SOLVE CLIMATE BY 2030: GROWING AUDIENCES AND GENERATING SOLUTIONS
The April 6 launch of the OSUN Solve Climate by 2030 webinar series on regional and local climate solutions was a resounding success, with over 10,000 viewers tuning in to more than 100 university-hosted Global Dialogs on the topics of green recovery, alternative policies, and just transitions. Read the full article here.

EVENTS

THE CRISIS OF ACADEMIC FREEDOM

Friday, April 23, 8:30 AM NY | 2:30 PM Vienna

OSUN's Global Observatory on Academic Freedom proudly announces its first public event, a scholarly debate on the new challenges academic freedom is facing in all corners of the world. Join via Zoom.

CLIMATE AND COMMUNITY SCIENCE

Wednesday, April 21, 8:30 AM NY | 2:30 PM Vienna

The OSUN Community Science Coalition welcomes all network members to the April Session of its Climate and Community Science Chat, gathering faculty and researchers focused on community-engaged climate work.  Register here.

ASHMINA RANJIT: POLITICS OF BEING

Friday, April 23, 12:00 PM NY | 6:00 PM Vienna

The OSUN Center for Human Rights and the Arts presents a webinar with Ashmina Ranjit, Nepal’s leading conceptual artist and activist, who will interrogate the complex politics of Hindu patriarchy. Join via Zoom. 

SOCIALISM: TRAGEDY OF AN IDEA

Thursday, April 29, 9:30 AM NY | 3:30 PM Vienna

OSUN and CEU invite members to attend this cross-disciplinary panel discussion on the nature of socialism before and after the fall of communist regimes in Central and Eastern Europe. Join via Zoom.

CONSTITUTIONALISM AND DEMOCRATIC BACKSLIDING

Monday, May 3, 8:00 AM NY | 2:00 PM Vienna

OSUN and the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade, presents Ruzha Smilova (Sofia University), discussing Bulgaria's radical turn from human rights protections in its constitutional rulings.
This is an online event. Join via Zoom.

VOTE FOR SONITA ALIZADA FOR THE 2021 FREEDOM PRIZE

International rapper, human rights activist, and Bard student Sonita Alizada has been nominated for the 2021 Freedom Prize for her advocacy against the practice of forced child marriage. OSUN encourages members to consider voting for her online by April 25. Vote here.

INAUGURAL ECONOMIC DEMOCRACY KEYNOTE: ECONOMIC RIGHTS AND RACIAL JUSTICE

Tuesday, April 27, 12:15 PM NY | 6:15 PM Vienna

Professor Darrick Hamilton, the Henry Cohen Professor of Economics and Urban Policy and Founding Director of the Institute for the Study of Race, Stratification and Political Economy at the New School for Social Research, will launch the OSUN Economic Democracy Initiative's keynote series.  Join via Zoom.

WORKSHOPS

EXPERIMENTAL HUMANITIES "UNCONFERENCE" ON COVID EXCEPTIONALISM

Saturday, May 15, 10:00 AM NY l 4 PM Vienna

The OSUN Experimental Humanities Collaborative Network invites members to an "unconference" where all can participate in an open forum interrogating the structural social underpinnings the pandemic has exposed and the social transformations it has set in motion. Learn more and register.

HANNAH ARENDT HUMANITIES NETWORK ANNUAL TEXT SEMINAR

On July 22-26 at Bard College in Annandale, NY, OSUN's Hannah Arendt Humanities Network holds its inaugural Annual Text Seminar, a collective close reading by ten scholars of Karl Popper’s The Open Society and Its Enemies.
Application deadline is May 24. Learn more and apply.

OPEN SOCIETY RESEARCH PLATFORM: DOES OPEN SOCIETY TRAVEL BEYOND THE WEST?

Tuesday, May 25, 9 AM NY l 3 PM Vienna

The first panel discussion in the Open Society Research Platform Workshop series asks if the debate about open society can pave the way towards a decolonized, truly global universalism. Registration deadline is May 25. Learn more and register. 

TRAUMA-INFORMED TEACHING WORKSHOP: NONVIOLENT COMMUNICATION

Friday, April 23, 12 PM Vienna l 6 AM NY

The OSUN Hubs for Connected Learning Initiatives invite OSUN members to the second session with Kristin Masters discussing how listening to students and to ourselves is a key component of nonviolent communication. Learn more and register.

PHASE II: INTRODUCTION TO ENGAGED RESEARCH METHODS

Tuesday, April 27, 9 AM NY | 3 PM Vienna
 

The OSUN Engaged Research Fund's second round of workshops, held in conjunction with SOAS and aimed at applicants, kicks off with a session on "Freire’s Listening Survey and Participatory Visualisation," facilitated by Andrea Cornwall.

Register for this or all three sessions.

OPPORTUNITIES

M.A. IN HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE ARTS

OSUN’s Center for Human Rights and the Arts has launched its pioneering M.A. program in Human Rights and the Arts. The first-ever interdisciplinary program brings together scholars, artists, and activists to explore the productive and contentious relationship between the arts and struggles for truth and justice. Application deadline is June 25. Learn more and apply.

THREATENED SCHOLARS INTEGRATION INITIATIVE CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

The Threatened Scholars Integration Initiative works with scholars seeking alternative teaching, research, or advanced study positions outside their home countries, due to threat from authoritarian regimes, persecution, or other risks, and places them in OSUN institutions. The Initiative also provides affiliation and support for those who cannot relocate. Learn more or contact TSI 

CEU 2022 SUMMER UNIVERSITY COURSE PROPOSALS

CEU Summer University offers courses connected to OSUN's mission of promoting collaborative research, teaching and learning, and social engagement on open society issues. Deadline for 2022 course proposals is June 20, 2021. Learn more.

2021 COURSE EXTENSIONS! Many Summer University courses for 2021 have extended their application deadlines. Read more.

MANUSCRIPT WORKSHOP/LECTURES ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WITH HELGA NOWOTNY

DEADLINE EXTENDED! The Hannah Arendt Humanities Network invites students from OSUN to come together in Vienna, June 21-25, 2021, to read and discuss Helga Nowotny’s In AI We Trust: Power, Illusion, and Control of Predictive Algorithms. Deadline is April 26, 2021. Learn more and apply.

COMMUNITY ACTION AWARDS

OSUN sponsors Community Action Awards for undergraduate students that help cover costs associated with unpaid summer internships related to civic engagement. Rolling deadline until May 15th.  Apply.  

Info Session on Tuesday, April 27, 8 AM NY | 2 PM Vienna. Join via Zoom.

OTHER EVENTS OF INTEREST

TELEVISION AND THE AFGHAN CULTURE WARS

Thursday, April 22, 5 PM NY l 11 PM Vienna

OSUN members and the public are invited to join filmmaker Wazhmah Osman and Professor Jeannette Estruth to discuss Osman's new book, Television and the Afghan Culture Wars: Brought to You by Foreigners, Warlords, and Activists, at this Bard College event.
Join via Zoom.

MINSKY CONFERENCE: PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES IN AN EMERGING POST-PANDEMIC RECOVERY

Wednesday, May 5 - Thursday, May 6

The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College welcomes OSUN members to participate in the 29th annual Hyman Minsky conference, where academics, government officials, and financial sector practitioners will discuss prospects for the US and Europe after the COVID-19 crisis, among other monetary and fiscal policy issues.
Learn more. Register.

WORKING/PLANNING GROUPS

OSUN Collaboration in the Arts: On Monday April 26, 10 AM NY, OSUN arts faculty and administrators are invited to join Daniel Calingaert (OSUN’s Managing Director) and Gideon Lester (Fisher Center at Bard's Artistic Director) to discuss OSUN's potential for supporting teaching, innovation, collaboration, and public programs in the arts.  
Join via Zoom. Contact Gideon Lester for updates if you wish to attend but cannot.

OSUN Advancement Working Group: Sign up for the working group here.

Civic Engagement Working Group: Contact Caitlin O'Donnell and Erin Canaan to join.

OSUN Translation and Translatability Initiative: Contact Eric Trudel or Olga Voronina.

Environmental Studies Working Group:  Sign up for the working group here. 

Human Rights & the Arts Faculty Working Group: Contact Tom Keenan.

Engaged Research Planning Group: Contact Andrea Cornwall or Erin Cannan.

OSUN Connects: To join this platform for network faculty and staff exchange, click here. 

OSUN Global Debate Network: Contact Ruth Zisman to join. 

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