Friendly support climate Van Nikolaid-Kyrianidou is formed in social networks, as well as in the university community.

Such as “K” indicated first (03/23/2023), professor of political philosophy at the Athens School of Philosophy and president of the philosophy department of the same school, was targeted by a group of students who “fooled” her and demanded her resignation as president. . Yesterday Education Minister Niki Kerameos welcomed Ms Nikolaida-Kyrianida to his office.

It all started when the professor shared a post on social media by another user — not hers — who said that “mobilizations for the Tempe accident cannot be toxic or violent. This is inconsistent with any protest, especially with a rally in connection with a national tragedy.”

“Some have concluded that I call all students fascists and that I am an enemy of the public protesting against the Tempe tragedy.” Mrs. Nikolaidou-Kyrianidou reported “K”..

After her post, students came to her office, accusing her of “an obscene publication” and asking her to explain her position to them, giving reasons that she said did not exist (for example, to politicize the upcoming elections with N.D.), in while they asked her to tender her resignation as chairman of her department. In the same vein, Mrs. Nikolaidou’s recent reaction to the takeover of the Faculty of Philosophy, which resulted in the swearing-in of new graduates in an adjacent building.

The wave of support for the professor is now growing. Significantly, she was contacted, among others, by the rector of the University of Athens, Thanos Dimopoulos, many faculty members of the institution, and announcements of support were made by the Dean of the Athens School of Philosophy, the Department of Philosophy of EKPA, the Faculty of Philosophy of the Faculty of Political Science of Panteion University, and the rector of NTUA, Andreas Butouvis.

Messages aimed at the head of the department of philosophy and professor of political philosophy at the Athens School of Philosophy continue.

In addition, the Association of Neo-Hellenistic Professors of Tbilisi University expressed its support for the Greek University, while, According to “K”, and Angelos Sirygos, Deputy Minister of Education in charge of Higher Education, asked her if she needed any protection from the police. The ministerial proposal was made because extremism and messages against the professor continue – just yesterday such a poster appeared in her school. Of course, there is still deliberate silence, for example, the teachers’ association of the Philosophical School.

extreme voices

“I don’t consider this a personal issue. This is a battle against extremist voices who want to impose themselves on the university. What we are seeing today with the reaction against me is not a normal university,” Ms. Nikolaidou-Kyrianidou said yesterday in an interview with K. .

During a meeting with the Minister of Education, Ms. Kerameos allegedly According to “K”to tell her that society no longer tolerates such extremes and that the climate at universities must change and isolate vocal minorities.

After the meeting, Ms. Kerameos wrote on social media: “The right to freedom of expression is fundamental, and the defense of the self-evident everywhere, especially in our universities, puts first of all on the promotion of science, the dissemination of ideas, intellectual creation. Any attempt to restrict freedom of expression will find us on the other side.”