Spotlight

Spotlight on “Dangerous Questions: Why Academic Freedom Matters”

In this SAR spotlight, we present an edited interview with SAR scholars, students, faculty and administrators who have taken “Dangerous Questions: Why Academic Freedom Matters” to hear firsthand what they learned. These participants include SAR partners as well as those

SAR Spotlight on Professor Adam Braver

In this SAR Spotlight, we speak with Professor Adam Braver on SAR membership, his efforts to establish the SAR-USA section, and plans for Roger Williams University to become a field office for the development and support of US-based Student Advocacy Seminars.

SAR Spotlight on Dr. Hanadi Ibrahim

In this SAR Spotlight, Dr. Hanadi Ibrahim discusses how her life and career were impacted by the ongoing Syrian conflict and what it means to her to restart her career in academia in Canada.

SAR Spotlight on Dr. Olga Hünler

Dr. Hünler discusses her work on the massive open online course (MOOC) "Dangerous Questions: Why Academic Freedom Matters," her personal experience with threats to academic freedom, and what she hopes learners will gain from the course.

SAR Spotlight on Whitman College

"SAR implicitly demands that people work through problems in very beautiful ways – ways that call upon, challenge, and interpret ideas, while bringing ethics and politics into the arena."

Herman Winick

Herman Winick, Professor Emeritus in the Applied Physics Department of Stanford University and Assistant Director of the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (SSRL) division of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), has worked tirelessly on behalf of human rights throughout his

Zelalem Kibret

"[The Ethiopian government] wants us to live in this fear-stricken environment, believing that you can go back [to prison] at any time. And you have to censor yourself... So I contacted SAR through their website and finally it worked.”

Naila Al-Atrash

"[Theater] opens possibilities for asking the questions that should be asked. We, Syrians, now are in need more than any time in the past to ask the right questions."

Karen-Lise Knudsen

"Especially in these extraordinary times, it is ever more important to defend the core values of higher education all over the world."

Chris Tatara

Chris Tatara (Illinois Wesleyan University, Class of 2014) describes the impact working with SAR has had on his life, as well as the impact he has had on SAR.

Kassem AlSayed Mahmoud

“I dream everyday of returning to my homeland, […] a homeland that respects minds and thinkers…”

Abdul Sattar Jawad

“With the continued support and dedication of universities in the SAR network, I am where I am today: I am safe and able to contribute to my academic field.”

Felix Kaputu

“The Director of Prisons told me that I was no longer a professor. He told me to forget my name. He said that when I die, they would just throw me away.”

20th Anniversary Report

The 20th Anniversary Report marks SAR’s first 20 years of protecting threatened scholars and promoting everyone’s freedom to think, question, and share ideas.

Free to Think 2020

Free to Think 2020 is the sixth installment of an annual report by SAR's Academic Freedom Monitoring Project, analyzing attacks on higher education communities around the world between September 1, 2019 and August 31, 2020.

Introducing Scholars at Risk

Scholars at Risk is an international network of institutions and individuals whose mission it is to protect scholars and promote academic freedom. Learn more about SAR’s mission and the courageous scholars we are honored to assist in the below video

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