Dialogue 3: Current threats viewed from 200 years of university history

Our third Dialogue took place on the 12 of December 2022.

How can universities face the challenges to their autonomy and academic freedom and stand firm to defend the values of an open society, system and global cooperation? What can be learned from the past; were universities (always) on the right side of history?

With William Kirby (Harvard University), Paul Ziche (Utrecht University), Zheping Xie (Tsinghua University). Convenor: Marijk van der Wende.

William Kirby’s new book: Empires of Ideas. Creating the Modern University from Germany to America to China.

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