A Single Good Intention – SAR’s 20th Anniversary
This video illuminates the origins of our work and features a number of the courageous scholars we have been honored to support over the past twenty years.
Videos & Media
Presentation of the SAR Courage to Think Award for 2020
Robert Quinn, SAR Executive Director, Catharine Stimpson, SAR Board Chair, Clare Robinson, SAR Advocacy Director, Presentation of the 2020 SAR Courage to Think Award
Academic Freedom Issues in China & Hong Kong
Fu Hualing, Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong, Sheena Chestnut Greitens, Associate Professor, LBJ School of Public Affairs, UT Austin
Academic Freedom & India’s Clampdown on Dissent
Nandini Sundar, Professor of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University, Apoorvanand Jha, Professor of Hindi, Delhi University
Yemen’s Universities Under Attack
Abdulghani Muthanna, Assoc. Prof., Norwegian University of Science & Technology (NTNU), Noria Al-hossini, Mwatana for Human Rights
Turkey’s Academic Community in Paralysis
Lülüfer Körükmez, Turkish Human Rights Foundation, Nil Mutluer, Humboldt University
Academic Freedom Tensions in Europe: Issues & Opportunities
Sejal Parmar, Lecturer, University of Sheffield, Martina Darmanin, Human Rights & Solidarity Coordinator, European Students' Union (ESU), Sinead O'Gorman, SAR Europe Director
The Future of Value-Based Higher Education and Quality Assurance – The Future of Academic Freedom
The Webinar debated the contours of academic freedom both as it relates to institutions and quality assurance: What rights and obligations are attached to it from a European, Latin American and Scholars at Risk perspectives, and how these concepts are
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
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
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
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. 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 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
Launch of the 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