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

NEWS

GROWING CAPACITY AND FOSTERING RESILIENCE: NETWORK RESPONSES TO FORCED DISPLACEMENT
At a panel at UNESCO’s 2022 World Higher Education Conference in Barcelona, OSUN leaders discussed the challenges and successes they have experienced as partners in a network actively responding to global crises by connecting affected youth to higher education. READ MORE

EVENTS

OSUN SENIOR PROJECT PANEL

HAPPENING TODAY!
Wednesday, May 25, 8 AM New York l 2 PM Vienna
OSUN members are invited to listen in as seniors from across the network discuss their capstone/senior projects. Student presentations to be followed by Q&A. Join via Zoom. 

ANTI-GENDER ATTACKS: TRANSNATIONAL ACTIVIST AND ACADEMIC PERSPECTIVES

HAPPENING TODAY!
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.

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

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

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.

EXED HUB OFFERING FREE EXECUTIVE COACHING SESSIONS

ExEd Hub now offers all OSUN members free executive coaching sessions. The virtual sessions last 60 minutes and can be booked as single sessions or as a package. Learn more and book a session.

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

COLLEGE BEHIND BARS SCREENING WITH DIRECTOR LYNN NOVICK

Wednesday, June 15, 9 AM New York l 3 PM Vienna
OSUN member the Bard Prison Initiative invites members to a virtual screening of the documentary "College Behind Bars" and a conversation with director Lynn Novick, moderated by Bard Professor Myra Armstead. Register to join.

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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