News and Updates
Webinar: War, Conflict, and Academic Freedom
April 21, 2022; 4:00 pm ET War silences academic freedom. Scholars are being uprooted once again as the war in Ukraine escalates. New University in Exile Consortium fellow scholars from Ukraine, Syria, and Manipur, India will reflect on the irreversible…Continue reading→
Resources Available for Ukrainian Scholars, Students, and others
Article 26 Backpack: UC Davis has provided a “universal human rights tool for academic mobility.” People 18 and over, whose education has been affected by war, conflict, or economic conditions, can have a safe way to store and share their…Continue reading→
2022 New University in Exile Spring Scholars Conference – The Life Stories of Exiled Scholars: Perils and Powers of Academic Freedom Today
The Life Stories of Exiled Scholars: Perils and Powers of Academic Freedom Today was the 2022 New University in Exile Consortium online conference. The webinar featured presentations from six Consortium-institution hosted scholars. Originally aired May 5, 2022 from 12:00pm-2:00pm EDTContinue reading→
Convoy of Freedom – Paris to Kyiv (via Aleppo)
To show solidarity with the people of Ukriane, and as the head of the Syrian Cooperation in France, Consortium scholar, Nahed Ghazzoul, and other Syrian-Ukrianian activists are preparing for the Convoy of Freedom that will start in Paris on the…Continue reading→
Panel Discussion: Higher Education Response to Refugee and Displaced Students and Scholars: Toward Sustainable Solutions
Friday, April 22, 2022; 9:30am – 1:00pm ET
Letter to the Editor “Biden’s ‘Gaffe’ About Putin: Was It the Truth?”
Published by The New York Times on March 28, 2022 In a recent letter to the editor, political philosopher and social activist Tomasz Kitlinski responds to the article “In a Fiery Speech, Biden Warms of Battle between between ‘Liberty and…Continue reading→
Lecture | OKSANA KIS | Remaining a Ukrainian Woman: Normative Femininity as ‘Armor’ in the Gulag
Remaining a Ukrainian Woman: Normative Femininity as “Armor” in the GulagIn the 1940-50s, tens of thousands of Ukrainian women were sentenced to long-term imprisonment in the Gulag for political accusations. Until recently their experiences of living in the most brutal…Continue reading→
New Funding Opportunity: “The British Academy and the Council for At-Risk Academics announce new Fellowships for Researchers at Risk”
Published on The British Academy on March 27, 2022 “The British Academy, the other UK National Academies and the Council for At-Risk Academics (Cara), a registered charity, have today announced a new programme of Fellowships for Researchers at Risk. This programme will support…Continue reading→
ONLINE | Book Launch: On Consolation: Finding Solace in Dark Times – with author Michael Ignatieff in conversation with Arjun Appadurai, Avishai Margalit, Elzbieta Matynia, and James E. Miller
Friday, March 25, 2022, 1:00PM to 2:30PM (EDT) Online | Zoom Please join us at the launch of On Consolation: Finding Solace in Dark Times, with author Michael Ignatieff in conversation with Arjun Appadurai, Avishai Margalit, Elzbieta Matynia, and James E. Miller. “When we lose someone we love,…Continue reading→
New Article: “Is the World Bank’s intervention in Ukrainian HE too little, too late?”
Published by The Times Higher Education on March 9, 2022 By Ararat Osipian, scholar-member at the New University in Exile Consortium Osipian argues that while given with good intentions, the World Bank’s loans to Ukrainian universities have been less than…Continue reading→