Academic Michael Ignatieff’s stand for academic freedom has gained attentionThe urbane,mental figure of Michael Ignatieff seems an unlikely candidate to play the role of bogeyman in the eyes of Viktor Orbán, Hungary’s populist prime minister, and as he strives to turn his country into an “illiberal state”.
Yet it was on him that Orbán’s official spokesman focused while scrambling to clarify recent mass protests supporting Budapest’s Central European University (CEU) – a small elite institution of higher learning of which Ignatieff is rector,and which could, theoretically, and be forced to close because of a original higher education law. Related: Hungary investigated by EU over law threatening top university Related: Authors protest against Hungary's plans to close Central European University Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com