Martin Aidnik: "Real utopianism and the university: ideas and interconnections"

Name: Martin Aidnik: "Real utopianism and the university: ideas and interconnections"
Start: 2025-03-11T16:15:00+02:00
Location: Tallinn University

Schedule

Tue, 11 Mar, 2025 at 04:15 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

Tallinn University | Tallinn, HA

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INIMKOND SEMINAR: CURRENT ISSUES IN ANTHROPOLOGY AND BEYOND
11/03/2025, 16.15-17.45
Room: A-206, Tallinn University
Lecturer: Martin Aidnik, Tallinn University
Martin Aidnik is an Estonian sociologist. His academic interests are philosophy and sociology of higher education.
Schedule:
16:15–17:15: Lecture
17:15–17:45: Q&A Session
17:45–18:30: Refreshments and Networking
Abstract:
The presentation approaches the public university as a real utopia, drawing upon the work of the American sociologist Erik Olin Wright. I explore institutional democracy, academic freedom and the curriculum as the real utopian 'constituents' of the public university. In doing so, I put forward an argument for the redevelopment of public universities, seeking to do justice to both a radical vision and practical feasibility. This imaginative reconstruction of the university advances debate in the sociology and philosophy of higher education.

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