CGHE 2018 annual conference: The new geopolitics of higher education
- Michael Ignatieff, Central European University
Overview
CGHE’s third annual conference explored the new geopolitics of higher education.
The conference provided an opportunity to hear about our latest research findings and included a keynote from the distinguished political philosopher, author and former politician Professor Michael Ignatieff, President of Central European University, who discussed academic freedom and the future of Europe.
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About this year’s Burton R. Clark lecturer
Michael Ignatieff is a university professor, writer and former politician. He is currently the Rector and President of Central European University in Budapest.
His major publications are The Needs of Strangers (1984), Scar Tissue (1992), Isaiah Berlin (1998), The Rights Revolution (2000), Human Rights as Politics and Idolatry (2001), The Lesser Evil: Political Ethics in an Age of Terror (2004), and Fire and Ashes: Success and Failure in Politics (2013).
Between 2006 and 2011, he served as an MP in the Parliament of Canada and then as Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and Leader of the Official Opposition. He is a member of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada and holds eleven honorary degrees.
Between 2012 and 2015 he served as Centennial Chair at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs in New York.
Between 2014 and 2016 he was Edward R. Murrow Professor of the Practice of the Press, Politics and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School.