Academic freedom and democracy. University in danger?

The notion of "academic freedom" is often evoked in public debates, but is it really known in its singularity? Where does it come from? What is its history? What decisive role does it play in our democracies and the defense of the university's role as a counter-power? To what extent is it threatened today, particularly by the reforms announced?

This morning of reflection, open to all, will explore these questions from a variety of perspectives. Historians, philosophers and jurists will shed light on the subject. Institutional leaders will share their concrete experience and their analysis of the threats that reforms could pose to this essential principle.

An organization of the Philosophy Department, the History Department, the ESPHIN Institute in collaboration with the Centre d'Action Laïque Namur.

The speakers

- Anne-Emmanuelle Bourgaux, Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Mons

- Nicolas Offenstadt, Professor of History at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

- Quentin Landenne, Qualified Researcher at the FRS-FNRS at the UCLouvain Saint-Louis Brussels, scientific leader of the ERC BildungLearning project

- Susanna Zellini, Research Fellow at the FRS-FNRS at UCLouvain Saint-Louis Brussels

- Annick Castiaux, Rector of UNamur

- Edouard Delruelle, Professor of political philosophy at ULiège; Chargé de mission by the Rectrice of ULiège on "ULiège facing global conflicts".

Practicalities

Théâtre Jardin Passion 39, rue Marie Henriette - 5000 Namur.

Free admission - Welcome from 9am

An organization of the Departments of Philosophy and History of the University of Namur and the ESPHIN Institute in collaboration with the Centre d'Action Laïque Namur with the support of the ERC BildungLearning project.

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The ERC BildungLearning project is funded by the European Union (n° 101043433). The views and opinions expressed, however, are those of the authors alone and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Council Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.