Public Lecture: I Am Charlie, Je suis CHARLIE

A public lecture and discussion was the academic reflection of the dramatic events happened in France a few days ago. Guest-lecturers were H. E. Xavier Lapeyere de Cabanes, Ambassador of France to Bulgaria and Petar Kurumbashev, politician and producer of students TV programme Ku-KU. Both lecturers defended opinions on the topic I Am Charlie, Je suis CHARLIE. The event initiated by the University Marketing Center was attended by lecturers, students and journalists.

The lack of sense of humour and tolerance is equal to the lack of life itself, formulated in the beginning of the meeting its moderator Chief Assist. Dr. Nikolay Vankov. He presented both lecturers and the activity of the University Marketing Center. The Center was also presented by its Director Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pencho Ivanov, Head of the Marketing and Strategic Planning Department. 

The tragedy in France led lots of people to extreme and impulsive reactions under the pressure of “the malice of the day”, outlined Petar Kurumbashev. He commented the terroristic act in Paris on the ground of what happened in the world, spoke about the events in Hamburg and Istanbul, the refugee wave, reasons of existence of terroristic organizations such as Islamic State and cited passages from the Koran. The lecturer asked some rhetoric questions: ‘’Didn`t we go too far with the speech of hate?” and “Is there really a freedom of speech?”. He outlined that the freedom of speech as well as the democracy are for people capable to use them. Paris seems far away but in fact it isn`t like that, emphasized on the global meaning of the events for Europe and for the world Petar Kurumbashev.

The French Ambassador