News and Updates
The Women’s Movement in Iran One Year after the Death of Mahsa Amini
Originally published on September 12, 2023 by Public Seminar By Kian Tajbakhsh Iran continues to surprise the world. In 1979, Western observers—and many Iranians—were astonished to see a people rise up, in the words of one wag, to demand less…Continue reading→
Solar Panels Donated to Karazin University, Providing Electricity for Students and Faculty in Ukraine
September 5, 2023 Earlier this week, solar panels were delivered and installed at Karazin Kharkiv National University in Ukraine, where they will generate much-needed electricity for University faculty and students. These solar panels were made possible in large part by…Continue reading→
Free Gubad: Month of Action in Support of Consortium Scholar Dr. Gubad Ibadoghlu
On July 23, 2023, Consortium Scholar Gubad Ibadoghlu was violently arrested and detained in Baku, Azerbaijan. He remains in detention, where he is being held under cruel conditions and his health is deteriorating rapidly. Along with other academic institutions and human rights organizations,…Continue reading→
Registration for Fall 2023 Co-led Online Seminars is Now Open!
Registration for the Consortium’s selection of free 10-week online seminars is now open. This semester’s courses cover a wide array of topics, from the economic impacts of climate change to the theories and methods of translation. Seminars are designed to…Continue reading→
“In Afghanistan, we lost control of our own war”
Originally published on August 15, 2023 by The Globe and Mail By Shoaib Rahim In 1979, when Soviet tanks rolled into Afghanistan to crush the local resistance against its brutal Communist government, the entire world was inspired to get involved…Continue reading→
Former U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan calls for the release of Consortium Scholar, Gubad Ibadoghlu
“The United States must do more to help Gubad Ibadoghlu” August 11, 2023 In an op-ed for the Washington Post, former U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Richard D. Kauzlarich, called for more action from the U.S. government to secure the release…Continue reading→
Baku court rejects appeal; Consortium Scholar Gubad Ibadoghlu remains in detention
August 1, 2023 On August 1, a Narminov district court in Baku rejected Dr. Gubad Ibadoghlu’s lawyer’s request that Dr. Ibadoghlu be transferred to house arrest while awaiting trial. This request came after reports that Dr. Ibadoghlu is being held…Continue reading→
New Article: The Taliban’s Curricular Attack on Higher Education in Afghanistan: A New Reality for Higher Education in Afghanistan
Countries | International Higher Education Summer 2023 By Abdul Aziz Mohibbi and Noah Coburn In two short years, universities in Afghanistan have seen a drastic drop in enrollment due to the Taliban ban on women in higher education and a…Continue reading→
Consortium Scholar, Dr. Gubad Ibadoghlu, Arrested and Detained in Azerbaijan
On July 23, 2023, an Azerbaijani economist and member of the New University in Exile Consortium, Dr. Gubad Ibadoghlu, was violently arrested and detained in Baku. UPDATE: On November 16, 2023: The Court has extended Dr. Ibadoghlu’s pretrial detention through…Continue reading→
2022-2023 Annual Report
Now available – the New University in Exile Consortium 2022-2023 Annual Report.