Our Mission

The Consortium is a globally expanding group of colleges and universities in the U.S., Bangladesh, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Each institutional member is committed to hosting at least one threatened scholar every year and these exiled hosted scholars constitute our scholar cohort. We work with them individually and together to try and lessen the profound sense of dislocation that exiled scholars suffer and which adversely impacts their intellectual and personal lives. Since 2021, the Consortium has expanded its mission to include finding placements for threatened Afghan and Ukrainian academics, students, and artists at Consortium member institutions.

Established in September 2018, the Consortium follows in the tradition of The New School’s original University in Exile created by The New School’s first President, Alvin Johnson, in 1933. The first University in Exile became the home of rescued, largely Jewish endangered scholars from Germany and France. Today, members of the New University in Exile Consortium are hosting nearly 300 exiled scholars from 30 countries.

Is your institution interested in joining the Consortium? Here’s how!

Join Our “Be a Colleague Campaign”

We cannot do this work without your help.

At the New University in Exile Consortium, our mission is to work with endangered scholars to try and lessen the profound sense of dislocation that exiled scholars suffer and which adversely impacts their intellectual and personal lives. Today, members of the New University in Exile Consortium are hosting more than 300 exiled scholars from 30 countries.

Exiled scholars thrive when their colleagues help them navigate their new academic environments. This support enables them to continue their important work. You can help by joining our “Be a Colleague Campaign” to provide threatened scholars with the resources they need. Every gift goes towards programs that help endangered scholars thrive. We are grateful for gifts in any amount.

Be a Sustaining Colleague – $1,000
Be a University Colleague – $3,000
Be a Consortium Colleague- $5,000

Your gift will support:

– The hosting of threatened scholars at Consortium member universities
– Weekly Scholars Forum
– Annual Retreat
– Increase the number of free Co-led Online Seminars taught by our scholars
– Maintain the Library Access Initiative for stranded scholars
– Access to pro bono mental health and legal services, career planning resources…and much more!

We hope you will consider “Becoming a Colleague,” and encourage you to share this appeal with others.

“‘They Can’t Kill Us All‘: These Scholars Lost Their Countries and Found Each Other“

By Melissa Fay Greene, published by Mother Jones on November 23, 2022

Mother Jones illustration; Getty

Looking for ways to help?

It is more important than ever to grow our network of member institutions as we work to ensure safety and opportunity for Afghan scholars, students, and artists. Each institution that joins the Consortium provides a lifeline to an endangered scholar and strengthens the Consortium’s community as a whole.

Join Us

If you are affiliated with a college or university and would like your institution to take the next step toward becoming a member of the Consortium, email us at uieconsortium@newschool.edu. There are a few simple criteria for membership — primarily a commitment by your institution to host an endangered scholar. There are no membership dues.

We are a global Consortium. Welcome to our newest members.

This year, we have become a global initiative spanning North America, Europe, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa. Since 2018, our member institutions have supported more than 300 Scholars from more than 30 countries. By extending the network of exiled scholars we will not only provide formerly untapped possibilities for collaboration, but also increase our understanding and the understanding of the scholars themselves, about how attacks on universities and scholars play out in different regions, and how they might best be opposed.

Co-Led Online Seminars

The Consortium’s Spring 2025 co-led online seminar will open for registration soon! Topics include energy and political economy, climate change, violence against women in war zones, the sociology of other and taboos, and more. Check back for more details soon!

Sourcebook

The Consortium SourceBook is a searchable database of resources for endangered scholars. The SourceBook is global in scope, organized by field and interest, and includes fellowships, scholarships, professional opportunities, legal resources, language resources, and mental health resources.

Library Access Initiative

The Library Access Initiative provides stranded endangered scholars with remote access to the electronic materials available via Consortium Member-Institution libraries. Apply here.