Scholars in the Press
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→