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

NEWS

GLOBAL COMMONS ISSUE LAUNCH: OSUN STUDENTS SPEAK 
The inaugural edition of Global Commons, a digital student-produced publication sponsored by OSUN that features multimedia works from across the network, is now available online. The issue features essays, articles, creative writing, and artwork by students from eight countries and was developed by a student editorial board over the course of the Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 semesters. Read more.

EVENTS

STUDENT CONFERENCE ON PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS

TODAY! Wednesday, May 11, 9:30 AM NY l 3:30 PM Vienna
The Economic Democracy Initiative invites network members to join students from AQB, AUCA, and Bard as they discuss real-world public service employment programs that answer the call of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Learn more and register.

THE CULTURAL POLITICS OF NAMING

TODAY! Wednesday, May 11, 10 AM NY l 4 PM Vienna
The Experimental Humanities Collaborative Network invites network members to attend a virtual forum where students from AUCA, Bard College, and Bard College Berlin share the stories of their names. Readings are followed by group discussions which students can join. Register to attend.

MUTUAL BENEFIT: THE SECRET SAUCE OF RECIPROCAL PARTNERSHIPS 

TODAY! Wednesday, May 11, 6 PM New York
Thursday, May 12, 12 AM Vienna
Join this CommUniversity workshop with scholars from the University of Technology Sydney Centre for Social Justice & Inclusion to discuss ways to develop long-term partnerships that have impact across multiple contexts. The session will be recorded. Learn more and register.

CREATING INCLUSIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS: WORKING SENSITIVELY WITH DIFFICULT MATERIAL

Tuesday, May 31, 9:30 AM New York l 4:30 PM Vienna
The OSUN Working Group on Refugees, IDPs, and Host Communities continues its workshop series on developing effective pedagogies for teaching vulnerable groups. Register to join.

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

CALL FOR PAPERS FOR PUBLICATION: REIMAGINING ACADEMIC FREEDOM

Deadline to Submit Proposals is Friday, May 13
The OSUN Global Observatory on Academic Freedom is calling for papers on the concept of academic freedom to be published in a special issue of the journal Philosophy and Theory in Higher Education.
Learn more and submit.

CALL FOR MEMBERS: OSUN RESEARCH NETWORK ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM

Deadline to Apply Extended to Sunday, May 15!
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.

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.

OTHER EVENTS OF INTEREST 

BOOK LAUNCH: A COMMUNITY GUIDE FOR OPPOSING HATE

Tuesday, May 27, 3 PM New York l 9 PM Vienna
The Bard Center for the Study of Hate invites network members to attend the launch of a new guide providing best practices for establishing local groups that oppose hate. Register to attend.

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. 

Refugees, IDPs & Host Communities: 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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