Workshop: Defending academic freedom and finding ways of organization and solidarity

Defending freedom of speech, analyzing societal power relations, and criticizing state politics against human rights violence is part of academic responsibility. However, oppression and constrains on academic freedom are seemingly increasing . We will discuss ways of organizing solidarity and counter-movements. Focusing on Turkey, where thousands of academics fight against their political persecution, on the UK, where in 2018 higher education staff went on the longest-ever strike in UK university history, and Germany, where the precarity of academic staff leads to worker struggles and questioning the conformity of academic output.

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Day: 2018-10-07
Start time: 09:15
Duration: 01:45
Room: Raum 14 Organization:

Language: en

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