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New publication: Academic Freedom in a Plural World Global Critical Perspectives
Academic Freedom in a Plural World Global Critical Perspectives Editors: Frédéric Mégret Nandini Ramanujam The notion of academic freedom dates back to the creation of universities and has long been understood to be central to their vocation. This freedom… Continue reading→
Democracy Now! Interview with Gubad Ibadoghlu’s Daughter, Zhala Bayramova
November 19, 2024 In Baku, Azerbaijan, Democracy Now! continues their coverage of COP29, the 2024 U.N. climate summit, and its host country’s record on human rights. Posted below, Amy Goodman interviews Zhala Bayramova, daughter of Consortium Scholar, Gubad Ibadoghlu, who remains… Continue reading→
Scholars in Context: Adel Dashela
Consortium Scholar, Adel Dashela, is featured in Jadaliyya’s “Scholars in Context Series“November 11, 2024 In this interview, Dr. Dashela describes his current research project which focuses on tribes and other societal groups—such as youth, women, and marginalized communities—in achieving transitional justice… Continue reading→
Consortium Scholars Retreat
July 10-12, 2024Hosted by Consortium member institution, Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island Consortium scholars, liaisons, and staff gathered at Brown University from July 9 to 12, 2024 for our first Consortium Summer Retreat since the COVID-19 Pandemic. Coming from all over… Continue reading→
Death of Home: Aura and Space in the Age of Digitalization by Saladdin Ahmed Bahozde
Volume 26 in the series De Gruyter Contemporary Social Sciences Digital technology has revolutionized connectivity, but it has also overcome spatial obstacles that used to shield people from subjugating gazes and unlimited exercise of power. The home as an auratic space… Continue reading→
Live Performance: If Museum’s Walls Could Talk
Performance by Margarita Kuleva Monday, November 25, 20246:00 – 8:00pm ET REGISTER HERE The New School Starr Lecture Hall63 Fifth AvenueRoom UL 102 Free and Open to the Public This lecture-performance is dedicated to revealing the “behind the scenes” political struggle… Continue reading→
Migration, Diaspora, and Mnemonic Solidarity
REGISTER HERE The migration-memory nexus in the human and social sciences has traditionally been conceptualized to analyze the role of collective and individual memory in shaping the migration experience, particularly in terms of ethno-national belonging. Less attention has been paid… Continue reading→
Sustaining Higher Education in Gaza
Wednesday, October 2310 am Eastern To watch the session, CLICK HERE
How the Taliban’s new ‘vice and virtue’ law erases women by justifying violence against them
Originally published on September 20, 2024 by The Conversation By Dyan Mazurana and Sima Samar Since returning to power three years ago, the Taliban have been enforcing oppressive laws that violate people’s freedoms and human rights, especially those of women and girls…. Continue reading→
Miami University Features Hosted Ukrainian Scholar, Dr. Borys Prydalnyi
Originally published under the title “Miami hosts Ukrainian scholar in the College of Engineering and Computing” by Miami News on October 3, 2024 by Margo Rutledge Kissell and Katie Rottner Miami hosts Ukrainian scholar in the College of Engineering and… Continue reading→