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Leadership in the Age of Cancel Culture: Responding to Demands for Exclusion or Removal

Join Scholars at Risk (SAR) and the SAR-United States Section for Lines, Line-Drawing, and Consequences, a five-part discussion series that will explore common situations that invoke core values on college and university campuses. Every other Wednesday, SAR Executive Director Rob

Right to be Wrong? When Academic Audiences Object to Academic Expression

Who’s in charge here? Making the Case for Institutional Autonomy

Public or Private? Tensions Around Expression in Campus Spaces

Promises and Pitfalls: Navigating International Programs and Partnerships

Free Universities: Putting the Academic Freedom Index Into Action Through the UN Human Rights Systems

Register Now FREE UNIVERSITIES: Putting the Academic Freedom Index Into Action Through the UN Human Rights Systems Featuring: Ms. Irene Khan, UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of freedom of opinion and expression Ms. Koumbou Boly Barry, UN

Reflections: Advocacy in Support of Imprisoned Scholars – Xiyue Wang and Hua Qu

Scholars at Risk Student Advocacy Seminars present: Reflections: Advocacy in Support of Imprisoned Scholars Date: Wednesday, March 31, 2021 Time: 12:30 PM Speakers: Xiyue Wang and Hua Qu As part of SAR’s annual Student Advocacy Days, join us for a

Social Media as Advocacy Tool

Scholars at Risk Student Advocacy Seminars presents: Social Media as Advocacy Tool * Date: Wednesday, March 24, 2021 Time: 12:00 PM Speakers: Sunniva Høiskar, SAIH (Norwegian Students’ and Academics’ International Assistance Fund); and Peter Irwin, Uyghur Human Rights Project *Note:

Governmental Avenues for Raising Awareness: United States

Scholars at Risk Student Advocacy Seminars presents: Governmental Avenues for Raising Awareness: United States* Date: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 Time: 2:00 PM Speaker: Scott Busby, United States Department of State Moderator: Adam Braver, Roger Williams University *Note: This event is

Governmental Avenues for Raising Awareness: Europe

Scholars at Risk Student Advocacy Seminars presents: Governmental Avenues for Raising Awareness: Europe* Date: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 Time: 12:00 PM Speaker: Matteo Vespa, European Students’ Union Moderator: Clare Robinson, Scholars at Risk *Note: This event is open to Student

Advocating for Imprisoned Scholars: How Students Make a Difference

Scholars at Risk Student Advocacy Seminars presents: Advocating for Imprisoned Scholars: How Students Make a Difference* Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2021 Time: 11:00 AM Speakers: Humaira Anjum and Mohammad Abdul Mahir, BRAC University, Bangladesh; and Zoe Schreiber, Viadrina University Moderator:

Academic Autonomy and Freedom in Turkey: The Case of Boğaziçi University

In this webinar, Boğaziçi University students and faculty will come together to speak about their ongoing struggle for academic autonomy and a democratic university in Turkey. We aim to discuss the pressing issues of violations of academic freedom and undermining

Daughters of Dissidents – Jewher Ilham & Akida Pulati

Roger Williams University Library “virtual” Talking in the Library Series & Scholars at Risk Student Advocacy Seminars present: In conversation: Jewher Ilham (daughter of Uyghur imprisoned scholar Ilham Tohti) & Akida Pulati (daughter of missing Uyghur scholar Rahile Dawut) Date:

Free Online Course: ‘Dangerous Questions: Why Academic Freedom Matters’

Are some questions too dangerous to ask? What happens to scholars and students who ask those questions? How can you contribute to strengthening core higher education values, such as academic freedom? These are among the questions we will discuss in

Criminalisation of Student Activism and the Idea of Academic Freedom in India

India has seen an alarming rise in the imprisonment of students and young academics, as well as restrictions on academic activities that are critical of the ruling powers. Instances of everyday violence on university campuses are largely left unpunished and