News and Updates
Academic freedom and knowledge tradition of the Arab heritage
Published January 2, 2023 in On the Horizon Mabruk Derbesh has published a new paper which aims to confront some of the many facets of academic freedom as a whole, including the shared concerns with Western academia, its relationship to…Continue reading→
Sign-on Letter to President Biden Urging Support For Iranian Students Protesting Dictatorship
University faculty members across the United States – many of them Iranian professors in the diaspora – have signed this academicians’ open letter seeking President Biden’s urgent attention to the dire situation unfolding in Iranian universities. An attack on the…Continue reading→
Kaveh Madani Appointed as Director of United Nations University Institute of Water, Environment and Health
Consortium scholar will lead research, direct policy initiatives, and implement on-the-ground solutions to help combat the global water crisis. August 17, 2022 Prof. Kaveh Madani was named the next Director of the United Nations University Institute of Water, Environment and…Continue reading→
We Refugees Archive Interviews Consortium Scholars, Highlights Experiences in New York City
4 Consortium-hosted scholars were interviewed in a series created by We Refugees Archives designed to highlight refugee experiences in New York City. We Refugees Archives is a digital archive on refugeedom, past and present, with a focus on “individual micro-histories…Continue reading→
“They Can’t Kill Us All”: These Scholars Lost Their Countries and Found Each Other
Published by Mother Jones on November 23, 2022 By Melissa Fay Greene The doctor strides through Greenwich Village at rush hour on a December afternoon as if leaning into the wind. He is tall, lean, young—34—with longish wavy dark hair, charcoal…Continue reading→
Supporting our Colleagues in Ukraine
The New University in Exile Consortium, partnering with our colleagues at Seimens, secured the delivery of 200 laptops for scholars and students at V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University in Ukraine.
Iran Has Become a Prison
What I learned about the challenge of resisting a regime that locks up thousands of political prisoners By Kian Tajbakhsh, originally published in The Atlantic November 1, 2022 “Amid the nationwide protests that have rocked Iran since the death in police…Continue reading→
Sadr Wins Award for Best Book in Social Sciences at Annual Conference
Omar Sadr’s latest book, “Negotiating Cultural Diversity in Afghanistan,” was awarded the Best Book in Social Sciences Award from the Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) at its annual conference, at Indiana University on October 22th. The book explores the effect of cultural…Continue reading→
Book Launch and Panel Discussion with Consortium Scholar, Kian Tajbakhsh, at Columbia University
Consortium Scholar, Kian Tajbakhsh, will launch his new book, “Creating Local Democracy in Iran: State Building and the Politics of Decentralization” with a panel discussion on October 27th from 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm, hosted by Columbia University’s Center for…Continue reading→
Webinar: Global Uprisings: Power, Violence, & the Struggle for Bodily Autonomy in Iran
Consortium Scholar Naima Mohammadi will take part in a panel discussion about the ongoing protests in Iran on Wednesday, October 19th from 12:30-2:00 pm ET. The event is hosted by the University of Pittsburgh’s Global Studies Center and Department of…Continue reading→