Scholars in the Press
There’s Nothing Natural about Turkey’s Earthquake Disaster
By Utku Balaban, Associate Professor of Sociology, Department of Race, Intersectionality, Gender, and Sociology Department at Xavier University February 16, 2023 Published in Public Seminar “Erdoğan’s AKP failed to plan for a catastrophe—but did create a strategy to use this catastrophe to stay in power.”… Continue reading→
Negotiating Ideas Podcast with Omar Sadr, featuring Bengi Gumrukcu
On a recent episode of the “Negotiating Ideas Podcast,” Consortium scholars Omar Sadr and Bengi Gumrukcu discussed democratic backsliding in Turkey. Their conversation is available on Apple Podcast and YouTube.
Academic freedom and knowledge tradition of the Arab heritage
Published January 2, 2023 in On the Horizon Mabruk Derbesh has published a new paper which aims to confront some of the many facets of academic freedom as a whole, including the shared concerns with Western academia, its relationship to the politics of Arab society… Continue reading→
Kaveh Madani Appointed as Director of United Nations University Institute of Water, Environment and Health
Consortium scholar will lead research, direct policy initiatives, and implement on-the-ground solutions to help combat the global water crisis. August 17, 2022 Prof. Kaveh Madani was named the next Director of the United Nations University Institute of Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), where he will… Continue reading→
We Refugees Archive Interviews Consortium Scholars, Highlights Experiences in New York City
4 Consortium-hosted scholars were interviewed in a series created by We Refugees Archives designed to highlight refugee experiences in New York City. We Refugees Archives is a digital archive on refugeedom, past and present, with a focus on “individual micro-histories and the city as a… Continue reading→
Iran Has Become a Prison
What I learned about the challenge of resisting a regime that locks up thousands of political prisoners By Kian Tajbakhsh, originally published in The Atlantic November 1, 2022 “Amid the nationwide protests that have rocked Iran since the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini, who… Continue reading→
Sadr Wins Award for Best Book in Social Sciences at Annual Conference
Omar Sadr’s latest book, “Negotiating Cultural Diversity in Afghanistan,” was awarded the Best Book in Social Sciences Award from the Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) at its annual conference, at Indiana University on October 22th. The book explores the effect of cultural diversity on the construction of… Continue reading→
Book Launch and Panel Discussion with Consortium Scholar, Kian Tajbakhsh, at Columbia University
Consortium Scholar, Kian Tajbakhsh, will launch his new book, “Creating Local Democracy in Iran: State Building and the Politics of Decentralization” with a panel discussion on October 27th from 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm, hosted by Columbia University’s Center for Global Thought. Rooted in Tajbakhsh’s… Continue reading→
Webinar: Global Uprisings: Power, Violence, & the Struggle for Bodily Autonomy in Iran
Consortium Scholar Naima Mohammadi will take part in a panel discussion about the ongoing protests in Iran on Wednesday, October 19th from 12:30-2:00 pm ET. The event is hosted by the University of Pittsburgh’s Global Studies Center and Department of Sociology and is available online… Continue reading→
Consortium Scholar’s article on academic fraud amongst world leaders is translated, just in time for the G20 Summit
October 14, 2022, originally published in 2019 by The Conversation. Consortium Scholar Ararat Osipian’s 2019 article, “Putin’s plagiarism, fake Ukrainian degrees and other tales of world leaders accused of academic fraud”, originally published in English, was recently translated into Indonesian and republished on the The… Continue reading→