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Events
Undergraduate Student Opportunities
Faculty, Staff & Graduate Student Opportunities
Opportunities Open to All
Ongoing Events

NEWS

A JOURNEY FROM KABUL TO BISHKEK
The photo storybook "A Journey from Kabul to Bishkek" details the journey of students forced to flee their country as well as those who helped make it possible. Read more.

EVENTS

THE ROAD TO DOMINATION? OPEN SOCIETY AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES
Friday, April 29, 3 AM New York l 9 AM Vienna
No registration required

The Open Society Research Platform invites network members to attend a hybrid workshop focused on how Big Tech's tendency to rely on algorithms fundamentally challenges the idea of open society.
Learn more and attend.

ACTIVISM IN PROCESS: PROJECTS FROM AFGHANISTAN, PUERTO RICO, AND TUNISIA
Friday, April 29, 12 PM New York l 6 PM Vienna

This panel, brought to you by the Center for Human Rights and the Arts, brings together a group of international activists and grassroots community organizers. Register here.

CLIMATE CAREERS FAIR
Saturday, April 30, 5 AM New York l 11 AM Vienna

Black Mountains College invites network students to a free online conference with climate professionals to discuss how the climate crisis may affect careers in the field. Learn more and register.

REFUGEE ACCESS TO HIGHER ED: ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS, BARRIERS & CHALLENGES
Monday, May 2, 9 AM New York l 3 PM Vienna

Join the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs and OSUN colleagues to discuss how higher education institutions are working to provide education equity for refugees. Learn more and register.

RED VALKYRIES: FEMINIST LESSONS FROM FIVE REVOLUTIONARY WOMEN
Tuesday, May 3, 9 AM New York l 3 PM Vienna

This discussion with Kristen R. Ghodsee of the University of Pennsylvania, organized by OSUN's project on Transnational Feminism, Solidarity, and Social Justice, explores the history of socialist feminism in Eastern Europe. Join via Zoom.

NAKED AGENCY / PROTEST: BETWEEN THE OCCULT AND THE INTERNET
Wednesday, May 4, 9 AM New York l 3 PM Vienna

In this lecture organized by the OSUN project on Transnational Feminism, Solidarity, and Social Justice, Naminata Diabate, of Cornell University, examines mature women's insurrectionary disrobing during moments of socio-political duress. 
Join via Zoom.

PUTTING THE COOKER ON LOW
Friday, May 6, 12 PM New York l 6 PM Vienna

Join the Center for Human Rights and the Arts new digital commission by Ama Josephine Budge that explores the daily rituals that Black queers use to create work in the midst of spiritual, emotional, familial, societal, and ecological crises.  Register here.

STUDENT CONFERENCE ON PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS
Wednesday, May 11, 9:30 AM NY l 3:30 PM Vienna

The Economic Democracy Initiative invites you to join students from AQB, AUCA, and Bard as they present and discuss real-world public service employment programs that have aspired to answer the call of Article 23 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Learn more and register.

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES

FINAL WEEK TO REGISTER FOR OSUN SUMMER ONLINE COURSES

Deadline to Register is Monday, May 2
Registration is open for OSUN summer online courses, covering themes that include Democratic Practice, Sustainability and Climate, Inequalities, Human Rights, Global Justice, Global Public Health, Arts and Society, and Liberal Arts and Sciences. Learn more and register. 

REGISTRATION IS OPEN FOR FALL 2022 OSUN ONLINE COURSES

Deadline to Register is September 1
 The registration portal is now open for OSUN fall online courses with themes that include Democratic Practice, Sustainability and Climate, Human Rights, Global Justice, Global Public Health, Arts and Soecity, and Liberal Arts and Sciences. Courses are available to all OSUN students free of charge. 
Learn more and register.

SUMMER 2022 STUDY ABROAD SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Deadline to Apply is Sunday, May 1
OSUN undergraduate and graduate students can apply for scholarships to study abroad with six participating institutions during Summer 2022.
Learn more and apply.

CALL FOR ESSAYS: REIMAGINING ACADEMIC FREEDOM

Deadline to Apply is Wednesday, June 1
The OSUN Global Observatory on Academic Freedom welcomes all undergraduate and graduate students attending an OSUN institution to submit their essays for a competition on the topic of "Reimagining Academic Freedom." Essay competition details.

A NEW STORY: IMAGINE, TRANSFORM, ADAPT

Deadline to Apply is Sunday, June 5
This residential course in Talgarth, Brecon, Whales, UK with Black Mountains College is for anyone interested in coming together with others to contemplate the opportunities that the new era of planetary crisis offers. Learn more and apply.

FACULTY, STAFF & GRADUATE STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES

CALL FOR MEMBERS: OSUN RESEARCH NETWORK ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM

Deadline to Apply is Sunday, May 1
The OSUN Global Observatory on Academic Freedom invites faculty and researchers, especially junior faculty and postdocs, to apply to join the newly established OSUN Research Network on Academic Freedom. Learn more and apply.

CRITICAL URBANISM SUMMER WORKSHOP ON DIGITAL TWINNING 

Deadline to Apply is Monday, May 2
The Laboratory of Critical Urbanism at European Humanities University in Vilnius, Lithuania is sponsoring a workshop June 29 - July 8 on the practice of making models of infrastructures and institutions for their predictive capabilities.  Learn more and apply.

CALL FOR COURSE PROPOSALS: CEU SUMMER UNIVERSITY 2023

Deadline to Apply is Tuesday, May 3
The Summer University at Central European University in Budapest is accepting proposals for short courses during July 2022 focused on academic and professional development. Learn more and submit.

QUALITY ASSURANCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION: A COURSE FOR UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATORS

Deadline to Apply is Monday, May 9
Applications are open for this course by the OSUN ExEd Hub Professional Development Program for University Administrator certification series, offered free of charge to OSUN faculty and staff. Learn more.

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: THE OPEN SOCIETY AND LATIN AMERICA

Deadline to Submit is Tuesday, May 10
OSUN's Open Society Research Platform invites network members to submit abstracts for its upcoming conference on "The Open Society and Latin America" taking place online on June 17. Learn more and submit.

GLOBAL SCHOLARS ACADEMY OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS

Deadline to Apply is Friday, May 20
The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva and the Institute for Global Law and Policy at Harvard Law School are accepting applications for the 2022 Global Scholars Academy on July 18 – 22 at CEU in Budapest. Learn more and apply.

CALL FOR APPLICANTS FOR "HUMANISM, POSTHUMANISM, ANTI-HUMANISM: EDUCATIONAL PERSPECTIVES"

Deadline to Apply is Wednesday, June 1
The Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade, invites abstracts providing educational perspectives on humanism, posthumanism, and de-humanism for the third international conference by the Laboratory for Educational Strategies on October 5-7. Learn more.

OPPORTUNITIES OPEN TO ALL

HANNAH ARENDT IDEAS FORUM: NATIONALISM AROUND THE WORLD 

Deadline to Apply is Sunday, May 29
OSUN invites applications from students, faculty, and staff to attend the Hannah Arendt Humanities Network Ideas Forum, September 15-19 at the National Sun Yat-sen University in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, focused on the theme of nationalism.  Learn more and apply.

ONGOING EVENTS

GLOBAL DEBATE NETWORK STUDENT DEBATE SERIES
Wednesday, April 27, 9 AM New York l 3 PM Vienna
Students from member institutions are welcome to participate in a series of practice debates and training sessions happening every Wednesday. Join via Zoom.

WORKING/PLANNING GROUPS

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

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

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

Communications Working Group: Contact Terry Roethlein to join.

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

Global Debate Network: Contact Ruth Zisman to join. 

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

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

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

Translation and Translatability Initiative: Contact Eric Trudel.

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

Writing/Tutoring Working Group: Contact Jen Sweeney to join.

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