Vasiliki Kosta speaks on Extremism & Taboos at Leiden Academic Freedom Sessions
Vasiliki Kosta gave a presentation during the session ‘Building Academic Freedom’ taking place at Leiden University on 25 November 2025.
The series of dialogue sessions invites studenst and staff to discuss academic freedom in everyday campus life. How do we uphold our motto Praesidium Libertatis, bastion of freedom – even when it takes a concerted effort to do so?
During this session participants discussed the questions: Do you think the university should give a platform to all political messages? Do you feel there are taboos within the academic community? If so, which ones?
Kosta gave an opening presentation on the (conceptual) differences between freedom of expression and expressive freedoms as part of academic freedom as a distinct fundamental right.
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