"We ask for the resignation of the President of Lyon-II": the forum of 50 academics in support of Fabrice Balanche

TRIBUNE - The violent campaign of denigration against the geographer is an alarm signal, worry more than fifty academics in an open letter initiated by Xavier-Laurent Salvador and signed by Jean-Michel Blanquer and Luc Ferry.

Fabrice Balanche, a geographer specializing in the Middle East and lecturer at Lyon-2 University, was the victim of unacceptable intimidation on April 1. So far, the president of the university could have positioned herself to defend her threatened teacher. However, in an exclusive statement published on April 16 by La Tribune de Lyon, Isabelle von Bueltzingsloewen takes a surprising approach, calling the attack "unbearable facts" while severely…

After the attack of a teacher in Lyon-2, his president blames him rather than defend him, seeing an explosive academic climate.

The University of Lyon 2 is at the heart of a controversy. Indeed, a professor saw his course interrupted by students two weeks ago but did not receive the

The press comments by Isabelle von Bueltzingsloewen sparked an outcry. The President of Lyon-2 flaunted the "fearing words" of the lecturer, who had opposed the break in Ramadan fasting on the university campus.

The École normale supérieure (ENS) in Lyon hosted a conference on the "History of Palestine and the Zionist project from the 19th century to the present day" on Tuesday 15 April, a conference which, according to the CGT FERC Sup ENS Lyon, quickly derailed. In a press release, the union explained that a "commando of several people, some of whom were carrying [...] The CGT and LFI denounce violence at a conference on the "Zionist project" at ENS L…