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Professors from Oxford, Sorbonne, Columbia all support the Prespa Accord

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More than 40 university professors, intellectuals, philosophers and students expressed their support for the Prespa Accord between Macedonia and Greece for resolving the name dispute, assessing it as a breakdown and the best solution to resolve the 27-year long dispute between the two countries.

In a letter to the British newspaper The Guardian, signatories who are from some of the world’s most prominent universities like Oxford, Sorbonne, London, Bologna, Columbia, Rome, Warsaw, Cambridge, Berlin, say that the agreement defines the political, historical and cultural boundaries between classical Greek Macedonia and, as they say, North Macedonia, explaining that the Macedonian identity can be shared between people who endow it with different meanings.

“It respects the dignity and the right to self-determination of the two peoples and confirms the desire of both countries for peaceful coexistence”, Reads the letter.

The signatories point out that the two sides had to work hard and address the concerns of the other.

“For Greece, the geographical designation in the compound new name (North Macedonia), its application domestically and internationally, and the requirement that the constitution of Fyrom be amended accordingly. For North Macedonia, acceptance of the existence of a Macedonian language as part of the Slavic family of languages (a fact long recognised by the UN and Greece), the designation of the nationality as Macedonian/citizens of North Macedoniaand, crucially, the promise of starting accession negotiations to Nato and the EU. When completed, this legally binding international agreement will have resolved an issue of contested political identity, so common in multicultural societies, and will offer a model for future resolution of other protracted conflicts”, reads the letter to the Guardian.

The signatories, who are listed below, say that the agreement still faces big hurdles in both countries, “where hardliners and extremists are mobilising against it.”

“In these critical times, when Europe faces the rise of extreme right-wing nationalism and racism, and dangerous revisionisms are resurfacing in the Balkans and Europe dividing people into “traitors” and “patriots”, it is more important than ever to support those who take risks for reconciliation. We support this fair agreement and call on all parties to fulfil their end of the bargain”, says the letter signed by more than 40 professors, intellectuals, MEPs, philosophers and students.

Kalypso Nicolaïdes University of Oxford
Etiennne Balibar Université deParis-Ouste
Toni Negri, Philosopher, Paris
Mary Kaldor University of London
Costas Douzinas Birkbeck, University of London
Judith Butler University of California, Berkeley
Jean Luc Nancy, Philosopher, Strasbourg
Barbara Spinelli,  Member of the European Parliament
Wendy Brown University of California, Berkeley
Joanna Bourke Birkbeck, University of London
Luciana Castellina, Rome
Frieder Otto Wolf, Freie Universität Berlin
Catherine Malabou, Kingston University
Claude Calame, EHESS, Paris
Bo Stråth, University of Helsinki
Susan Buck-Morss, City University of New York
Sandro Mezzadra, University of Bologna
Patrice Maniglier, Université Paris Nanterre
Elsa Stamatopoulou, Columbia University
Niccolo Milanese, European Alternatives
Giacomo Marramao, Roma Tre University in Rome
Edouard Delruelle, Université de Liège
Peter Schöttler, Freie Universität Berlin
Ulrike Guérot, Danube University Krems, Austria
Ahmet Insel, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
Philippe Büttgen, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
Yves Sintomer, Université Paris 8 Vincennes Saint-Denis, CSU-Cresppa
Emily Apter, New York University
Oscar Guardiola-Rivera, Birkbeck, University of London
Albena Azmanova, University of Kent
Louis Wolcher, University of Washington
Jean-Numa Ducange, University of Rouen
Michal Kozlowski, University of Warsaw
José Luis Villacañas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Gilles Manceron, Historian, Paris
Diogo Sardinia, Paris University
Bertrand Ogilvie, Université Paris 8 Vincennes Saint-Denis
Yves Sintomer, Université Paris 8 Vincennes Saint-Denis
Franck Fischbach, Univesite de Strasbourg
Teresa Pullano, University of Basel
Matthieu de Nanteuil, University of Louvain
Pietro de Matteis, University of Cambridge
Guillaume Sibertin-Blanc, Université Paris 8 Saint-Denis
Stefan Jonsson, Linköping University
Manuela Bojadzijev, University of Berlin
Rada Ivekovic, College International de Philosophie, Paris

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