On April 10, 2017, the President of Hungary Janos Ader signed into law amendments to Hungary’s national higher education legislation which restrict academic freedom for CEU and other international universities operating in Hungary.

CEU strongly disagreed with this decision and, accordingly, pursued all available legal remedies. The university has also taken all necessary actions in order to comply with “Lex CEU”. The State of New York successfully negotiated a draft agreement with Hungary allowing CEU to retain its American accreditation. CEU was in full compliance with the conditions required by the government.

Nevertheless, the Hungarian authorities have indicated that they would not sign the New York State agreement. Therefore all attempts to find a solution that would enable CEU to remain as a U.S. degree-granting institution in Budapest have failed.

On 25 October 2018, the Board of Trustees authorized moving CEU from Budapest to Vienna. Starting in the academic year 2020/21, the Department of Philosophy will fully operate in Vienna.

More information about these events is here.

After the announcement of Lex CEU, we received enormous support from the Hungarian and international philosophical community. We remain deeply grateful to the thousands of supporters whose vigorous defense of free inquiry, free exchange of knowledge, and free institutions of learning continues to encourage us. CEU will maintain the continuity of its teaching and research, its degree programs, and its service to the community, without interruption.

Philosophers stand with CEU:

Institutions

Letters from Individual Philosophers

P. M. S. Hacker (Emeritus Fellow, St John’s College, Oxford; Honorary Fellow, The Queen’s College, Oxford)
Professor Alan Hájek (Fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities School of Philosophy Research School of Social Sciences College of Arts and Social Sciences)
Professor Victor Caston (Department of Philosophy University of Michigan)
Letter of Support from more than 200 Hungarian psychologists, linguists, neuroscientists, cognitive scientists and philosophers, among them:

Nyíri Kristóf, az MTA rendes tagja, a Lipcsei Egyetem Leibniz-professzora 2006-2007, nyugállományú filozófiaprofesszor, ELTE, BME
Zvolenszky Zsófia, habilitált egyetemi docens, ELTE BTK Filozófia Intézet, Logika Tanszék
Láng Benedek, PhD, egyetemi tanár, BME GTK, Filozófia és Tudománytörténet Tanszék
Margitay Tihamér, PhD, egyetemi tanár, BME Filozófia és Tudomáyntörténet Tanszék
Békés Vera, CSc, Nyugalmazott tudományos főmunkatárs, MTA BTK Filozófiai Intézet
Nyírő Miklós, PhD, egyetemi docens, Miskolci Egyetem, Filozófiai Intézet

Petition

Petition from 1061 psychologists, neuroscientists, cognitive scientists and philosophers, among them:

Corrado Sinigaglia, Professor of Philosophy of Science, Department of Philosophy, University of Milan, Italy
Jill de Villiers, Professor of Psychology and Philosophy, Smith College, Northampton, MA
Daniel Andler, professor of philosophy, founding director of the Department of Cognitive Studies, Ecole normale supérieure, Paris, member of Académie des sciences morales et politiques, France
Dan Zahavi, Professor of Philosophy, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Hong Yu Wong, Professor of Philosophy and Head, CIN Philosophy of Neuroscience Group, University of Tübingen, Germany
Krisztina Orbán, Research Scientist, CIN Philosophy of Neuroscience Group, University of Tübingen, Germany, and Max Planck Institute of Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen, Germany
Christopher Peacocke, Johnsonian Professor of Philosophy, Columbia University in the City of New York, USA
Thomas Metzinger, Professor of Philosophy, Johannes Gutenberg-universität, Mainz, Germany
Radu J. Bogdan, Professor of Philosophy and Cognitive Science, Tulane University, New Orleans, USA
Christopher Gauker, Professor for Theoretical Philosophy, University of Salzburg, Austria
Daniel C. Dennett, Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy, Center for Cognitive Studies, Tufts University, MA, USA
Achim Stephan, Professor for Philosophy of Cognition, Osnabrück University, Osnabrück, Germany
Peter Carruthers, Professor of Philosophy, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States
Kenny Smith, Reader, School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK
Stephen A. Butterfill, Department of Philosophy, University of Warwick, UK
Sarah-Jane Leslie, Class of 1943 Professor of Philosophy, Princeton University, USA
Herlinde Pauer-Studer, Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna
Sir Colin Blakemore, Professor of Neuroscience & Philosophy, School of Advanced Study, University of London, UK
Georges Rey, Dept of Philosophy, Univ of Maryland, College Park, MD USA
Markus Peschl, Professor for Cognitive Science and Philosophy of Science, University of Vienna, AT
Gary Bartlett, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Dept. of Philosophy & Religious Studies, Central Washington University, Ellensburg WA, USA
Susan Schneider, Associate Professor, Dept. of Philosophy, University of Connecticut.
David Chalmers, University Professor of Philosophy and Neural Science, New York University.
Bennett Helm, Elijah Kresge Professor of Philosophy and Chair of Cognitive Science and Moral Psychology, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA, USA
Mark Fedyk, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, Canada
Ian Phillips, Associate Professor of Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Science, St. Anne's College, University of Oxford, UK
Eric Mandelbaum, Associate Professor of Philosophy, CUNY Graduate Center
Robert N. McCauley, Kenan University Professor of Philosophy, Center for Mind, Brain, and Culture, Emory University, USA
Bence Nanay, Professor of Philosophy and BOF Research Professor, Centre for Philosophical Psychology, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Dan Ryder, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of British Columbia, Okanagan, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.
Anthony Dardis, Professor of Philosophy and Cognitive Science, Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York
Janet Levin, Professor of Philosophy, University of Southern California
Åsa Wikforss, Professor of Theoretical Philosophy, Stockholm University, Sweden
Stephen Stich, Board of Governors Distinguished Professor of Philosophy & Cognitive Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
Vincent Bergeron, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Ottawa, Canada
Jacob Beck, Department of Philosophy & Centre for Vision Research, York University, Canada
Albert Newen, Professor of Philosophy, University of Bochum, Germany
Edouard Machery, Professor of Philosophy of Science, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Director of the Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA.
Ray Jackendoff, Seth Merrin Professor of Philosophy and Co-Director, Center for Cognitive Studies, Tufts University.
John Michael, PhD., Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Warwick, United Kingdom
Evan Westra, PhD Candidate, Department of Philosophy, University of Maryland, College Park, United States.
Elliot Jurist, Professor of Philosophy and Psychology, The City University of New York
Chiara Brozzo, CIN Philosophy of Neuroscience Group, University of Tübingen, and Max Planck Institute of Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen, Germany
Naomi Eilan, Professor of Philosophy, University of Warwick, UK
Karsten R. Stueber, Professor of Philosophy, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA, USA
Johannes Roessler, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Warwick
Wayne Christensen, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Philosophy, University of Warwick
Zoltan Gendler Szabo, Professor of Philosophy, Yale University
Shannon Spaulding, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Oklahoma State University
Nick Byrd, PhD Candidate, Department of Philosophy, Department of Psychology, Florida State University.
Mikio Akagi, Assistant Professor of the History and Philosophy of Science, John V. Roach Honors College, Texas Christian University
Anthony Chemero, Professor of Philosophy and Psychology, University of Cincinnati
Michael Brownstein, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, John Jay College/CUNY
Carrie Figdor, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy and Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
Louise Antony, Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Past President of the Society for Philosophy and Psychology
Richard Samuels, Professor, Philosophy Department, and Cognitive Science, The Ohio State University, OH, USA
Chiara Gambi, Post-doctoral Researcher, Department of Psychology, School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, U.K.
Alexander George, Rachel and Michael Deutch Professor of Philosophy, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
Steven Gross, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
David Bourget, assistant professor, department of philosophy, University of Western Ontario, Canada.
Angela Mendelovici, assistant professor, department of philosophy, University of Western Ontario, Canada.
Richard Moore, Postdoctoral Researcher, Berlin School of Mind and Brain and Department of Philosophy, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
Joe Cruz, Professor of Philosophy and Chair, Cognitive Science, Williams College, USA
Bart Geurts, Professor of philosophy of language and logic, Radboud University, Nijmegen
Matthew Nudds, Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Warwick, UK
Eric Pacuit, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
Axel Seemann, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Bentley University, USA
Eddy Nahmias, Professor of Philosophy and Neuroscience, Georgia State University, USA
Markus Werning, Professor of Philosophy of Language and Cognition, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
Shaun Gallagher, Lillian and Morrie Moss Professor of Excellence in Philosophy, University of Memphis. USA
Johannes Brandl, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Salzburg, Austria
Professor Otto Neumaier, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Humanities, University of Salzburg, Austria
Michael Pauen, Professor of Philosophy, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
Joshua May, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
Kristin Andrews, Associate Professor of Philosophy, York University, Canada
Megan Jefferies, DPhil Candidate, University of Oxford, United Kingdom