In the past years, there has been an intensive discussion on the topic of academic freedom in the university. More precisely, it has been criticized that the university is confronted with a growing intolerance and the request to limit free speech. This contribution takes a case at a German university as point of departure. It shows how the current…

The global rise of 'neo-populism', culminating in the election of the populist Republican candidate Donald Trump to the US presidency, has been accompanied by a notable backlash and resistance to what has been categorised as governing/dominating 'elites', including HE academic institutions. Populist critiques centre on a perceived climate of…

Details the controversy surrounding the 1985 decision by the British Broadcasting Corporation's Board of Governors to withdraw a documentary entitled "Real Lives--At the Edge of the Union." Shows how this particular text works as a radical reflection of ideological anxiety in Great Britain and, thus, how the film functioned as an…