[29/09/2021] This Week across OSUN

 

NEWS

An instructor welcomes students to a new course offered by the Socrates Project at the CEU Budapest campus. Photo by Adrián Fábián.

SOCRATES PROJECT LAUNCHES FIRST COURSES FOR UNDER-RESOURCED ADULTS IN VIENNA AND BUDAPEST
A collaboration between Central European University (CEU) and Bard College Berlin, the new OSUN project offers undergraduate-level classes in the humanities and social sciences to adults who are under-resourced economically or in other ways. Read more.

Online events and digital educational assets are key parts of the Revitalizing Democracy conference, which builds on OSUN's expanding digital presence to connect thinkers from across the network.

REVITALIZING DEMOCRACY: USING DIGITAL TOOLS FOR MORE INCLUSIVE CITIZEN ASSEMBLIES
The Hannah Arendt Humanities Network's October 14-15 conference on “Revitalizing Democracy: Sortition, Citizen Power, and Spaces of Freedom,” lets people from around the world access informed debate on sortition–the choosing of citizens by lottery to vote on key issues. The OSUN event features forty speakers, including author and activist Masha Gessen and the Director of Cooperation Jackson, Kali AkunoRead more and register.

EBAN GOODSTEIN DISCUSSES CLIMATE TEACH-IN ON NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO'S ACADEMIC MINUTE

Eban Goodstein spoke on the NPR podcast about the March 30, 2022 Worldwide Teach-In, organized by OSUN's Solve Climate by 2030 Project with multiple global partners. The event aims to target participation by a million students across the planet. Read more.

Join a WorldWide Teach-In Info Session:
Wednesday, September 29
8 AM New York l 2 PM Vienna
12 PM New York l 6 PM Vienna

EVENTS

EXPANDING DURABLE SOLUTIONS FOR REFUGEES THROUGH THIRD COUNTRY EDUCATION PATHWAYS

TOMORROW!
Thursday, September 30, 8 AM New York l 2 PM Vienna


The OSUN Hubs for Connected Learning Initiatives and the Global Task Force on Third Country Education Pathways invite post-secondary education institutions, state entities, foundations, and other interested stakeholders to a briefing on supporting Afghan refugees' access to high education. This is an online event. Register.

OSUN TALKS: ARENDT, BERLIN, SHKLAR AND POPPER'S "OPEN SOCIETY"

THIS FRIDAY!
October 1, 9 AM New York l 3 PM Vienna


OSUN's Hannah Arendt Humanities Network welcomes OSUN members to attend an online panel discussion exploring the writings of Hannah Arendt, Isaiah Berlin, and Judith Shklar on Karl Popper's concept of the Open Society. Learn more. Join via Zoom.

82.4 MILLION PEOPLE : GLOBAL TRENDS IN FORCED DISPLACEMENT

THIS FRIDAY!
Friday, October 1, 9 AM New York l 3 PM Vienna


The OSUN Hubs for Connected Learning Initiatives welcomes network members to a panel discussion on the UN High Commissioner for Refugees' report disclosing that 82.4 million people were forcibly displaced as of the end of 2020. 
This is an online event. Join via Zoom.

EPISTEMOLOGIES OF ACADEMIC FREEDOM

Monday, October 4, 9:30 AM New York l 3:30 PM Vienna

OSUN welcomes all network members to a university-wide seminar exploring how the epistemologies, or philosophies, of academic freedom impact its conceptualizations and practice. 
This is an online event. Join via zoom.

LAWRENCE ABU HAMDAN'S "NATQ: IMPOSSIBLE SPEECH"

Monday, October 4, 12 New York l 6 PM Vienna

The OSUN Center for Human Rights and the Arts presents a performance by Lawrence Abu Hamdan exploring lives who use reincarnation to negotiate their condition at the threshold of the law due to colonial subjugation, corruption, rural lawlessness, and legal amnesty. This is an online event. Join via Zoom.

COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE: EXPANDING DURABLE SOLUTIONS FOR REFUGEE YOUTH THROUGH HIGHER EDUCATION

Tuesday, October 5, 9 AM New York l 3 PM Vienna

The Global Task Force on Third Country Education Pathways, co-chaired by OSUN Hubs for Connected Learning Initiatives, is hosting a series of virtual training sessions to help support legal pathways for refugee youth through higher education programs. The first session is an Introduction to Complementary Education Pathways. 
Learn more. Register. 

FACULTY DISCUSSION ON DEBATE IN THE CLASSROOM

Wednesday, October 6, 9 AM New York l 3 PM Vienna

Join leaders of the Global Debate Network and faculty from across OSUN institutions for their first Faculty Discussion Series event on using debate in the classroom. This is an online event. Register.

ASHJAN AJOUR: VIOLENCE, GENDER, AND RESISTANCE IN PALESTINE

Monday, October 11, 1 PM New York l 7 PM Vienna

The first in the Transnational Feminism, Solidarity, and Social Justice Fall 2021 lecture series, Ashjan Ajour's talk focuses on Palestinian women's resistance against intersecting causes of violence and the experience of living under Israeli occupation.
This is an online event. Join via Zoom.

LEARN ABOUT UPCOMING GLOBAL STUDENT DEBATE SERIES

Wednesday, October 13, 9 AM New York l 3 PM Vienna

This OSUN Global Debate Network welcomes fellow students, debate coaches, and coordinators from OSUN institutions to join a discussion about the upcoming student debate series and other cross-campus debate opportunities. 
This is an online event. Register.

OPPORTUNITIES

APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR OSUN CERTIFICATE IN CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

Application Deadline: Thursday, September 30

LAST DAY TO APPLY IS THIS THURSDAY! OSUN is currently accepting applications for the Certificate in Civic Engagement, which provides a structured path for undergraduate students to deepen their understanding of community engagement by merging curricular and co-curricular interests.  Learn more. Apply.

OSUN NETWORK COLLABORATIVE COURSE PROPOSALS FOR 2022-23

Submission Portal Opens Friday, October 1 Submission Deadline is Wednesday, October 20

INFO SESSION: Thursday, September 30, 8 AM New York l 2 PM Vienna Join via Zoom

The OSUN Portal for proposals for new Network Collaborative Courses opens on October 1 and the deadline for submission is October 20. Proposal authors are encouraged to begin putting their application materials together well in advance of the deadline. 
Learn more.

LAST WEEK TO REGISTER FOR OSUN FALL 2021 COURSES

REGISTRATION CLOSES THIS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1! All courses are held online and are free for OSUN students. Fall courses include "The Law and Politics of State Violence," "Islamic Feminism," and "Migration, Climate Change, and Environment." Register.

ECONOMIC DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE'S GLOBAL FORUM ON DEMOCRATIZING WORK

Tuesday, October 5 - Thursday, October 7

OSUN's Economic Democracy Initiative is pleased to sponsor the upcoming Global Forum on Democratizing Work, held online and featuring leading economists, such as Thomas Piketty, Dani Rodrick, and Jayati Ghosh and New Republic journalist Kate Aronoff.
Learn more and register.

COMMUNITY ENGAGED LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES DEVELOPMENT GRANT

INFO SESSION: Tuesday, October 7, 8 AM New York l 2 PM Vienna

Applications are now open for OSUN Community Engaged Liberal Arts and Sciences grants for the 2022-23 academic year. CAOs at OSUN partner institutions can apply for grants up to $1,500 for up to 5 courses per campus. Deadline for proposals is January 15, 2022. 
Learn more and apply.

CALL FOR PROPOSALS: OSUN EXED HUB EXPERT INSIGHTS SERIES

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Sunday, October 10

OSUN ExEd Hub is seeking nominations for outstanding and effective leaders and practitioners who wish to share in a public forum their experience and insights on the major issues shaping the community action and professional world today. Learn more.

FREE LECTURE SERIES: THE ORIGINS OF CIVIC PARTICIPATION IN MEDIEVAL & EARLY MODERN POLITICAL THOUGHT

"Urban Governance and Civic Participation in Words and Stone" is a free CEU online lecture series for OSUN members that includes renowned experts discussing expressions of civic participation in written and visual media from Late Antiquity to the 17th century.
First lecture is Thursday, September 30.

Find out more.

CALL FOR PROPOSALS: HAHN NETWORK FACULTY SEMINARS

Deadline: Monday, November 15

OSUN's Hannah Arendt Humanities Network invites proposals from network faculty members to host visiting faculty from across OSUN to co-teach seminars. 
Learn more.

OTHER EVENTS

HOW JOURNALISTS SHOULD WRITE ABOUT HATE GROUPS AND THEIR MEMBERS

Thursday, October 7, 3 PM New York l 9 PM Vienna

The Bard Center for the Study of Hate welcomes OSUN members to attend a discussion with Bill Morlin, a journalist long admired for his reporting on white supremacy, who will speak about the specific journalistic skill it takes to write about hate and hate groups. This is an online event. Register.

WORKING/PLANNING GROUPS

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


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


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


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


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


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


OSUN Global Debate Network: Contact Ruth Zisman to join. 


OSUN Translation and Translatability Initiative: Contact Eric Trudel.


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. 

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