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Palestine Colloquium Proceeds in Paris After Collège de France Withdrawal

A last‑minute move to CAREP with livestreaming has intensified France’s debate over academic freedom.

Annulé par le Collège de France, le colloque sur la Palestine finalement organisé au Centre arabe de recherches et d’études politiques de Paris (Carep), a annoncé le centre mercredi 12 novembre 2025.
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Henry Laurens, Azmi Bishara, Salam Kawakibi au Carep Paris, lors du colloque du 13 novembre.
L'historien Henry Laurens au colloque «la Palestine et l’Europe : poids du passé et dynamiques contemporaines», organisé au Carep Paris, le 13 novembre 2025.

Overview

  • The two‑day event opened Nov. 13 at CAREP’s 13th‑arrondissement premises with limited seating, with sessions streamed live and recorded.
  • Collège de France had pulled the program days earlier, citing the surrounding controversy and its responsibility for safety.
  • Higher Education Minister Philippe Baptiste praised that decision as responsible, denied ordering it, and said he relayed alerts from the academic community.
  • More than 1,500 to 2,200 researchers, teachers and students signed petitions calling the cancellation a grave breach of academic freedom and urging the minister’s resignation.
  • Speakers include former foreign minister Dominique de Villepin and UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese, with historian Henry Laurens co‑organizing alongside CAREP.