University-Wide Seminar: Epistemologies of Academic Freedom
Monday, October 4, 2021
Online Event
9:30 am – 11:00 am EDT/GMT-4
9:30 AM NY l 3:30 PM Vienna9:30 am – 11:00 am EDT/GMT-4
Academic freedom is an elusive and multi-dimensional concept. OSUN welcomes all network members to a university-wide seminar that proposes a discussion about how the epistemology, or epistemologies, of academic freedom impact its conceptualizations, regulatory frameworks and practice.
Liviu Matei, CEU Provost, will discuss the rationalist tradition, which is largely socially insensitive, embedded in European conceptualizations, and juxtapose it with North American approaches.
Maria Kronfeldner, Department of Philosophy, CEU will question the so-called “argument from truth," the claim that we need academic freedom to further the “advancement of knowledge," but with a constructive goal in mind, namely, to find a better epistemological foundation for defending academic freedom.
Milica Popović, OSUN Global Observatory on Academic Freedom, will discuss the concept of epistemic injustices (coined by Miranda Fricker), unpacking both testimonial and hermeneutical sides of the issue.
Kwadwo Appiagyei-Atua, School of Law, University of Ghana, will discuss the “epistemic decolonization” in Africa, through a review of academic freedom and its critical role in the African context, which is to disrupt epistemic coloniality.
This is an online event. Join via Zoom.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Time: 9:30 am – 11:00 am EDT/GMT-4
Location: Online Event