Scholars in the Press
The End of the Harvard Century
The Harvard Crimson In 2015, Consortium Scholar and human rights lawyer and activist, Teng Biao was a visiting fellow at Harvard Law School. During the spring semester, he and a colleague planned to give a talk about their experience as dissidents, but he was told… Continue reading→
The Journey of Liu Xiaobo: From Dark Horse to Nobel Laureate
The Journey of Liu Xiaobo: From Dark Horse to Nobel Laureate was published this April, 2020, and features a chapter by Consortium scholar, Teng Biao, entitled “Liu Xiaobo’s Death as an Event of Human Spirit”. As a fearless poet and prolific essayist and critic, Liu… Continue reading→
COVID-19: Communism or Facism
Saladdin Ahmed published an article in the quarterly journal Telos to highlight the implications and consequences of COVID-19 on political institutions and ideologies, as well as on social change. Saladdin Ahmed is the author of Totalitarian Space and the Destruction of Aura (SUNY Press, 2019). He is currently… Continue reading→
Anti-Semitism raises its ugly head in Ukrainian Higher Education
Originally Published by University World News on February 29, 2020 By Ararat Osipian “Anti-Semitism has reared its ugly head in academia yet again, this time in Ukraine. According to one recent social media post, Ukrainians suffer from an inferiority complex and are being used and… Continue reading→
Functions of Social Representations in Honour Violence: The “Other East” as Responsible
Ahmet Çoymak published a study examining the role of diverse social representations in honour violence, and the functions they serve in maintaining injustice towards women. The text is available in Social Justice Research, a journal of original papers with broad implications for social scientists investigating the… Continue reading→
NEW SCHOOL NEWS FEATURES CONSORTIUM SCHOLAR, GAUDÊNCIO FIDELIS
Gaudêncio Fidelis, a well-established Brazilian museum curator, was forced to flee Brazil in 2019 after curating “Queermuseum: Cartographies of Difference in Brazilian Art” in 2017 focused on gender and sexual expression. This exhibit drew the ire of right wing groups and was forced to close after 17… Continue reading→
KIAN TAJBAKHSH FEATURED IN THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS
The New York Review of Books published “My Prison Reading” a moving account by New University in Exile Consortium Scholar, Kian Tajbakhsh about his time in Tehran’s Evin Prison. For the full article click here.
CORRUPTION IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN UKRAINE
Ararat Osipian published “The Rise and Rise of Ghost-Written Dissertations” in University World News: The Global Window on Higher Education. His piece describes educational corruption in Ukraine, highlighting, “an entire market that offers ghost-written dissertations to order.” Read the full article here. Ararat Osipian is… Continue reading→
New University in Exile Consortium on PBS
The Open Mind: Academics in the Crosshairs The New University in Exile Consortium was featured on The Open Mind on PBS. During Academics in the Crosshairs, Founder and Director, Professor Arien Mack discussed the New School’s history as a home for endangered scholars, and explained… Continue reading→
The environment was once a safe space for activism in Iran. No longer.
In early 2018, nine environmental experts and activists from the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation (PWHF) were arrested in Iran after being accused of collecting “sensitive” environmental information and using camera traps to monitor Iran’s ballistic missile program. In this article, Kaveh Madani notes, “Environmental problems… Continue reading→