Lecture Series: Let's Talk about Academic Freedom
In 2022, Dr. Paula Rhein-Fischer and Dr. Cathérine Van de Graaf (Academy for European Human Rights Protection) and Celina Lubahn-Greppler (Institute of International Peace and Security Law) joined hands to organise the ‘Let’s talk about academic freedom’ lecture series.
Every two months, they welcome specialists from a variety of disciplines to the University of Cologne to discuss how academic freedom is threatened and which persons or processes might be responsible for that.
This event series can take place with the help of der Studienstiftung Alumnae and Alumni.
Upcoming Lectures
Future events are yet not fixed.
Past Lectures
22. June 2023: Panel Discussion - Ziviler Ungehorsam und Proteste an Universitäten - Wissenschaftsfreiheit unter Druck?
- Wessen Freiheit, welche Wissenschaft? Ein Kartierungsversuch – Prof. Dr. Frieder Vogelmann (Universität Freiburg)
- Zur juristischen Bewertung akademischer Blockaden – Dr. Tim Wihl (Universität Erfurt)
16 May 2023: Academic Freedom in Europe in Chinese hands? A conversation on the various threats emanating from (non-)state agents under control of the Chinese Communist Party, Prof. Dr. Andreas Fulda, University of Nottingham
27 February 2023: Where does academic freedom end? A debate on the substantial limits from the political perspective.
- How free is academia? A global perspective – Dr. Janika Spannagel (Freie Universität Berlin)
- Academic freedom in social context. Why researchers should be responsible to the public – Dr. Floris Biskamp (Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt)
25 October 2022: Normative Grundlagen der Wissenschaftsfreiheit
- Die Wissenschaftsfreiheit nach Art. 5 Abs 3 GG – Prof. Dr. Christian von Coelln (Lehrstul für Staats-und Verwaltungsrecht sowie Wissenschaftsrecht und Medienrecht, Universität zu Köln)
- Wissenschaftsfreiheit und moralische Kritik – Prof. Dr. Tim Henning (Lehrstuhl für praktische Philosophie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz)