Videos & Media

A Conversation with Dr. Hahrie Han (SNF Agora Institute at JHU) and President Paula Johnson (Wellesley College)

Opening Remarks: Robert Quinn, Scholars at Risk President Paula Johnson, Wellesley College and Dr. Hahrie Han, SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University Closing remarks: Robert Quinn and Rosalie Wolf, Scholars at Risk

Teaching Academic Freedom

Dr. Robert Cole, Roger Williams University Dr. Laurens Lavrysen, Ghent University Human Rights Centre Federica Tagliavini, University of Trento

Launch of Academic Freedom Index

Dr. Katrin Kinzelbach, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Janika Spannagel, Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) Dr. Anna Lührmann, V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg

Academic Freedom Issues in Sub-Saharan Africa

Dr. Noel Twagiramungu, Boston University Dr. Aschale Siyoum, Xavier University Satang Nabaneh, University of Washington School of Law Fraternel Amuri, University of Kisangani

A Conversation with Dr. Jonathan Cole (Columbia University) and President Ronald Daniels (Johns Hopkins University)

Welcome: Dr. Catharine R. Stimpson, Scholars at Risk Opening Remarks: Robert Quinn, Scholars at Risk President Ronald J. Daniels, Johns Hopkins University and Dr. Jonathan Cole, Columbia University

Academic Freedom, Free Expression, and Civil Discourse

Lara Schwartz, American University Project on Civil Discourse Dr. Hank Reichman, American Assoc. of University Professors Dr. Nancy Thomas, Inst. for Democracy and Higher Ed, Tufts University Michelle Deutchman, University of California National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement

A Conversation with Dr. Laurel Leff (Northeastern University) and Robert Quinn (Scholars at Risk)

Robert Quinn, Scholars at Risk Dr. Laurel Leff, Northeastern University and author of Well Worth Saving: American Universities’ Life-and-Death Decisions on Refugees From Nazi Europe

Responses to the Turkey Crisis

Dr. Tuba İnal-Çekiç, Off-University Dr. Nil Mutluer, Humboldt University of Berlin, Academics for Peace Dr. Johannes Müller, University of Cologne

Academic Freedom in the MENA Region

David Wheeler, Al-Fanar Media Dr. Hala Al-Dosari, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dr. Lisa Anderson, Scholars at Risk

Free to Think 2018 [Video]

Free to Think 2018 is the fourth installment of an annual report by Scholars at Risk’s Academic Freedom Monitoring Project, analyzing 294 reported attacks on higher education communities in 47 countries, from September 1, 2017, to August 31, 2018. Download the

Prof. Dr. Judith Butler, University of California, Berkeley: “What is Free and Open Inquiry?: Academic Freedom and Political Expression” (Keynote)

MASTER OF CEREMONIES: Dr. Ulrike Albrecht, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation WELCOME REMARKS: Prof. Dr. Klaus Hoffmann-Holland, Vice President, Freie Universität Berlin Prof. Domna Stanton, City University of New York, and Board Member of Scholars at Risk Prof. Dr. Hans-Christian Pape,

Prof. Dr. Susanne Baer: “More Than Welcome: A Berlin Call for University Ethics” (Keynote)

GREETINGS & OVERVIEW: Dr. Herbert Grieshop, Freie Universität Berlin, SCHOLAR VOICE: Prof. Amal El-Obeidi, University of Bayreuth, INTRODUCTORY REMARKS: Prof. Dr. Catharine R. Stimpson, New York University, and Board Chair, Scholars at Risk, and KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Prof. Dr. Susanne Baer, Federal

Prof. Dr. Markus Hilgert: “Scholars at Risk, Cultures in Crisis: On the Impact of Research and Culture on Social Stability and Sustainable Development” (Keynote)

2018 SAR Global Congress – Wed. April 25 Morning Plenary: GREETINGS & OVERVIEW, Sinead O’Gorman, Scholars at Risk, SCHOLAR VOICE, Dr. Tarek Ahmad, Heidelberg University, and PROF. DR. MARKUS HILGERT, Director, Ancient Near East Museum at the Pergamonmuseum, keynote speech: “Scholars

Prof. Dr. Jacqueline Bhabha’s Remarks at the 2018 Courage to Think Award Dinner

WELCOME Robert Quinn, Executive Director, Scholars at Risk REMARKS Prof. Dr. Jacqueline Bhabha, Former & founding Board Chair, Scholars at Risk Network; Co-Chair, Harvard Scholars at Risk; Professor, Harvard School of Public Health; Lecturer, Harvard Law School; Adjunct Lecturer, Harvard

2018 Courage to Think Award Dinner

COURAGE TO THINK AWARD PRESENTATION: Scholars at Risk Board Members present the 2018 Courage to Think Defender Award to Academics for Peace (Barış İçin Akademisyenler). WELCOME BY Robert Quinn, Executive Director, Scholars at Risk, PRESENTED BY Prof. Dr. Catharine R.