{"id":182961,"date":"2025-10-28T15:29:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T14:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=182961"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:27:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:27:57","slug":"love-lab-zegt-lezing-met-israelische-socioloog-af","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2025\/10\/28\/love-lab-zegt-lezing-met-israelische-socioloog-af\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Lab cancels lecture with Israeli sociologist"},"content":{"rendered":"

A lecture by Israeli sociologist Eva Illouz is cancelled by the Love Lab, a research group within the Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences (ESSB) that studies relationships and emotions. The team cancelled the speaker because she is affiliated with the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, newspaper NRC<\/em> reports.<\/p>\n

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Eva Illouz is professor of Sociology at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.<\/span><\/p>

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Last year, the university cut institutional ties with, among others, the Hebrew University due to the war in Gaza. Individual collaborations between Erasmus University academics and the Israeli universities in question are still permitted, primarily because this would affect the academic freedom of EUR researchers.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, the Love Lab decided to cancel the lecture with Eva Illouz, which was scheduled for 21 November. According to NRC<\/em>, the team said they felt \u2018uncomfortable\u2019 with the sociologist\u2019s visit. Illouz holds both Israeli and French nationality and is affiliated not only with the Hebrew University but also with the \u00c9cole des hautes \u00e9tudes en sciences sociales<\/em> (EHESS) in Paris.<\/p>\n

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The Love Lab project leader reportedly informed Illouz that the decision was not unanimous but had been made \u2018democratically\u2019, according to the newspaper. Illouz replied that she was \u2018delighted\u2019 that \u2018a bona fide antisemitic decision\u2019 had been made democratically. \u201cIt will surely make many people feel a lot more virtuous.\u201d<\/p>\n

A faculty spokesperson told EM<\/em> in a written response that they \u2018generally do not comment on issues between individuals\u2019. \u201cIn situations where individual collaborations are in principle allowed, a decision may be made not to proceed if, for example, there is no consensus within a team. Teams are free to make such decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n

EM<\/em> reached out to the Love Lab project leader for comment, but she was unavailable.<\/p>\n\n\t

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