[12/01/2022] This Week across OSUN

 

IN THIS ISSUE:
Events
Undergraduate Student Opportunities
Faculty, Staff & Graduate Student Opportunities
Opportunities Open to All

NEWS

OSUN Student Global Engagement Fellow Sundus Al Fararja conducts a Womenity Club session at Al Quds Bard College. Photo courtesy of Womenity Club.

WOMENITY CLUB: EDUCATING AND EMPOWERING FOR GENDER EQUITY IN PALESTINE
“I aspire to emerge from this two-year project with conscientious student leaders who understand their rights well enough so they can demand them and gain them,” says OSUN Student Global Engagement Fellow Sundus Al Fararja, a junior at Al Quds Bard College who started Womenity Club in 2021 with the mission of educating Palestinian women and girls on their social, economic, and political rights. Read more.

EVENTS

OSUN FACULTY MOBILITY PROGRAM INFORMATION SESSION

Wednesday, January 19, 8 AM New York l 2 PM Vienna

OSUN invites faculty from across the network to attend an Information Session on its new Faculty Mobility Program. Learn about the current call for applications for Junior, Visiting, Short-Term, and Replacement Faculty Fellowships, as well as OSUN Sabbaticals. Applications are due January 31st and must be submitted through the OSUN Portal.

Learn more. Register for this online event.

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES

REGISTER FOR SPRING 2022 OSUN COURSES UNTIL JANUARY 21

Registration for spring OSUN courses remains open until January 21 but the deadline may be extended for a course if the host institution's calendar allows. Courses are offered by 9 OSUN member institutions. 
See course listings and register.

APPLY FOR THE MA IN HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE ARTS

DEADLINE APPROACHING!
Deadline to Apply is Saturday, January 15


The OSUN Center for Human Rights & the Arts invites applications for the Masters in Human Rights and the Arts. Candidates interested in exploring the conceptual and practical perplexities of the encounter between human rights and the arts in the company of an international community of activists, artists, and researchers are encouraged to apply. 
Learn more and apply.

CIVIC ENGAGEMENT MICROGRANTS FOR SPRING 2022

DEADLINE APPROACHING!
Deadline to Apply is Saturday, January 15


OSUN invites applications from undergraduate students engaged in civic or community-based initiatives across the network. Microgrants of up to $750 are available for projects, with an emphasis on those seeking to expand throughout OSUN.  Learn more and apply.

APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR THE MA IN GLOBAL STUDIES

DEADLINE APPROACHING!
Deadline to Apply is Saturday, January 15


The Bard/CEU Masters of Arts in Global Studies program welcomes applications for the 2022-23 academic year. This one-year MA is an OSUN-supported collaboration between Central European University and the Bard Globalization and International Affairs (BGIA) Program. Learn more and apply.

GLOBAL COMMONS CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Deadline to Submit is Sunday, January 30

OSUN's Global Commons is a new online literary and news publication seeking student-generated work on issues related to OSUN themes. The editors welcome submissions in a range of genres, including research-based, journalistic, or expository academic work, as well as creative work. Learn more and submit. 

APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR OSUN CERTIFICATE IN CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

Deadline to Apply is Sunday, February 27

OSUN is accepting applications for the Certificate in Civic Engagement, open to first, second, and third year undergraduate students interested in deepening their knowledge and understanding of civic engagement by merging curricular and co-curricular interests.
Learn more and apply.

APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR ENGAGED SENIOR PROJECT GRANTS

Deadline to Apply is Sunday, February 27

Applications are now open for grants to juniors within OSUN to fund their 2022 Engaged Senior Projects. The microgrants support research projects that center on a problem emerging from a community engagement experience or are conducted in collaboration with a community partner. Learn more and apply.

FACULTY, STAFF & GRADUATE STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES

APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR 2022 EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING INSTITUTE

Deadline to Apply is Saturday, January 28

OSUN and Bard College's IWT Center for Liberal Arts and Sciences Pedagogy invite applications from network members to participate in the OSUN Experiential Learning Institute in Spring 2022. The Institute seeks to connect students' classroom experiences with local communities to promote co-curricular engagement. Learn more and apply.

OSUN ENGAGED LEARNING COURSE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

DEADLINE APPROACHING!
Deadline to Apply is Saturday, January 15


Applications are open for OSUN Engaged Learning Course Development Grants for the 2022-23 academic year. CAOs at OSUN partner institutions can apply for grants of up to $1,500 per course for 5 courses per campus. Learn more and apply.

EXED HUB: "CRISIS MANAGEMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION" CLASS

DEADLINE APPROACHING!
Deadline to Apply is Tuesday, January 18


OSUN ExEd Hub's Professional Development Program for the University Administrator certification series invites applications for its second course offered this academic year. Learn more and apply.

CALL FOR CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS: THE POLITICS OF UNCERTAINTY

Deadline to Submit Abstracts is Friday, January 28

CEU's Doctoral School of Political Science, Public Policy, and International Relations invites proposals for its 17th Annual Doctoral Conference on April 6-8. The conference seeks scientific contributions reflecting on the challenges and uncertainties that the global pandemic has created. Learn more and submit.

GLOBAL INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS

Deadline to Apply is Tuesday, February 15

OSUN and the Institute of Advanced Study at CEU invite early-career scholars in the humanities and social sciences to apply for its two-year residential Junior Fellowship Program. Learn more. Apply.

APPLY: ENGAGED RESEARCH FUND 2021-2022

Deadline to Apply is Tuesday, March 1

The OSUN Engaged Research Fund invites applications for funding and research support for faculty and graduate students at OSUN partner institutions who are working to develop long-term community partnerships as a central part of their research. Learn more.

APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR CEU BUDAPEST SMALL RESEARCH GRANTS

Deadline to Apply is Tuesday, March 1

The Yehuda Elkana Center for Higher Education at CEU invites applications from OSUN faculty, staff and graduate students interested in short term research visits at CEU in Budapest, Hungary.  Apply.

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: GRADUATE STUDENT CONFERENCE ON INEQUALITY AND POVERTY

Deadline to Submit Abstracts is Tuesday, March 15

The OSUN project on Rethinking Economic Policy to Address Inequality and Poverty invites abstracts for its Graduate Student Conference on Inequality and Poverty on May 31 – June 1, 2022 at CEU in Vienna. OSUN will sponsor the travel of up to 12 network students whose work shows particular merit. Learn more and submit.

OPPORTUNITIES OPEN TO ALL

REVISITING ARENDT'S THE HUMAN CONDITION AND VITA ACTIVA

Application Deadline is Monday, February 21

The OSUN Hannah Arendt Humanities Network holds its second Annual Text Seminar at the Wick Hotel in Hudson, NY on June 6th-10th, 2022. Six OSUN students and 6 OSUN faculty/scholars will engage in a relational bilingual reading of Hannah Arendt's The Human Condition and Vita activa
Learn more and apply.

APPLY TO CEU SUMMER UNIVERSITY 2022

Application Deadline is Monday, February 28

Central European University invites applications from advanced undergrads, graduate students, postdocs, junior faculty, and researchers across OSUN for its 2022 Summer University program in the social sciences and humanities Learn more and apply.

CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR "BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS: WHAT DOES AN EQUITABLE FUTURE LOOK LIKE?"

Deadline to Submit Proposals is Friday, April 1

The Fourth Annual International Difference and Justice Symposium hosted by Bard College on April 22, 2022 invites OSUN students, staff, faculty, and alums to submit proposals for programs/workshops addressing climate justice, accessibility, or other issues related to human rights. Learn more and submit.

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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