{"id":96883,"date":"2019-04-01T12:15:15","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T10:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=96883"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:23:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:23:16","slug":"800-scholars-alarmed-by-baudet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2019\/04\/01\/800-scholars-alarmed-by-baudet\/","title":{"rendered":"800 scholars: &#8216;Alarmed by Baudet&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>800 academics have <a href=\"https:\/\/openbriefacademici.wordpress.com\/\">signed a letter<\/a> that states that they are &#8216;alarmed&#8217; by the recent activities and remarks of political party Forum voor Democratie (FvD) and its party leader Thierry Baudet. 68 Erasmus University scholars also signed the letter.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1066\" 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class=\"sr-only\">Image by:<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/roel1943\/35746988164\" class=\"underline hocus:no-underline decoration-1 underline-offset-2\">Flickr\/Roel Wijnants<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2019\/03\/22\/baudet-we-are-being-undermined-by-our-universities\/\">Baudet: \u2018We are being undermined by our universities\u2019<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2019\/03\/29\/universities-and-knaw-feel-no-need-to-counter-baudets-criticism\/\">Universities and KNAW feel no need to counter Baudet\u2019s criticism<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2019\/04\/01\/executive-board-responds-to-baudet-academic-freedom-is-always-paramount\/\">Executive Board responds to Baudet: &#8216;Academic freedom always comes first&#8217;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p>In the open letter, 800 scholars of Dutch universities respond to the victory speech that was given by FvD party leader Thierry Baudet after the provincial council elections of last Tuesday, and to the \u2018indoctrination hotline for schools and universities\u2019 that FvD recently set up.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conspiratorial atmosphere<\/h2><p>\u201cIn his post-election speech last week, Tuesday, Baudet claimed that \u2018our boreal world\u2019 was being \u2018destroyed\u2019 and \u2018undermined\u2019 by \u2018our universities, our journalists, and those who receive our arts-subsidies and design our buildings\u2019\u201d, wrote the scholars in their open letter. \u201cSuch statements are meant to conjure up a conspiratorial atmosphere in which academics, journalists, artists and architects are not only seen as suspect. They are deemed guilty of the \u2018destruction\u2019 of our society, and portrayed as the enemy of the people.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alternative history<\/h2><p>About the party\u2019s \u2018indoctrination hotline\u2019 they write: \u201cGiven the strong interest Baudet expresses in dismissing climate science and promoting history based on national pride, it is clear that this initiative is not genuinely interested in reducing bias in academic institutions. Rather, it is interested in selectively discounting knowledge that does not fit its political and ideological aims.\u201d They also point to a recent study by KNAW, which concluded that there is no danger of self-censorship at universities because of a lack of diversity in political perspectives.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Populist right<\/h2><p>Furthermore, they refer to the rise of the populist right elsewhere in the world: Bolsonaro, Trump, Orban and Erdogan. \u201cWe witness how watchlists of \u2018suspect\u2019 academics, public discrediting of scientific knowledge, and political attacks on institutional funding for education and research are used as methods to close down spaces for critical debate, further marginalize minorities and women, and consolidate the power of authoritarian parties.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The scholars want to convey a clear message: \u201cOur society will not tolerate any political infringement on the freedom to conduct critical academic research and 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https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/04\/17172041\/chatgpt-beeldscherm-pc-computer-robot-antwoorden_stock_sonja-schravesande-1536x1024.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139422 1536w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/04\/17172041\/chatgpt-beeldscherm-pc-computer-robot-antwoorden_stock_sonja-schravesande-2048x1366.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139422 2048w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/04\/17172041\/chatgpt-beeldscherm-pc-computer-robot-antwoorden_stock_sonja-schravesande-150x100.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139422 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/04\/17172041\/chatgpt-beeldscherm-pc-computer-robot-antwoorden_stock_sonja-schravesande-225x150.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139422 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 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px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tIT\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tPolitics\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post-small\" class=\"block-theme-sand lg:hidden relative flex h-full bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\ttheme-mocha:bg-white! theme-violet:bg-white! theme-sand:bg-white!\n\tflex-row gap-4 @md:gap-8 p-4 @md:p-6\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image:w-full image:aspect-square image:object-cover shrink-0 size-17.5 @sm:size-21.25 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inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tCybersecurity: lighter supervision for higher education\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-06-17\">17 June 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tIT\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] 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