Register today – Osman Kavala to receive the 2021 Courage in Public Scholarship Award, Dec. 10

Virtual Award Ceremony will be held on Friday, December 10, 2021, 12:00PM to 1:30PM (EST)

Photo: courtesy of the Free Osman Kavala Group

Osman Kavala, a Turkish publisher, and philanthropist, has been awarded the Courage in Public Scholarship Award by the Transregional Center for Democratic Studies’ (TCDS), The New School for Social Research. For four years, Kavala was detained by the Turkish government for his civil society activism and for promoting intercultural understanding and regional dialogue. 

Presenters:

Opening Address: Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, Director to the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute 

Panel:

Seyla Benhabib, Eugene Meyer Professor of Political Science and Professor of Philosophy

Michael Ignatieff, Professor of History, Central European University

Moderator:

Aryeh Neier, President Emeritus, Open Societies Foundations

Learn more about the Courage in Public Scholarship Award Here.

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