News and Updates
New Blog Post: “Metropolis and Migration: What Immigration Reception in New York and Tehran Tell Us About Democracy and Authoritarianism”
By Kian Tajbakhsh, Senior Advisor to the Executive Vice President for Global Centers and Global Development at Columbia University and Fellow with Columbia’s Committee on Global Thought Published on Tales of My Two Cities on June 30, 2022 Scholar Kian Tajbakhsh argues…Continue reading→
Article: Ukraine’s ‘sanctioning frenzy’ will bring no HE benefits
By Ararat Osipian Published: June 20, 2022 in University World News The United States and the European Union have sanctioned Russian oligarchs and politicians in response to Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine. Academic ties with some Russian universities have been…Continue reading→
Book: Creating Local Democracy in Iran: State Building and the Politics of Decentralization
By: Kian Tajbakhsh Publisher: Cambridge University Press (July 2022) DESCRIPTION Empirically rich and theoretically informed, this book is an innovative analysis of political decentralization under the Islamic Republic of Iran. Drawing upon Kian Tajbakhsh’s twenty years of experience working with…Continue reading→
2021-2022 Annual Report
This year, in collaboration with our 52 member universities and colleges, we worked to support more than 70 endangered exiled scholars from 20 countries. We welcomed the scholars into an active and thriving intellectual community in an effort to lessen…Continue reading→
Online Panel | Syrian Displacement: Exploring Questions of Violence, Digital Media, and Belonging
The University of Chicago’sCenter for Middle Eastern Studieswill host Dr. Katty Alhayek ofToronto Metropolitan Universityand Dr. Basileus Zeno ofAmherst College for a panel on “Syrian Displacement: Exploring Questions of Violence, Digital Media, and Belonging” Drs. Alhayek and Zeno will be in conversation withDr….Continue reading→
New Fellowship Opportunity: Mellon Fellowship Program
With the support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Columbia Global Centers | Amman has established the Mellon Fellowship Program to support emerging displaced scholars working in the humanities and humanistic social sciences. The goal of the program is to…Continue reading→
Webinar: Free Speech and Academic Freedom: Friends or Foes?
Wednesday, May 4, 2022; 4:00-5:00 PM Free speech and academic freedom are foundational for higher education. But how are these two concepts related? Do they complement each other or do they compete? Is academic freedom an individual right? Is academic…Continue reading→
“The World Bank’s approach to universities needs a rethink”
By Ararat Osipian Published by University World News; April 30, 2022 Many words, concerns and sentiments have been expressed and exchanged over the last two months in support of Ukraine and against Russian aggression. Such verbal statements of moral support…Continue reading→