[18/01/2021] This Week across OSUN

 

 

EVENTS

TODAY: ADAPTING TO THE NEW REALITY: THE PUBLIC PURPOSE OF HIGHER EDUCATION

Monday, January 18 at 2PM NY | 8PM Vienna

Panelists:

  • Mapendo Mindje, University of Rwanda
  • Verity Firth, University of Technology Sydney
  • Leslie Van Rooi, Stellenbosch University (S.Africa)
  • Joanne Curry, Simon Fraser University (Canada)
  • Moderated by Mathew Johnson, President, Albion College (US)

The COV-AID series is co-sponsored by The Talloires Network of Engaged Universities and OSUN. Join via Zoom

OSUN INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE FACULTY GATHERING

Wednesday, January 20, 8:30AM NY | 2:30PM Vienna

CLASP invites faculty from across the network to join us for an informal gathering to share experiences and expertise related to teaching OSUN courses (courses with students enrolled from multiple campuses). We welcome faculty who taught these courses in the summer and fall 2020, as well as those who will be teaching courses in spring 2021. The session will offer us the time to share pedagogical approaches and to learn more about course offerings across the network. Register here for the zoom link. 

THE CHALLENGES OF PHILANTHROPY FUNDING HATE GROUPS 
 
Join the Bard Center for the Study of Hate on Thursday January 28 at 3pm NY | 9pm Vienna for a webinar with Mark Hurtubise, former president and CEO of the Innovia Foundation, whose vigorous objection to grants that were channeled to a white nationalist charity were met with resistance. 
Register in advance for the webinar

WORKSHOPS

DESIGNING ENGAGED RESEARCH WORKSHOP

 

Connect with OSUN researchers to learn how to ethically incorporate community engagement into your research using inclusive practices designed to generate new scholarship that helps center community voices. Tuesday, January 26 at 8AM NY | 2PM Vienna
Learn more and register

NEW KINDS OF ATTENTION: ONLINE IWT WORKSHOPS

 

Join faculty from The Bard College Institute for Writing and Thinking (IWT) for a new online workshop series February 5 and March 5. These one-day workshops will serve as an introduction to IWT's foundational writing-to-learn practices and model ways to use these practices in the classroom, whether online or in person. Workshop offerings include:

  • Introduction to Writing and Thinking (Feb. 5)
  • Introduction to Writing to Learn (Feb. 5)
  • Introduction to Thinking Historically through Writing (Mar. 5)
  • Introduction to Writing to Learn in STEM (Mar. 5)

Tuition is waived for OSUN faculty. Learn more and register.

OPPORTUNITIES

LONDON CRITICAL THEORY SUMMER SCHOOL 2021

Organized by the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, the internationally renowned London Critical Theory Summer School enables graduate students and academics to engage in a two-week course of study with acclaimed critical thinkers. Third-year undergraduate students as well as Masters and Ph.D. students across the OSUN network are invited to apply. The application deadline is January 23. Learn more and apply. 

ENGAGED RESEARCH FUND AND INFORMATION SESSION

 

The OSUN Engaged Research Fund invites applications from graduate students and faculty at OSUN partner institutions who are working to develop long-term, sustainable community partnerships as a central part of their research. Engaged Research Fund applications are due April 15th, 2021Learn more

Join an information session on Tuesday, February 9 at 8AM NY | 2PM Vienna.  Learn more and register

CALL FOR PROPOSALS: SYMPOSIUM ON DIFFERRENCE AND JUSTICE

The Third Annual Symposium on Difference and Justice will take place on Saturday, March 20. Hosted by the Bard College Network, the virtual symposium considers that question “How, Do We Create a Healthy Environment While Living in an Inequitable World?”  OSUN students, faculty, and staff are invited to submit proposals to present a workshop at the symposium. Proposals must be submitted by February 26, 2021. Learn more and submit a proposal.

EXPERIMENTAL HUMANITIES COLLABORATIVE NETWORK FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

The Experimental Humanities Collaborative Network (EHCN) is rethinking the humanities in the light of changing technologies, our increasingly connected planet, the ongoing ecological crisis, and the need to create more inclusive institutions. Funding opportunities are available to OSUN EHCN partner institutions. Funding is available to support project and course development, action clusters, and student research. The application deadline is March 31. Learn more and apply.

FELLOWSHIPS

OSUN MODULAR DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS

CEU invites applications for the OSUN Modular Doctoral Fellowship program. The program supports junior faculty at select OSUN universities who wish to undertake doctoral studies while maintaining their academic positions and continuing teaching at home universities. The fellowships are open for all doctoral programs at CEU and interested candidates apply through the regular CEU admissions procedureApplication deadline is February 1, 2021. Learn more and apply.

HUMAN RIGHTS & THE ARTS FELLOWSHIPS 2021-2022

The OSUN Center for Human Rights & the Arts invites applications for two one-year research and teaching fellowships in human rights and the arts. The positions are open to individuals working in a variety of fields where human rights and the arts intersect, including artists, curators, researchers, scholars, writers, filmmakers, advocates and activists.  Learn more. 

WORKING/PLANNING GROUPS

NEW Artificial Intelligence and the Humanities Working Group - Call for Participants: The Hannah Arendt Global Humanities Network is initiating a working group to explore foundational questions about artificial intelligence (AI) and its consequences for questions discussed in the humanities. Contact Tim Crane, CEU or Jacob Rivers, Bard College for more information. Learn more.


Environmental Studies Working Group:  The Environmental Studies Working Group invites new participants to the group. Individuals may sign up for the working group here. 


Human Rights & the Arts Faculty Working Group: Contact Tom Keenan at Bard College for details on joining the OSUN working group in human rights and the arts


Engaged Research Planning GroupContact Andrea Cornwall, SOAS, or Erin Cannan, Bard College, for details on joining the planning group. Learn more about the initiative. 


OSUN Connects: Join OSUN Connects, a platform for conversation, collaboration, exploration, and the exchange of ideas for faculty and staff across the network. To request to join the group please click here

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