News and Updates
Al-Mizan: A Covenant for the Earth
On February 27, 2024, a leading group of Islamic eco-theologians, scholars, and environmental practitioners from around the world presented “Al-Mizan: A Covenant for the Earth” to the United Nations Environment Assembly. Consortium Scholar Ibrahim Ozdemir, Professor of Philosophy and Visiting… Continue reading→
Ithaca City of Asylum, Cornell University to Show Sahraa Karimi’s Films
Wednesday, March 6 and Thursday, March 7 Ithaca, New York Ithaca City of Asylum is bringing the award-winning filmmaker and former Univeristy in Exile for Afghan Artists Fellow Sahraa Karimi to Ithaca for a three-day visit timed to coincide with International Women’s Day…. Continue reading→
Conflict, Memory, and Knowledge
Free 14-Week Online Seminar Hosted Online – Register Here Every Tuesday, April 16 – July 16, 20242:00 – 3:30 PM CET Co-Sponsored by Off University and Freie Universität Berlin’s Interdisciplinary Studies of the Middle East Master’s Program. Course… Continue reading→
Exiled Voices for Sustaining Hope: Journey of a Journalist from Afghanistan’s Turmoil to Exile and Renewed Resilience
Originally published by JSK Fellows Medium on December 4, 2023 By Faisal Karimi Journalism in exile: I had never thought about it even in my wildest dreams. Now from my new home in the United States, I run the Afghanistan Institute… Continue reading→
Register Now for the Consortium’s Spring 2024 Co-Led Online Seminars
Registration is now open for the Consortium’s selection of free, online seminars. This semester’s courses include a wide variety of subjects, from Afghan history and contemporary Arabic literature, to historical memory in Eastern Europe and global health in conflict settings…. Continue reading→
Critical Issues in Global Health in Conflict Settings
Free 10-Week Online Seminar Hosted on Zoom – Register for Link Every Thursday, March 7 – May 9, 2024 10:00 – 11:30 AM ET Course Description This 10-week seminar examines contemporary issues and challenges in global health, with a particular… Continue reading→
Imprisonment in Contemporary Arab Fiction: A Feminist Reading
Free 10-Week Online Seminar Hosted on Zoom – Register for Link Every Wednesday, March 6 – May 8, 2024 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM ET Course Description: This 10-week seminar will examine depictions and recordings of imprisonment in contemporary Arabic… Continue reading→
Afghanistan After Two Years of Taliban Rule
Free 10-Week Online Seminar Hosted on Zoom – Register for Link Every Tuesday, March 5 – May 7, 2024 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM ET Course Description This 10-week online seminar will examine the past two years of Taliban rule… Continue reading→
Historical Memory During the Russo-Ukrainian War: Etatism, Securitisation, and Decolonisation
Free 10-Week Online Seminar Hosted on Zoom – Register for Link Every Wednesday, March 6 – May 8, 2024 9:00 – 10:30 AM ET Course Description: This 10-week seminar will focus on historical memory as one of the main battlefields of the… Continue reading→
Silencing Teachers in Yemen
How the Houthi threaten the future of a civil society Originally Published by Public Seminar on January 9, 2024 By Abdulgaleel Ahmed “After nine years of war, Yemen remains the world’s worst humanitarian crisis,” a United Nations report asserted earlier… Continue reading→