Founded in 1993 in Budapest amid the optimism of post-communist democratization, Central European University (CEU) Press gave voice to authors and ideas once silenced, reaching readers around the world. Even under dramatically changed circumstances, when CEU’s degree programmes were forced out of Hungary by the current government, and academic freedom has been endangered, the Press remains committed to publishing humanities and social science research that challenges authority and amplifies marginalized voices. Through community-driven Open Access initiatives like Opening the Future, CEU Press works with courageous authors, editors, and libraries to sustain academic freedom and bibliodiversity. This presentation explores how mission-driven publishing can endure under political pressure: How can censorship and self-censorship be resisted? What responsibilities do publishers have toward authors at risk? And how can Open Access support scholars and readers in threatened democracies?
Hopkins et al. (Wed,) studied this question.