{"id":20913,"date":"2026-06-15T15:33:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T11:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/events.iliauni.edu.ge\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=20913"},"modified":"2026-06-15T15:40:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T11:40:19","slug":"anel-discussion-thinking-speaking-and-writing-under-pressure-academic-freedom","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/events.iliauni.edu.ge\/en\/event\/anel-discussion-thinking-speaking-and-writing-under-pressure-academic-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"Panel discussion \u201cThinking, Speaking and Writing Under Pressure \u2013 Academic Freedom\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 12 June, at 19:30, a panel discussion\u00a0on free speech\u00a0titled \u201cThinking, Speaking and Writing Under Pressure \u2013 Academic Freedom\u201d will be held in Room B201 at\u00a0<span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\">Ilia State University<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Across Europe fundamental democratic freedoms are being undermined. Academic freedom is no exception. Be it economic or political pressure, structural reforms or the primacy of &#8220;useable knowledge&#8221; over &#8220;critical thinking&#8221;, schools and universities are under attack. Georgian and international scholars will identify the current threats and their historical background. Are there strategies to defend the academic and educational system?<\/p>\n<p>Moderator:<em>\u00a0<\/em><strong>Volker Weichsel<\/strong>\u00a0(Editor at\u00a0<em>Osteuropa<\/em>; DE)<\/p>\n<p>Speakers:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Giga Zedania<\/strong>\u00a0(Director of the Centre for Advanced Studies, Ilia State University, GE);<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dubravka Stojanovi\u0107<\/strong>\u00a0(Professor of History, University of Belgrade, RS);<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zs\u00f3fia B\u00e1n<\/strong>\u00a0(writer and Associate Professor of Visual Culture at\u00a0Moholy\u00a0Nagy University of Art and Design, HU)<\/p>\n<div><strong>See the full programme at<\/strong>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/events.iliauni.edu.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/eng.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the link<\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong>More details about the debates:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.debates-on-europe.eu\/doe-tbilisi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tbilisi 2026 \u2013 Debates On Europe<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Working languages:<\/strong>\u00a0Georgian, English<\/p>\n<p><strong>Time<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>and date<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong>\u00a012 June, 15.30-17:00<\/p>\n<p><strong>Venue<\/strong>: Ilia State University, Hall B201, 32 Ilia Chavchavadze Avenue<\/p>\n<p>Admission is free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 12 June, at 19:30, a panel discussion\u00a0on free speech\u00a0titled \u201cThinking, Speaking and Writing Under Pressure \u2013 Academic Freedom\u201d will be held in Room B201 at\u00a0Ilia State University. Across Europe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":20904,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[51],"class_list":["post-20913","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tribe_events_cat-events","cat_events"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/events.iliauni.edu.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/20913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/events.iliauni.edu.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/events.iliauni.edu.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events.iliauni.edu.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events.iliauni.edu.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/events.iliauni.edu.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/20913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events.iliauni.edu.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/events.iliauni.edu.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events.iliauni.edu.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20913"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events.iliauni.edu.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=20913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}