An Italian university bans lectures on Russian literature giant Dostoevsky.. Then it backs down because of the protests!

Paolo Nuri, professor of Russian literature at the Italian University of Bicocca in Milan, revealed that he had received a letter from the university administration requesting the cancellation of a series of scheduled lectures on the works of the great Russian writer and novelist, Fyodor Dostoevsky.

Regarding the motives behind this decision, the university only expressed its desire to avoid provoking controversy in Italy, especially within the university, in a period of great tension, according to the content of the message, the details of which were revealed by Nuri himself, during a video clip in Italian on social media platforms.

The professor described the decision as frightening and ridiculous, adding that he could not believe that an Italian university would ban a lecture on a writer by Dostoevsky, considering the decision a form of censorship and restriction of freedoms.

"When I read the e-mail, I did not believe what I read," Nuri added, noting that the ongoing war in Ukraine forces us to talk more about Dostoevsky, not to ban talking about him.

This incident sparked a major storm of criticism inside and outside Italy around the world, as many pioneers of social networks and platforms warned that the atmosphere of the war in Ukraine and the political tensions that it left behind would be reflected in the fields of culture, literature and thought.

The critics said that these areas are universal human joints, which should not be dealt with according to the logic of boycott, prohibition and criminalization on political, national and interest grounds.

Under the weight of the widespread condemning reactions, the Italian University Bicocca announced the reopening of the course devoted to the works of the giant of Russian literature.

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