SAR 2024 Global Congress

Scholars at Risk was pleased to hold the 2024 SAR Global Congress from June 25-27, 2024 in partnership with the European Humanities University (EHU) in Vilnius, Lithuania. Global Congresses are SAR’s largest network events, and bring together leading scholars, advocates, students and professionals to rethink issues of academic freedom and related values, to learn from each other, and to help shape SAR’s agenda for the coming years.

The 2024 Global Congress theme, “Sustainable knowledge: Lessons from universities, scholars and students in exile,” sought to explore and capture the experience of current and prior generations of academic communities forced into exile by political unrest, repression, disaster and conflict. From Afghanistan to Ukraine, Belarus to Myanmar, Turkey to Sudan, Nicaragua to Israel/Palestine, and beyond. How can we help more scholars and students reach safety and reestablish their academic roles most effectively? How can we help institutions and systems persevere and ultimately build better, stronger, freer higher education communities, whether in exile or upon return home?

Summary Report – 2024 Global Congress

Scholars at Risk is proud to share the summary report on our 2024 Global Congress held June 25-27, 2024, in partnership with the European Humanities University (EHU) in Vilnius, Lithuania.

This summary report shares key insights from the four day event, including the workshops, panels, plenary sessions, and our Courage to Think Dinner and Award presentation. With over 250 in-person attendees from more than 60 countries, the 2024 Global Congress gave all of us the space to confront threats to scholars and academic freedom, to learn from each other’s experiences, and to help shape SAR’s agenda for the coming years.

We invite you to explore the report and learn more about the Congress and our work. Read the report »

Read additional additional highlights from the Courage to Think Award Dinner » 

Watch select panel recordings:

SAR is also pleased to share select panel recordings from the SAR Global Congress:

• Lessons from the founding of the European Humanities University
• Lessons from Afghanistan
• Lessons from European Humanities University/Belarus
• Sustaining higher education in crisis: Responding to Gaza
• Lessons from Ukraine
• Lessons from the United States

SAR 2024 Global Congress Program:

Speakers & Panelists

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We’d like to hear from you:

Your feedback is important to us. To help improve our 2024 Global Congress programming, we invite you to share your thoughts on what you’d like us to feature. Please do not hesitate to reach out to us with suggestions or questions at SARCongress@nyu.edu.

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