NEWS

COV-AID STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AWARD WINNERS FEATURED IN UNIVERSITY WORLD NEWS
The COV-AID Student Engagement Awards—established by the Talloires Network of Engaged Universities in partnership with OSUN —has funded 16 student-led projects created to help communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read about the projects here.

OPEN SOCIETY DEBATES: CRITICAL REFLECTIONS ON DECOLONIZATION AND POLARIZATION
The Open Society Research Platform recently hosted the first two talks in an ongoing series dedicated to unpacking the concept of open society. Christoph Royer, Postdoctoral Fellow at CEU, wrote about the critical discussions, which examined open societies through the lenses of decolonization and political polarization. Read the articles here. 

WORKSHOPS

GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT FELLOWS
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT WORKSHOPS

Sunday, July 25, 8 AM New York l 2 PM Vienna

OSUN Global Engagement Fellows are presenting a series of 12 workshops designed to help student leaders learn from each other’s experiences as they gain training to support their civic engagement projects. The third session is on "How to recruit project team members and volunteers." Learn more and join.

OPPORTUNITIES

WORKING GROUP: REFUGEE AND HOST COMMUNITY EDUCATION

TOMORROW!
Thursday, July 22, 9 AM New York l 3 PM Vienna l
4 PM Nairobi

The inaugural meeting of the OSUN Refugee and Host Community Education Working Group, coordinated by the OSUN Hubs for Connected Learning Initiatives, takes place on July 22nd – all interested network members are invited to attend. Learn more and register.

PANKUMENTA STUDENT ARTS FESTIVAL OPEN CALL

July 29 - 31, 2021, Berlin
Submission Deadline: Saturday, July 24

Pankumenta, a student-run arts festival at Bard College Berlin, has announced a call for submissions of various art forms, workshops, exhibitions, performances, and concerts on the theme of public space. Submission deadline is Saturday, July 24. Learn more and submit.

CALL FOR CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS: FORGET OPEN SOCIETY?

October 28-29, 2021

The Open Society Research Platform welcomes submissions from network members of diverse disciplines for an online conference: "Forget Open Society? Critical Conversations on a Contested Concept." Submission deadline is Friday, August, 20. Learn more and submit.

WORKING/PLANNING GROUPS

OSUN Advancement Working Group: Register and attend here. Sign up for future meetings here. 

Refugee and Host Community Education Working Group: Register for the working group.

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.

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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