Scholars in the Press
Shafiqa Khpalwak’s poetry is published in ADI Magazine
Spring 2022 “Last night in my dreams, I went home. I walked into our garden, cried, and said, “I was dying to smell the flowers.” Then I went to my room and wrote a poem. In the morning, I woke up on the fifth floor…Continue reading→
The Future of Academia in Ukraine: Consortium Scholar, Ararat Osipian, featured in Times Higher Education
September 12, 2022 Osipian, whose research interests include corruption in higher education, writes about the effects of war on Ukraine’s universities and the path toward a more equitable and transparent academy in Ukraine. “Corruption continues not only in the war-torn eastern and southern regions but…Continue reading→
Consortium Scholar, Ararat Osipian featured in “Voices of Ukrainian Scholars” by the US-based Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES)
September 2022 “In the early morning of February 24, 2022, I woke up to three loud explosions that shook my windows and everything around. These were the shock waves of the missile explosions that hit Kramatorsk, the administrative center of the Donetsk region in eastern…Continue reading→
Why Burmese Generals Should Worry New Delhi
By Binalakshmi Nepram; Published July 16, 2022 via TOI On July 25 the world woke up to the tragic news of four pro-democracy activists being executed in Myanmar. The victims included Phyo Zeya Thaw who was a former National League for Democracy (NLD) lawmaker and Kyaw Min Yu, also…Continue reading→
New Blog Post: “Metropolis and Migration: What Immigration Reception in New York and Tehran Tell Us About Democracy and Authoritarianism”
By Kian Tajbakhsh, Senior Advisor to the Executive Vice President for Global Centers and Global Development at Columbia University and Fellow with Columbia’s Committee on Global Thought Published on Tales of My Two Cities on June 30, 2022 Scholar Kian Tajbakhsh argues that democracy’s future depends on…Continue reading→
Article: Ukraine’s ‘sanctioning frenzy’ will bring no HE benefits
By Ararat Osipian Published: June 20, 2022 in University World News The United States and the European Union have sanctioned Russian oligarchs and politicians in response to Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine. Academic ties with some Russian universities have been severed and educational and research…Continue reading→
Book: Creating Local Democracy in Iran: State Building and the Politics of Decentralization
By: Kian Tajbakhsh Publisher: Cambridge University Press (July 2022) DESCRIPTION Empirically rich and theoretically informed, this book is an innovative analysis of political decentralization under the Islamic Republic of Iran. Drawing upon Kian Tajbakhsh’s twenty years of experience working with and researching local government in…Continue reading→
Article: Le massacre de Tadamon : une enquête secrète de chercheurs sur la politique d’extermination en Syrie
By Mohamad Moustafa Alabsi Published: June 5, 2022 in The Conversation Début 2019, à Paris, Uğur Ümit Üngör, chercheur au NIOD Institute of War, Holocaust & Genocides Studies de l’université d’Amsterdam, participe à une conférence universitaire lorsqu’un activiste syrien résidant dans la capitale française demande à le…Continue reading→
“The World Bank’s approach to universities needs a rethink”
By Ararat Osipian Published by University World News; April 30, 2022 Many words, concerns and sentiments have been expressed and exchanged over the last two months in support of Ukraine and against Russian aggression. Such verbal statements of moral support are a nice first step,…Continue reading→