L'après Charlie – Reflecting on Freedom(s),
Religion, and Security
Tuesday, May 19, 2015, 9:15 – 17:30
Central European University, Nador u. 9, Budapest 1051
Auditorium
PROGRAM
9.15 – 9.30 Welcoming Remarks
Marie-Pierre Granger (Associate Professor, Department of Public Policy, Central
European University)
H. E. Mr. Roland Galharague (Ambassador of France to Hungary)
John Shattuck (President and Rector, Professor, Central European University)
9.30 – 11.00 Discussion Panel 1. Freedom of expression: what to say or not to
say?
Moderator
Mathias Möschel (Associate Professor, Department of Legal Studies, Central European
University)
Panelists
Stephanie Hennette-Vauchez (Professor, Université Paris-Ouest, Nanterre)
Renáta Uitz (Professor, Head of Legal Studies Department, Central European University)
Sejal Parmar (Assistant Professor, Department of Legal Studies, Central European
University)
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee Break (in front of the Auditorium)
11.30 – 13.00 Discussion Panel 2. Media freedoms: tackling multiple threats
Moderator
Ellen Hume (Annenberg Fellow in Civic Media, Center for Media, Data and Society,
School of Public Policy, Central European University)
Panelists
Amy Brouillette (Director of the European Media Project, Center for Media, Data and
Society, School of Public Policy, Central European University)
Tamás Bodoky (Editor-in-chief, atlatszo.hu)
Peter Noorlander (Chief Executive Officer, Media Legal Defence Initiative)
13.00 – 13.45 Buffet Lunch (in front of the Auditorium)
13.45 -15.15 Discussion Panel 3. The fight against terrorism: new threats, new
responses?
Moderator
TBC
Panelists
Nick Sitter (Professor, Department of Public Policy, Central European University and BI
Norwegian Business School)
Javier Argomaniz (Lecturer, Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence,
University of St Andrews)
Kate Coyer (Director of the Civil Society and Technology Project, Center for Media, Data
and Society, School of Public Policy, Central European University) – TBC
Speaker TBC (French police)
15.15 – 15.45 Coffee Break (in front of the Auditorium)
15.45 – 17.15 Discussion Panel 4. The role of religion(s): what place for Islam
in Europe?
Moderator
Brett Wilson (Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Macalester College, and Visiting
Research Fellow, School of Public Policy, Central European University)
Panelists
Akil Awan (Associate Professor in Modern History, Political Violence & Terrorism, Royal
Holloway, University of London)
Nasser Suleiman Gabryel (chargé d’enseignement, Ecoles des Hautes Etudes and
Sciences Sociales)
Rüdiger Lohlker (Professor, Oriental Studies Department, University of Vienna)
17.15 Concluding Remarks – Lessons from Charlie?
Marie-Pierre Granger
Hervé Ferrage (Director, Institut français de Budapest)
17.30 Reception
The event is held in English.
Attendance is free of charge, but participants must register in advance, using this online
registration form.
This event is financially supported by the CEU School of Public Policy, the Center for
European Union Research, and the French Institute in Budapest. It is organized within
the context of the research activities carried out under the EU-funded bEUcitizen project
(FP7 Grant Agreement 320294).