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Talk #1: Lessons Learned from Viktor Orbán’s Assault on Academic Freedom in Hungary

w/ Michael Ignatieff & New College Students

Live-Streamed March 10, 2023

A conversation between Michael Ignatieff, former Rector and President of the Central European University (CEU) attacked by Viktor Orban, New College DEFY student leaders Joshua Epstein and Fatima Ismatula, and Kyaw Moe Tun, head of OSUN’s Liberal Arts Collaborative and President of Parami University in Myanmar (now in exile).

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University World News Is DeSantis Following Orban’s Playbook in Universities?

NY Times Florida Could Start Looking a Lot Like Hungary

The Atlantic Viktor Orbán’s War On Intellect

BBC University ‘Forced Out’ from Budapest

Politico Tucker Carlson Has Become Obsessed With Hungary. Here’s What He Doesn’t Understand

BBC Hungary broke EU law by forcing out university, says European Court

The Times Higher Education Orbán attacks academics for defending Central European University

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This DEFY Talk was made in partnership with the OSUN Liberal Arts Collaborative at Bard College and the CEU Democracy Institute.

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