Roundtable discussion on fascism and populism at CEU, February 2, 2023

The Karl Polanyi Centre presents:

We Don’t Need This Fascist Groove! – a roundtable discussion on the nature of the radical right in the world today. Is it authoritarian populism or a form of fascism? Does terminology matter? How might the writing of Polanyi assist us in these debates?

Speakers include: Ziegler Dezső Tamás – Gabor Halmai – Nidhi Trehan – Attila Antal, among others, there will also be music and a reception

Location – Central European University Budapest, 15 Nador Utca – report to reception (online participation is possible – links to follow)

Date – Thursday 2nd of February 16.30 CET, 2023 (reception from 18.30)

Please register attendance on Facebook here

International workshop on academic freedom – February 9-10 (venie: Novotel Budapest Danube)

The program is also available at https://www.tatk.elte.hu/AcademicFreedom/Workshop

PROGRAM

DAY 1—THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2023
13:45	OPENING REMARKS
	Balázs Majtényi (ELTE University), Gábor Zoltán Szűcs (ELTE University)
14:00–15:30	PANEL ONE: ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND THE LIBERAL SCRIPT
	Chair: Kriszta Kovács* (WZB Berlin Social Science Center, ELTE University)*
	What is the Point of Academic Freedom?Mattias Kumm (WZB Berlin Social Science Center, New York University)
	Academic Freedom: Regional, Liberal, Global?Tanja Börzel (Freie Universität Berlin)
	Discussants: Anna Unger* (ELTE University), Gábor Attila Tóth (Humboldt Fellow)*
15:30–15:50	COFFEE BREAK
15:50–17.20	PANEL TWO: ACADEMIC FREEDOM OVER TIME AND SPACE
	Chair: Mattias Kumm* (WZB Berlin Social Science Center, New York University)*
	How Norm-entrepreneurs at the United Nations Made Free Science a Human Right?Katrin Kinzelbach (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)
	The Constitutional Codification of Academic Freedom Over Time and SpaceJanika Spannagel (Freie Universität Berlin)
	Discussants: Ágnes Kövér* (ELTE University), Balázs Majtényi (ELTE University)*

DAY 2—FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2023
09:30–11:00	PANEL THREE: ACADEMIC FREEDOM AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL 1
	Chair: Katrin Kinzelbach* (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg*)
	Returning to China: Academic Freedom in Hong KongHualing Fu (University of Hong Kong)
	Academic Freedom as a Legal Concept in EuropeKriszta Kovács (ELTE University)
	Discussant: Lilla Farkas* (ELTE University), Tamás Ziegler (ELTE University)*
11:00–11:20	COFFEE BREAK
11:20–12:50	PANEL FOUR: ACADEMIC FREEDOM AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL 2
	Chair: Tanja Börzel* (Freie Universität Berlin)*
	Constitution-making, Democratisation and Links with Academic Freedom in AfricaKwadwo Appiagyei-Atua (University of Ghana)
	The Latin American Tradition of University Autonomy and Its Evolution in the Constitutional Law of ChileAndrés Bernasconi (Pontifical Catholic University of Chile)
	Discussants: Orsolya Salát* (ELTE University), Katrin Kinzelbach (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)*
12:50–13:50	LUNCH BREAK
14:00–15:30	PANEL FIVE: CONTESTATIONS OF ACADEMIC FREEDOM
	Chair: Janika Spannagel* (Freie Universität Berlin)*
	Authoritarian Governance of Higher Education in Eastern Europe: Reconstructing a European Counter-CultureTamás Ziegler (ELTE University)
	The Challenge to Academic Freedom in HungaryAndrew Ryder (ELTE University)
	Discussants: Zsolt Körtvélyesi* (ELTE University), Mária Heller (ELTE University)*
15:30	CLOSING REMARKS
	Tanja Börzel (Freie Universität Berlin), Mattias Kumm (WZB Berlin Social Science Center, New York University)

Our Annual workshop on International Relations and European Studies: March 30, 2023 – deadline for applications: 31 January, 2023

CALL FOR PAPERS – ELTE WORKSHOP IN INTERNATIONAL AND EUROPEAN STUDIES

THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL ORDER IN A TIME OF CRISIS.

2022.12.12.

Call for Papers – ELTE Workshop in International and European Studies

The Institute of Political and International Studies at Eötvös Loránd University would like to invite scholars in international relations, international law, European studies, EU law, and related disciplines of social sciences both from Hungary and abroad to start an annual workshop series aimed at discussing the actual state and changes of the international order and European integration and the implications of this in political, socio-economic and cultural life.

ABOUT THE ANNUAL WORKSHOP

The institute would like to host a friendly and informal event that will be highly discursive and relevant to topical academic debates and questions, where we could discuss our latest research, and share ideas with scholars from different parts of the world. The organizers intend to choose very broad topics, so that different topics from different disciplines can be discussed. We plan to invite about 15 scholars to our first workshop. The conference will have an opening session with keynote speakers focusing on Europe and the international order and then break into thematic workshops and conclude with a plenary session with workshop report backs and a concluding keynote speaker.

The event will be held offline/online, on MS Teams. We very much welcome international participants, who can join online if they wish.

CENTRAL ISSUES

The central issue of the first annual conference/workshop is the transformation of the international order. The goal is to analyze changes in a multidisciplinary context. This allows the contributors to interpret the transformation of the international order in the broadest way possible, allowing us to discuss topics such as the development of international trade relations; the transformation of European normative power; war and peace in a contemporary context; or the transformation of democracy, only to give some prime examples.

EXTENDED DEADLINE

Applications will be accepted until January 31, 2023. Applications should be sent to polir.workshop@tatk.elte.hu

DATE & VENUE

The event will be held on March 30, 2023 at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Eötvös Loránd University, 1117 Budapest, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/A.