News and Updates
Register Today! Middle East Studies Association 55th Annual Meeting, Nov. 29 – Dec. 3, 2021
Register for MESA 2021 The 55th MESA Annual Meeting will be held virtually from November 29 – December 3, 2021 The Middle East Studies Association (MESA) promotes academic scholarships, cultural understanding, and teachings in the field of Middle Eastern studies…. Continue reading→
Register today – Osman Kavala to receive the 2021 Courage in Public Scholarship Award, Dec. 10
Virtual Award Ceremony will be held on Friday, December 10, 2021, 12:00PM to 1:30PM (EST) Osman Kavala, a Turkish publisher, and philanthropist, has been awarded the Courage in Public Scholarship Award by the Transregional Center for Democratic Studies’ (TCDS), The New School for Social Research. For four… Continue reading→
Hosting Afghan Students and Scholars: A Resource Kit by ACE, IIE & APLU
The American Council on Education (ACE), the Institute of International Education (IIE), the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), and the Association of American Universities (AAU) designed a resource kit that provides critical information needed by U.S. colleges and… Continue reading→
Free Online Seminar Fall 2021: Heritage, Politics and the Modern State
Begins Tuesday, October 19, 2021; 12:00pm-2:00pm EDT / 18:00-20:00 CEST
Abolish ICE? Virtual Conference
September 21 – 23, 2021 What is at stake when people call to transform the immigration enforcement system? In recent years, immigration enforcement has been gaining increasing attention from the media, policy-makers, scholars, and the general public. Immigration and Customs… Continue reading→
“You Cannot Force Me to Look and Not to See” Large-scale repression against students and the academic community in Belarus continues
Text originally published via Public Seminar on September 13, 2021. A liberty to follow my own will in all things where that rule prescribes not,not to be subject to the inconstant, uncertain, unknown, arbitrary will of another man,as freedom of… Continue reading→
New Blog Post: “September 11: An Iranian In New York: My Witness, Lament and Hope from 20 years ago”
September 9, 2021 By: Kian Tajbakhsh, Professor of Urban Planning and Urban Studies at Columbia Senior Advisor to the Executive Vice President for Global Centers and Global Development Fellow, Committee on Global Thought In remembrance of 9/11, Tajbakhsh reflects on… Continue reading→
2021 New University in Exile Consortium Spring Scholars Conference – The Academy, Politics, and Society: How a Troubled World Affects Universities and Activism
The Academy, Politics and Society: How a Troubled World Affects Universities and Activism was the 2021 New University in Exile Consortium online conference about the global attacks on academic freedom. The webinar featured a keynote address by Éric Fassin, Professor of sociology and Co-chair… Continue reading→
Call for the Mellon Fellowship Program for At-Risk Scholars Extended to August 30, 2021
In collaboration with the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Columbia Global Centers | Amman Mellon has created the Mellon Fellowship Program, designed to assist at-risk and scholars. Call for applications linked here. The deadline has been extended to August 30, 2021,… Continue reading→