[09/06/2021] This Week across OSUN

 

NEWS

OSUN SENIOR PROJECT PANELS: SPOTLIGHT ON HUMAN RIGHTS HIERARCHIES

During the last week of May, graduating students from across the network discussed their senior theses in a series of panels focused on shared themes. Bard College student Hannah Baumann '23 wrote about a panel of six seniors presenting their in-depth research and potential solutions for a set of human rights-related issues, including immigration in the US, domestic violence in Belarus, and land rights abuses in Israel-Palestine.  Read more

EVENTS

PERSPECTIVES IN DEMOCRACY: ELENI KOUNALAKIS AND MICHAEL IGNATIEFF

 

Monday, June 14, 1 PM NY | 7 PM Vienna

OSUN and Central European University's Democracy Institute invite network members to a conversation on democracy, populism and polarization with Eleni Kounalakis, Lieutenant Governor of California and former US Ambassador to Hungary and Michael Ignatieff, President and Rector of CEU.

Learn more and join.

WORKSHOPS

FACULTY WORKSHOP ON WRITING AND THINKING

Monday, July 12 - Friday, July 16

This weeklong foundational workshop introduces participants to the Institute of Writing and Thinking's writing-based teaching practices, offering them an opportunity to reflect on how they teach writing. IWT offers a limited number of free spots reserved for OSUN faculty. Deadline to register is June 12. 
Learn more and register.

FACULTY WORKSHOP ON WRITING TO LEARN

Monday, July 12 - Friday, July 16

This weeklong workshop introduces participants to the Institute for Writing and Thinking's foundational writing-based teaching practices with an emphasis on their application to specific subject areas and disciplines. IWT offers a limited number of free spots reserved for OSUN faculty. Deadline to register is June 12. 
Learn more and register.

SUMMER INSTITUTE ON DEBATE IN THE CLASSROOM

Monday, July 19 - Friday, July 23

The Center for Liberal Arts Pedagogy (CLASP) and the Global Debate Network invite faculty from across the network to join an online five-day Summer Institute on facilitating classroom debates.
Deadline to register is June 16.   
Learn more and register.

OPPORTUNITIES

CRITICAL PRACTICE STUDIO IN DHEISHEH ON "TRANSLATION"

The Critical Practice Studio invites OSUN students to apply for a term-long residency and exhibition on "Translation" that is based in Dheisheh, Palestine. Participants develop individual or group projects during the summer of 2021 and position their projects for exhibition in Berlin in January 2022. 
Deadline to apply is June 11.   
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 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 for students on "Video For Climate Activism," running June 23rd - July 28th.
Please share this info with potential enrollees. 
Deadline to apply is June 15. 

Learn more and apply.

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.

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS:
ZAGROKA 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 15. 
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 

WORKING/PLANNING GROUPS

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


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.


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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