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The complimentary sides of academic freedom
NIAS Director Jan Willem Duyvendak's explains the two complimentary sides of academic freedom in his opening speech for the 2021/22 academic year...
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Imagination
"NIAS is a place where imagination is cherished. Scientists and artists have the amazing gift of being able to think out of the box, allowing their imagination the freedom to...
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Academic Freedom(s)
...year. During the NIAS Opening of the Academic Year 2023/24 we explore the nature, meaning and limits of academic freedom, together with invited speakers and the Institute’s newest year group....
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What is Academic Freedom?
...they do know, to ask seemingly unanswerable questions, and to give questionable answers." During the Opening of the Academic Year 2021/22, Fellow Lukas Verburgt shared his thoughts on academic freedom....
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The Introvert’s Protest
...of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights. By handwriting the Universal Declaration, they reaffirmed their commitment to a document that can be rightfully described as one of humanity’s greatest achievements....
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Scholars at Risk: The Institute for Advanced Study and Academic Freedom
"The great challenge for the scholarly community will be to preserve and strengthen our academic freedom, to keep expanding our view, and to allow as many different perspectives as possible....
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On Free Speech
During the Opening of the Academic Year 2021/22, Fellow Rahul Rao shared his thoughts on academic freedom....
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Protest Movements and Electoral Politics: Southern Europe in Comparative Perspective
Şebnem Yardımcı-Geyikçi explores what determines the prospects of contemporary protest movements, or lack thereof, to induce significant changes in electoral politics. Why have some protest movements been more effective in...
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Your profile on the NIAS website
NIAS is proud of its fellows. On the website we like to present our fellows and the backgrounds and the details of the research conducted throughout their time at NIAS....
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Mobilising Human Rights to Address Coronavirus Vaccine Apartheid
...and Jeff Handmaker delve into the opportunities for mobilising international law to compel states to take action, not merely in their own jurisdictions, but globally, to address deep and growing...
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New NIAS website
The new NIAS website is live. In the coming months we'll work hard to improve the website....