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“The Geopolitics of Academic Freedom: The View from the Frontline”: 36th Annual U-M Davis, Markert, Nickerson Lecture on Academic and Intellectual Freedom

Talk by Michael Ignatieff, who served as the president and rector of Central European University between 2016 and 2021, the turbulent years that saw CEU’s expulsion from Budapest and its reestablishment in Vienna during the rule of Hungary’s far-right prime minister Viktor Orbán. Refreshments at 3:30 p.m. 4–5:30 p.m., Alexander Ruthven Bldg., rm. 2000, 1109 Geddes. Preregistration required and livestream available at facultysenate.umich.edu/2026-current-lecture. Free. (734) 764–0303.  

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