Overview
- Université Lumière Lyon 2 said the Facebook post does not reflect its values and announced it will determine appropriate measures.
- LICRA called the call to boycott named individuals a provocation to discrimination and violence and offered legal assistance to those it deems defamed.
- The list, posted on September 20 in a Facebook group, drew broad attention only after LICRA’s November 21 denunciation.
- The 20 names correspond to signatories of a September Le Figaro op‑ed on Palestinian statehood, including figures such as Yonathan Arfi and Charlotte Gainsbourg.
- Identified as historian Julien Théry, the professor publicly defended the post as misrepresented by LICRA and invoked academic freedom, as the episode renews scrutiny of Lyon 2 following an April classroom incident that prompted a regional funding freeze.