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NEWS

OSUN ACADEMIC FREEDOM STUDY FINDS EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATION VALUES NEED STRENGTHENING
OSUN's Global Observatory on Academic Freedom recently published a study commissioned by the Council of Europe, finding that fundamental higher education values have not yet gained a stronghold among many states throughout the European Higher Education Area. READ MORE

EVENTS

LEVERAGING HIGHER EDUCATION NETWORKS TO RESPOND TO DISPLACEMENT: OSUN CASE STUDIES

Friday, May 20, 8 AM New York l 2 PM Vienna
As a part of UNESCO's World Higher Education Conference, a panel of experts will highlight collaborative responses across OSUN to support youth displaced by the crises in Myanmar, Afghanistan, and Ukraine. Register to join via Zoom.

ANTI-GENDER ATTACKS: TRANSNATIONAL ACTIVIST AND ACADEMIC PERSPECTIVES

Wednesday, May 25, 10 AM New York l 4 PM Vienna
This roundtable supported by OSUN's Transnational Feminism, Solidarity, and Social Justice project explores the transnational dimension of "anti-gender ideology" with leading trans, queer, and feminist scholars and activists. Register to join.

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

REGISTER FOR SUMMER 2022 OSUN ONLINE COURSES UNTIL MAY 20

Deadline to Register is Friday!
Registration is open until May 20 for summer OSUN online courses available to students across the network. Online courses will be offered during the 4-week or 6-week Summer Term and will give students the opportunity to receive credit.  Learn more and register.

GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT FELLOWS MONTHLY WORKSHOP

Sunday, May 29, 8 AM New York l 2 PM Vienna
Join the OSUN Global Engagement Fellows for their final workshop of the season and find out about turning your civic engagement project into a full-time job.⁠ Join via Zoom.

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, Wales, 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 Society, and Liberal Arts and Sciences. Courses are available to all OSUN students free of charge. Learn more and register.

FACULTY, STAFF & GRADUATE STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES

GLOBAL SCHOLARS ACADEMY APPLICATIONS DUE BY MAY 20

Deadline to Apply is Friday!
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.

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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