Public Keynote Lecture by Professor Pratap Bhanu Mehta on Academic Freedom
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In his lecture on July 4 in Berlin, Pratap Mehta will offer reflections on the question of why academic freedom has become such an object of contention in contemporary democracies. The talk will draw on examples from the United States, India and Europe to delve into the intellectual and political foundations of academic freedom, and why these might erode.
Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Laurence S. Rockefeller Visiting Professor for Distinguished Teaching at Princeton University, will deliver a public keynote lecture at HU Berlin titled “‘They Don’t Mean What They Say’: Academic Freedom and the Crisis of Trust in Comparative Perspective” as part of the International Workshop on Academic Freedom, organized by the strategic Humboldt-Princeton partnership project “Constitutionalism under Stress (CONSTRESS)” and the Academic Freedom Initiative at Princeton University.
Professor Mehta’s keynote lecture will discuss why academic freedom has become such a tense object of contention in contemporary democracies. He will draw on examples from the United States, India and Europe to analyze the intellectual and political foundations of academic freedom, and why these might be eroding.
Time: 4 July, 5.00 pm
Location: Lichthof Ost, HU main building, ground floor, Unter den Linden 6
Read the article on the HU Berlin website.