Ethical Forum - Thursday December 4, 2025, 5 to 7 pm - Programme

 

ACADEMIC FREEDOM UNDER ATTACK - ALSO FROM WITHIN?

 

FORMAT

 

 

In 2025 the Ethical Forum was organized in a new format.
An early evening event from 5 pm to 7 pm, followed by a reception.
The programme consisted of two lead speakers, two discussants, followed by a general debate.

 

 Welcome desk: 4.30 - 5 pm

PROGRAMME

 

Welcome  Jacques WILLEMS  (chairman of the University Foundation)
Introduction   Philippe VAN PARIJS, UCLouvain & KU Leuven (coordinator of the Ethical Forum 2025)

   

 

LEAD SPEAKERS               

 

           

Andreas De Block,
philosopher, KU Leuven,
author of
« Is links gewoon slimmer? Ideologie aan onze universiteiten »,
Leuven: Lannoo Campus, 2023.  
 

                      

 

          

Eric Fassin,
sociologist, Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint Denis, author of
« Misère de l'anti-intellectualisme :
Du procès en wokisme au chantage à l'antisémitisme »,
Paris: Textuel, 2024, 2nd enlarged edition, 2025.  
 

                         

© @Pascal Levy Panthéon Sorbonne

DEBATE   

           

chaired by Lieve VAN HOOF, UGent, former chair of the 'Jonge Academie'

  

Reactions to the lead speakers 

    

  • Nadia FADIL (KU Leuven)
  • Benoît FRYDMAN (ULB)

General discussion: public and speakers

 

Final Remarks

François LEVRAU (UA)

 

A number of background documents, the presentation shown at the meeting and the text of the concluding remarks can be downloaded using the link above.