Kick-off Event: Politics of Repression – Strategies and Resistances in Scholarship

Wednesday, Apr 28 2021 1:00 pm

In Event Types: Speaker Series

This Kick-Off event of the Speaker Series: Politics of Repression – Strategies and Resistances in Scholarship offers an insight into the work of the `Scholars at Risk´-network, their motivations, support structures and history.

How does a university like Leibniz University Hannover deal with threats to scientists worldwide and how can a university support persecuted scholars. The concept of academic freedom and its meaning for the Leibniz University Hannover will be the focus of this event.

  • Prof. Dr. rer.hort. Christina von Haaren, Vice President for International Affairs and Sustainability, Leibniz University Hannover
  • Denise Roche, Advocacy Manager, Scholars at Risk Europe
  • Dr. Funda Karapehlivan, Leibniz Centre for Science and Society, Leibniz University Hannover

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