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Read Prof. Andrea Pető's article on illiberalism’s attacks on Higher Education

May 3, 2023
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"The illiberal takeover in other countries, including European Union member country Hungary from where my university, the Central European University (CEU), had to escape to Austria, offers insights into the illiberal script that we can expect illiberalism to follow in the field of higher education". To know more about the strategist of illiberalism, read here the complete article by Prof.

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To Dubravka Ugrešić, with love

May 3, 2023
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Dubravka Ugrešić

One of the most important European writers, Dubravka Ugrešić passed away on March 17, 2023 in Amsterdam. An unexpected, shocking news for many, myself included. Dubravka Ugrešić was my friend and a part of my life for many decades, and it will take me a lot of time to get used to the idea that that she is gone.   

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Seminar "How Illiberal Memory Politics is Hijacking the Discourse on Antisemitism" by Prof. Pető

May 2, 2023
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In this seminar organized by The Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism, Andrea Pető considers how different illiberal governments and political parties are hijacking the memory politics of the Holocaust.

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Listen to the podcast "The Future of Gender Studies with Andrea Pető"

May 2, 2023
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Prof. Andrea Pető discusses illiberal forces, academic freedom, and attacks on gender studies in this episode of "gender & mehr – leicht gesagt!“. This podcast from The Coordination Centre for Gender Studies and Equal Opportunities at the University of Graz examines current research and debates on the subject of gender with an intersectional approach. 

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Prof. Eszter Timár publishes the article MÈRE MÉTAPHORE in the prestigious journal Angelaki

April 17, 2023
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Eszter Timár, an assistant professor in our Department, published the article "MÈRE MÉTAPHORE. The maternal materiality of water in Astrida Neimanis’s bodies of water" in Angelaki: Journal of the Theoretical Humanities. This journal welcomes texts working in the productive nexus in the disciplinary fields of literary criticism and theory, philosophy, and cultural studies. In her article, Prof.

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