NEWS

EUROPEAN HUMANITIES UNIVERSITY STUDENT ILLEGALLY DETAINED BY BELARUSIAN AUTHORITIES
OSUN and EHU are calling on international partners and human rights defenders to appeal to the government of Belarus to release Sofia Sapega, who was unjustly detained along with exiled journalist Roman Protasevich after the couple's flight from Athens to Vilnius was forced to land in Minsk. Read more.

RECLAIMING THE PALESTINIAN NARRATIVE
OSUN’s Center for Human Rights and the Arts co-sponsored a panel discussion with faculty and staff from Al-Quds University and Al-Quds Bard College concerning the human rights dimensions of Israel's recent intensified military operations against Palestinians. Read more.

EVENTS

SPECIAL OSUN EVENT: 
COVID'S IMPACT ON INTERNATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION

Thursday, May 27, 9 AM NY | 3 PM Vienna

OSUN welcomes all to a roundtable with network leaders from four continents, discussing how to re-think traditional approaches to higher education and expanded access in view of the COVID-19 crisis.
Register here.

IS THERE STILL A CHANCE FOR DEMOCRACY IN MYANMAR?

Monday, May 31, 8 AM NY | 2 PM Vienna

OSUN Vice Chancellor Liviu Matei moderates a panel discussion with partner CEU Democracy Institute considering whether a democratic path is still viable in Myanmar after 75 years of turbulent civil wars.
Learn more and join.

EU RULE OF LAW CASE-LAW: CRUCIAL RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

Friday, June 4, 8 AM NY | 2 PM Vienna

OSUN and CEU's Democracy Institute welcome network members to a public seminar concerning the European Court of Justice's recent re-articulation of European constitutionalism, placing the rule of law center stage.
Learn more and join.

OPEN SOCIETY RESEARCH PLATFORM: CONFLICT AND POLARIZATION IN OPEN SOCIETIES

Friday, June 4, 9 AM NY l 3 PM Vienna

What is the role of conflict and polarization in open societies? Panelists will discuss if the two are existential threats or productive phenomena in open societies.  Registration deadline is June 4.
Learn more and register. 

WORKSHOPS

STUDENT GLOBAL FELLOWS WORKSHOP ON GROWING YOUR
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT PROJECT

Saturday, May 29, 9 am NY l 3 pm Vienna

This Global Fellows civic engagement workshop helps student leaders and learners to develop civic engagement projects in ways that ensure project progress and sustainability. Join via Zoom.

HANNAH ARENDT HUMANITIES NETWORK ANNUAL TEXT SEMINAR

DEADLINE EXTENDED! 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 31. Learn more and apply.

FACULTY WORKSHOP ON WRITING AND THINKING

Monday, July 12 - Friday, July 16

This foundational workshop from the Institute for Writing and Thinking introduces participants to writing-based teaching practices, offering them an opportunity to reflect on how they teach writing.  
Deadline to register is June 12. 
Learn more and register.

FACULTY WORKSHOP ON WRITING TO LEARN

Monday, July 12 - Friday, July 16

Writing to Learn introduces participants to the Institute for Writing and Thinking's foundational writing-based teaching practices, but with a particular emphasis on their application to specific subject areas and disciplines.
Deadline to register is June 12. 
Learn more and register.

OPPORTUNITIES

REGISTER FOR OSUN SUMMER COURSES UNTIL JUNE 2

DEADLINE EXTENDED! OSUN is offering nineteen summer courses during June and July 2021 for students from across the network. 
First round deadline is May 26 but OSUN will continue accepting new registrants until June 2. 
Learn more.  Review Course Descriptions. Register.

Attend the orientation info session on Tuesday, June 1, 8 AM NY l 2 PM Vienna! Join via Zoom.

CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS: REFUGEE HIGHER EDUCATION ACCESS CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

The OSUN Hubs for Connected Learning Initiatives invites faculty to join curriculum development teams for a new bridge program called “Refugee Higher Education Access Program” (RhEAP), which prepares learners in Kenya and Jordan for BA programs. 
Deadline to apply is June 5. Learn more and apply.

HUBS FOR CONNECTED LEARNING CALL FOR COURSE PROPOSALS

The OSUN Hubs for Connected Learning Initiatives invites faculty to submit proposals for courses offering refugee and host community students in Jordan and Eastern Africa the opportunity to develop the academic skills and  needed to successfully complete BA programs. Deadline to apply is June 10.
Learn more and apply.

VIDEO FOR CLIMATE ACTIVISM: FREE SIX-WEEK WORKSHOP

OSUN's Solve Climate by 2030 initiative and partner institution Columbia University are offering a free, six-week online workshop on "Video For Climate Activism" with an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and an environmental activist, running June 23rd- July 28th. Deadline to apply is June 15. 
Learn more and apply.
 

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS:
AGORKA GOLUBOVIĆ ENGAGED RESEARCH AWARD 2021

The Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory is calling for applications for the annual Zagorka Golubović Early Career Engaged Research Award. The award is for original scientific articles in the social sciences and humanities published in the past year in Serbian or English. Deadline to apply is June 30.
Learn more and apply.

OPEN CALL: TO BE–NAMED EXHIBITION

OSUN and the Experimental Humanities Network call on artists working in digital-based mediums to submit their work for a multi-site new media art exhibition, emphasizing expression of personal experiences surrounding names and being named.
Deadline to apply is July 1. Learn more and apply.

EHU SUMMER UNIVERSITY CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS

European Humanities University invites applications for participation in its Summer University on “Human Rights for Everyone: Restoring Justice. Case of Belarus." The Summer University will be held in online and offline formats August 8-14. Deadline to apply is July 10. Learn more and apply.

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.

OTHER EVENTS OF INTEREST

STUDYING GENDER IN ARMENIA: RESEARCH, POLITICS AND ANTI-GENDERISM

Tuesday, June 1, 8 AM NY l 2 pm Vienna

The Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory at the University of Belgrade welcomes OSUN members to a talk with Siran Hovhannisyan, elaborating on the public mis/understanding of the concept of "diversity" in Armenia. Join via Zoom.

RESPONSES TO ANTI-SEMITIC ACTS

Wednesday, June 2, 3 PM NY l 9 AM Vienna

The Bard Center for the Study of Hate presents a virtual discussion with Rabbi Tamar Malino and human rights leader Tony Stewart on community responses to antisemitic attacks in Spokane, Washington.
Register for the webinar.

WORKING/PLANNING GROUPS

Unemployment, Inequality, and Economic Policy Working Group: Contact Pavlina Tcherneva or sign up for the working group. 

OSUN Collaboration in the Arts: Contact Gideon Lester, Bard College, to join.

OSUN Advancement Working Group: Meeting June 2 at 10 AM New York. Register 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.

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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