Scholars at Risk Network New York University
Defending the University: Academic Freedom in Central and Eastern Europe
Vilnius
, Lithuania
, June 20-21, 2008

On June 20-21, the European Humanities University and the Scholars at Risk Network co-hosted a meeting and symposium in Vilnius, Lithuania on "Defending the University: Academic Freedom in Central and Eastern Europe." Participants assembled at the symposium adopted a resolution in support of the European Humanities University. Read the resolution here.

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NEWS EVENTS

09/03/2008, SAR and NEAR call for urgent action on behalf of detained professor Mehdi Zakerian of Iran: Scholars at Risk and the Network for Education and Academic Rights express grave concern about the apparent detention of Dr. Mehdi Zakerian, a prominent scholar of international relations and internat...
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08/08/2008, Where's the Data?: You see it all the time, in the brochures and advertisements from liberal arts colleges and other non-gargantuan institutions. “Small class sizes,” they promise, and for good reason, because everyone ...
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08/08/2008, Ex-student urges repeal of BYU's honor code: Brigham Young University's honor code should be repealed and rewritten with input from people of varying opinions, a participant said Thursday at the annual Sunstone Symposium in Salt Lake City.
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09/18/2008, University of Bologna: The Observatory is organising an event to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Magna Charta Universitatum. The conference will take place in Bologna on 18-20 September 2008. In order to view the prog...
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07/01/2008, At Risk: A Documentary: A film that examines scholars at risk and their experiences via interviews and events.
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05/06/2008, Academic Freedom and the Decline of the Humanities: Most discussions of academic freedom are US based and legalistic. It is necessary to discuss the role of the humanities in the sustained teaching of the practice of freedom. It is necessary to conside...
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