NY: Nov 1, 2022 – Reinforcing Academic Freedom Against an Illiberal Tide: A Conversation with Peter-Andre Alt

Join Deutsches Haus at NYU and Scholars at Risk Network present a conversation between HRK President, Peter-Andre Alt, Robert Quinn, Executive Director of the Scholar Risk Network at NYU, and moderated by Hadas Aron, a faculty fellow at the Center for European and Mediterranean Studies at NYU.

Deutsches Haus at NYU and Scholars at Risk Network present a conversation between HRK President, Peter-Andre Alt, Robert Quinn, Executive Director of the Scholar Risk Network at NYU, and moderated by Hadas Aron, a faculty fellow at the Center for European and Mediterranean Studies at NYU.
Peter-André Alt has been President of the German Rectorsʼ Conference (Hochschulrektorenkonferenz/HRK) since August 2018. He studied German language and literature, political science, history, and philosophy at Freie Universität Berlin. Alt has been a full professor of modern German literature since 1995, first at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (1995 – 2002), then at the University of Würzburg (2002 – 2005), and since 2005 at Freie Universität Berlin. Having held the position of Dean of the Department of Philosophy and Humanities for two years, he has been the President of Freie Universität Berlin for two terms (2010 – 2018).

 

Location & Time
6:00pm – 7:30pm on Tuesday, November 1, 2022
In-person at Deutsches Haus at NYU, 42 Washington Mews, New York, NY 10003

 

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