIVERSITIESThe fundamental role of Academic Freedom and free inquiry in US Higher Education, Jonathan R. ColeAcademic Freedom and attacks against it in the US from a historical perspectiveTwo fundamental sources of academic freedom in the USLessons from Middlebury, Allison StangerIntroductionThe Middlebury IncidentAcademic Freedom and Controversial Speech about Campus Governance, Rogers BrubakerAcademic freedom in the US and its enemies: a polemic, Leon BotsteinTAKING ACCOUNT OF ACADEMIC FREEDOM IN HUNGARYKey developments in Hungarian higher education, Attila ChikanUniversity autonomy in Hungary in perspective, Istvan KeneseiHistorical foundations of academic freedom in Hungary, Katalin TauszQuality assurance in Hungarian universities and increasing political bias, Valiera CsepeThe situation in Hungary from the perspective of private universities, Laszlo VassFREEDOM AND ITS ENEMIES, OR HOW TO BE A GOOD CITIZEN IN A TANGLED WORD, MARIO VARGAS LLOSABIBLIOGRAPHY (PRELIMINARY)

"The collection achieves its most important goal: engage the reader in a host of recent preoccupations entangling academic freedom and unpack them in global perspective. The book triggers the critical attitude it stubbornly preaches on its pages. Applying its own philosophy here and now, I salute it as a work that deserves to be read and criticized widely."