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We in the CEU Philosophy Department are deeply alarmed and concerned about the news from Boğaziçi University. Boğaziçi is an institution with which we have strong links and which is well-known for its ethos of independent and free thinking and high academic standards. Political appointments to positions of power in the university will put these valuable traditions under threat. We stand in solidarity with those protesting against the political appointment of the Rector.

The Hungarian Classical Society awarded this year’s Jenő Ábel Memorial Plaquette for outstanding achievement in classical studies to our faculty member István Bodnár.

His acceptance speech given at this occasion:

It has never crossed my mind that I might receive an award like this. I have been quite rebellious, so it just seemed to be out of question that a society of classical scholarship would think of awarding me a major prize. Hence this decision is out of the ordinary in so many ways that I am truly humbled.