Conference

Inaugural regional conference on academic freedom in the Americas

Scholars at Risk and our partners on the Coalition for Academic Freedom in the Americas (español) for an inaugural regional conference on academic freedom in the Americas at Universidad de Monterrey, Mexico, on November 10-11. We are currently seeking applications

Barcelona 2022: 32nd Annual EAIE Conference and Exhibition

Scholars at Risk will attend the EAIE 32nd Annual EAIE Conference and Exhibition from September 13-16 in Barcelona, Spain. Individuals interested in connecting with SAR at the event can visit SAR’s stand in the exhibition hall and/or email Miriam Alphonsus

LIBERTAS. Spaces and practices of academic freedom, June 22-24, 2022

To celebrate eight centuries of commitment to the protection and promotion of academic freedom and to revive such commitment the University of Padova, in collaboration with Scholars at Risk Italy and Scholars at Risk Europe, is organising an international conference to discuss LIBERTAS. Spaces

Free Ahmed Samir! Conference on Academic Freedom in Egypt

In February 2021, Ahmed Samir Santawy, Egyptian student and researcher at Central European University in Vienna, was arbitrarily detained and imprisoned by the Egyptian government. He is currently in ongoing solitary confinement. As one year since Ahmed’s disappearance approaches, CEU will host the Free Ahmed Samir! Conference on Academic Freedom in Egypt on Tuesday, January

Reimagining Academic Freedom – Open Society University Network Global Observatory on Academic Freedom First Bi-Annual Conference

The GOAF First Bi-Annual Conference will launch the work of the Global Observatory on Academic Freedom. The conference will present the findings of the Annual Report 2020/2021 and accompanying papers, liaise with the academic community – researchers in the field,

Afghanistan, il futuro negato

Evento sia in PRESENZA che ONLINE Il ritorno dei talebani, 40 anni di guerra, un popolo in fuga. Un confronto sulle cose che si possono fare per creare un domani alla popolazione afghana. Associazione 46°Parallelo/AtlanteGuerre con Afgana, il supporto della

Academic Freedom, Free Speech and Thinking for Yourself

The Inaugural Global Ideas Lecture: Academic Freedom, Free Speech and Thinking for Yourself Event Date: November 1, 2021 – 1:00pm to 2:30pm EST Location: online Presented by CIPS & The University Research Chair on Global Political Thought Registration: Eventbrite Academic freedom is threatened from without—by authoritarian

Language and the problems of justice: A conference to mark one year of Hany Babu’s imprisonment

Friends of Hany Babu, in collaboration with Scholars at Risk and The Institute for Post-Colonial Studies, will host a virtual conference titled Language and the problems of justice: A conference to mark one year of Hany Babu’s imprisonment. The conference

Conference on Studies of Belonging

We invite you to join us during this three-day interdisciplinary working conference, where we collaboratively sketch the landscape of Belonging as an academic and artistic field, with the aim to set up a research agenda and future interdisciplinary and international

Academic Freedom and Intellectual Dissent Online Conference

This conference will focus on the importance of intellectual dissent and academic freedom to democratic societies in a Western, particularly European, context. The speakers and the panel will discuss the scope and the limits of academic freedom in the context

Academic Freedom in a Plural World: Global Critical Perspectives

Academic Freedom in a Plural World: Global Critical Perspectives June 9, 8:00am-12:00pm EDT June 10, 10:00am-2:00pm EDT Zoom link: https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/85114784769 Please find the event description Free, and open to all This conference will bring together over 20 scholars from a variety

The Academy, Politics and Society: How a Troubled World Affects Universities and Activism

Join us on May 7 from 12:00pm-2:00pm EDT for the New University in Exile Consortium spring conference about the global attacks on academic freedom. The keynote speaker is Éric Fassin, Professor of sociology and Co-chair of the Gender Studies Department,

Politics of Repression – Strategies and Resistances in Scholarship Conference

Researchers from all over the world experience repressions. Not only are they prevented from conducting free research, often their lives and the lives of their families are endangered. Minorities find it difficult to assert themselves in the academic world.

University of Geneva Conference: Threats to Academics

This event will examine the threats to academic freedom as well as the networks of solidarity between researchers that are developing to face them. This event offers a comparative vision of Turkish, French and Swiss perspectives on academic freedom. Tuesday,

CONAHEC-AMPEI Joint Virtual International Education Conference

Plan to participate in this CONAHEC-AMPEI Joint Virtual International Education Conference. Together we will reassert the value of international academic relationships and engagement in higher ed and forge a more resilient platform and proactive agenda for future collaboration.