[04/05/2022] This Week across OSUN

 
 

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

Ongoing Events

NEWS

EXPERIENCES FROM THE OSUN NETWORK COLLABORATIVE COURSE "ANTISEMITISM, HOLOCAUST, COLONIALISM, GENDER: CONNECTING THE CONVERSATIONS"  
This OSUN Network Collaborative Course sought to investigate a complex set of critical linkages and points of intersection between four distinct, but overlapping, areas of inquiry: antisemitism, the holocaust, colonialism, and gender. It brought together faculty and students from CEU, Birkbeck, Bard, SOAS, and WITS to engage in conversation with one another. Learn more and listen to the podcast. 

EVENTS

TODAY: 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.

TODAY: HOW ALGORITHMS WRITE IDENTITIES
Wednesday, May 4, 10 AM New York l 4 PM Vienna

As part of the Experimental Humanities Collaborative Network's "Reclaiming the Narrative Symposium," this
special session of Adhaar Desai's Spring 2022 course at Bard College, "LIT 263: What is a Character?," will discuss the introduction to John Cheney-Lippold's We are DataJoin via Zoom.

TODAY: THE LIVING HISTORIC RECORD
Wednesday, May 4, 3:30 PM New York l 9:30 PM Vienna

A conversation with Nat Castañeda and Nariman El-Mofty from the Associated Press as part of the EHCN Symposium "Reclaiming the Narrative." 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.  Learn more and register.

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.

MUTUAL BENEFIT: THE SECRET SAUCE OF RECIPROCAL PARTNERSHIPS 
Wednesday, May 11, 6:00 PM New York
Thursday, May 12 8:00 AM  Australian Eastern Time


Join this CommUniversity workshop with scholars from the University of Technology Sydney Centre for Social Justice & Inclusion to discuss key approaches to developing long-term partnerships that have real impact across multiple contexts. Learn more and register.

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES

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.

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.

FACULTY, STAFF & GRADUATE STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES

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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