Lecture
Space for academic debate: discussing academic boycotts and ethics committees
- Date
- Monday 9 September 2024
- Time
- Address
- B0.32 (Kamerlingh Onnes Building)
How should the Netherlands and the broader academic community respond to international conflicts?
On 14 June 2024, the ‘Space for academic debate’ (‘Ruimte voor academisch debat’) lecture series was launched at Leiden Law School. The aim of this lecture series is to provide students and staff with the opportunity, as a law faculty, to discuss the many issues and perspectives related to the situation in Gaza and the broader problems concerning Israel/Palestine. How other countries – including the Netherlands – respond is the subject of continual discussion. The role of the academic community is another important point of discussion. However, these issues can be expanded beyond the situation in the Middle East. It is very important to create space for academic debate on these difficult and often sensitive issues, and that we, as legal scholars, exchange our views based on our extensive in-house academic and legal knowledge. With this in mind, the first session was organised to provide space and opportunity for these difficult discussions.
For information on the upcoming sessions, please refer to the Dutch page.