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In August 2018, the Orbán regime introduced legislation to shut down accredited gender studies programs offered by universities in Hungary. Academics now have 24 hours to respond to the government’s plan. The ban will primarily impact students at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest (ELTE) – the only institution in Hungary, other than Central European University, to offer gender studies at the graduate level, and the only one to provide this program in Hungarian.
The number of students impacted by the ban is small – only eleven applicants were admitted this year at ELTE and two at CEU. The maximum number of students admitted in any given year is 18 and those enrolled this coming academic year will be the last to take this program in Hungary.
Although the government is not formally citing ideological reasons for its decision to cancel gender studies – the official reason is that this program is not “economically rational” – circles within Fidesz, most notably its Christian Democrat (KDNP) wing, have been calling for this for some time. Lörinc Nacsa, the leader of KDNP’s youth wing, wrote “We must raise awareness to the fact that these programs are doing nothing to lift up our nation.”
The CCWH, along with the AHA, will be issuing a statement about this event.
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