News and Updates
“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→
Consortium Scholar’s article on academic fraud amongst world leaders is translated, just in time for the G20 Summit
October 14, 2022, originally published in 2019 by The Conversation. Consortium Scholar Ararat Osipian’s 2019 article, “Putin’s plagiarism, fake Ukrainian degrees and other tales of world leaders accused of academic fraud”, originally published in English, was recently translated into Indonesian…Continue reading→
中国往何处去：政党，国家，与国际秩序 (Where is China Going and Why: The Party, State, and Global Order) – Free 24-Week Online Seminar
Every Wednesday 9:00am – 10:30am Eastern Time Instruction will be in Chinese This seminar is open to auditors who do not register (Zoom link below). Classes will be posted on YouTube after they are presented. Description: 《中国往何处去：政党，国家，与国际秩序》 是一门面向全球的中文在线课程。在24次专题讲座里，将与您一起讨论中国的政治转型。通过分析中国的共产革命、党国体制、意识形态、法律人权、社会结构、国际关系等层面，您将了解海内外中国政治研究的最新动态，掌握更多的分析工具和思考进路，从而对“中国往何处去”这一关切无数人命运的问题给出更深刻和更细致的答案。这门课将让您有机会与相关领域的权威学者直接交流，并结识世界各地与您关心同样问题的人们。 程免费注册，修满20课者，您将获得美国知名的大学新学院 (The…Continue reading→
Conference: A Life in Thought: A Series of Conversations in Celebration of the Life and Work of Richard J. Bernstein
The conference will be held both in-person and online on Friday, October 14th from 9:30am-5:15pm ET. See registration details below.
Iran’s First Feminist Uprising: Woman! Life! Freedom!
By Kian Tajbakhsh, originally published in Public Seminar September 28, 2022 A protester holds a portrait of Mahsa Amini during a demonstration in support of Amini, a young Iranian woman who died after being arrested in Tehran by the Islamic…Continue reading→