September 26, 2017
Video of Michael Ignatieff - Open Society and The Ordinary Virtues
September 26, 2017
Video of CEU Opening Ceremony 2017
September 25, 2017
CEU President and Rector Michael Ignatieff opened the second season of CEU’s Rethinking Open Society series September 18 with a talk based on his latest book, “The Ordinary Virtues: Moral Order in a Divided World,” published by Harvard University Press the same day. Tolerance, forgiveness, trust, and resilience are essential for a free and open society, but these ordinary virtues can conflict with universalist human rights, Ignatieff said.
September 18, 2017
The Budapest Business Journal reports on CEU's opening ceremony.
https://bbj.hu/news/rector-opens-ceus-27th-academic-year-in-defiant-spirit_138886
September 15, 2017
CEU formally began its new Academic Year today, welcoming students, faculty, staff and distinguished guests with an Opening Ceremony held in the spirit of free inquiry, diversity, and open society that are the hallmarks of CEU.
President and Rector Michael Ignatieff welcomed more than 700 new students from more than 90 countries to the CEU community, which now includes 1,500 students and hundreds of staff and faculty, as well as 14,000 alumni worldwide.
September 15, 2017
The following is the text of the address by CEU President and Rector Michael Ignatieff at the university's Opening Ceremony on September 15, 2017.
To the ambassadors and representatives of their countriesTo the rectors and representatives of Hungarian universities.To our hard-working facultyTo our dedicated staffTo our returning studentsWelcome!
To the incoming CEU class of Masters and Doctoral students-- all 769 of you from 93 countries-- we hope CEU will be a transformative experience and we welcome you warmly to this community.
June 29, 2017
CEU addressed the threats to academic freedom around the world from a variety of academic and historical perspectives at a conference entitled “Academic Freedom // The Global Challenge,” held at CEU June 22, 2017.
June 24, 2017
Budapest, June 24, 2017 – CEU welcomes the statement from New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo calling yesterday's discussions with Kristof Altusz, Hungarian deputy state secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, productive. CEU is not a participant in the negotiations, but we hope they lead to a solution that enables CEU to remain in Budapest as a free institution.
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June 23, 2017
Budapest, June 23, 2017 – Today at Central European University's 26th graduation ceremony, 708 students from 97 countries received master's, doctoral degrees and non-degree certificates at Budapest's Palace of Arts (MUPA). The University also awarded the Open Society Prize to former German President Joachim Gauck in recognition of his courageous defense of human rights and his distinguished record in the service of free societies.
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