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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→
SJSU Human Rights Lecture Series
Please REGISTER NOW (below) for our two upcoming events THIS WEEK that will give audience members the chance to join critical discussions on (1) the future of “national security” and defense spending in the U.S.; (2) the incredible dangers of nuclear…Continue reading→
Cultural Heritage and Identities in the Middle East: Free Online Seminar Spring 2022
Hosted on Zoom – Register for link April 19 – July 29, 2022 Wednesdays 12:00pm – 14:00pm Eastern Time Description: Today, many Middle Eastern countries are embroiled in conflict. Most of these countries (Iraq, Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt) were…Continue reading→
Decolonizing and Deconstructing the MENA/SWANA: Free Online Seminar Spring 2022
Hosted on Zoom – Register for link April 19 – July 22, 2022 Wednesdays 7:00am – 9:00am Eastern Time Description: The Middle East and North Africa, SWANA, is of great strategic importance, as it has a large part of the…Continue reading→
Ukraine Statement of Support
We, members of the American and international academic community, professors and students alike, emphatically condemn the Russian military aggression against Ukraine and its contempt for international law. We stand in solidarity with the people of Ukraine, we are humbled by…Continue reading→
“Amid Crisis in Ukraine, Brown Community Unites to provide support, host discussions”
Published by Brown News, on March 3, 2022 Brown, in partnership with University in Exile Consortium and Scholars at Risk, is working to provide a safe academic home to Ukrainian scholars. They have also organized a fundraiser for the purchase…Continue reading→
New Essay: “Medusa of War – Putin on Ukraine”
Originally published by Democracy Seminar on February 26, 2022 By Irena Grudzińska-Gross Author and professor Irena Grudzińska-Gross reflects on the speech given by Russian President Vladimir Putin announcing the beginning of the attack on Ukraine. She writes, “It was the…Continue reading→