IN THIS ISSUE
What's New
Events
Undergraduate Student Opportunities
Faculty, Staff, and Graduate Student Opportunities
Opportunities Open to All
Ongoing Events

WHAT'S NEW

SOLIDARITY, DISPLACEMENT AND THE UNIVERSITY

Thursday, October 13 – Friday, October 14
This Open Learning Initiative (OLIve) workshop at Bard College Berlin explores building solidarity with students who have experienced displacement. This is an online and in-person event open to the public. 
Learn more and join via Zoom.

SAVE THE DATE: OSUN GRADUATE PROGRAMS INFORMATION SESSIONS

Thursday, October 27 and Wednesday, November 9
8 AM New York l 2 PM Vienna
This fall OSUN is hosting online information sessions on graduate programs offered by member institutions and open to students throughout the network. 
More info and Zoom link to come.

APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR SUMMER WORKSHOP IN PUBLIC FINANCE AND ECONOMIC POLICY

Deadline to Apply is Sunday, October 30
Undergraduate students can apply to Economic Democracy Initiative's five-day workshop on public policy for tackling economic insecurity. This workshop takes place June 11-18 at Bard College.
Learn more and apply.

ECONOMIC DEMOCRACY KEYNOTE WITH OLIVIER DE SCHUTTER

Monday, October 31
1 PM New York l 7 PM Vienna
Olivier De Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, delivers the EDI Economic Democracy Keynote, discussing a UN report on the jobs guarantee. OSUN community members are invited to attend virtually. Join via Zoom.

TRUE FICTIONS: ALICIA PARTNOY ON "TESTIMONY AND FICTION"

Wednesday, November 2
12 PM New York l 6 PM Vienna
Alicia Partnoy joins the OSUN Online Course on "True Fictions from Spain and Latin America," discussing her literary testimony on her disappearance and imprisonment in Argentina in 1977. Learn more and join.

EVENTS

COOPERATIVES BETWEEN WORKER ACTIVISM AND NORMALIZATION: A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE

HAPPENING TODAY!
Wednesday, October 5
8 AM New York l 2 PM Vienna
In a webinar organized by the OSUN Economic Democracy and Democratizing Work Initiatives, Sonia Maria Dias (WIEGO), Suroto Ph (AKSES, INKUR Federation), and Morshed Mannan (The New School NYC, European University Institute) explore how worker cooperatives can contribute to the democratization, de-commodification and de-carbonization of work.
Register via Zoom.

PRISONERS' INVOLVEMENT IN POWER RELATIONS IN LATIN AMERICAN PRISONS

Tuesday, October 18
9 AM New York l 3 PM Vienna
The second session of the BPI Global Initiatives Virtual Lecture Series features Máximo Sozzo, Professor of Law and Society and Criminology at National University of Litoral in Argentina. Register via Zoom.

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: TRANSPARENCY, TECH & NEW CLOSURES IN OPEN SOCIETY

Deadline to Submit is Tuesday, November 1
The Open Society Research Platform seeks abstracts for an upcoming hybrid workshop at CEU concerning the relationship between transparency, technology, and open society. Learn more.

FACULTY, STAFF AND GRADUATE STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES

EXPERIMENTAL HUMANITIES COLLABORATIVE NETWORK GRANTS

Deadline to Apply is Friday, October 7
OSUN Experimental Humanities Collaborative Network (EHCN) grants are open to faculty, staff, and students in the network who are developing projects focused on the intersection of science, technology, media, art, and the humanities.   Learn more and apply.

CALL FOR ESSAYS: REIMAGINING ACADEMIC FREEDOM

Deadline to Apply is Saturday, October 15
The OSUN Global Observatory on Academic Freedom seeks submissions from undergraduate and graduate students for an essay competition on “Reimagining Academic Freedom." Winning authors will be eligible for small research grants. Learn more and submit.

APPLY FOR OSUN FACULTY MOBILITY FELLOWSHIPS

Deadline to Apply is Thursday, October 25
Applications are open for Junior, Visiting, Short-Term Visiting, and Replacement Faculty Fellowships and for OSUN Sabbaticals. Learn more and apply.

CALL FOR RESEARCH GRANTS ON TRANSNATIONAL FEMINISM

Deadline to Apply is Monday, October 31
The Transnational Feminism, Solidarity, and Social Justice project invites applications from individuals at OSUN partner institutions for three research grants of up to USD 5,000 each. Learn more and apply.

OPPORTUNITIES OPEN TO ALL

HUMANITIES FOR THE PEOPLE: ADVANCING THE REACH OF SOCIAL AND CULTURAL STUDY

Deadline to Apply is Friday, October 21
The Hannah Arendt Humanities Network and Universidad de los Andes invite OSUN students, faculty, and staff to apply to join a 10-day, funded writing retreat at the Gladstone Library, Wales, UK focused on advancing the reach of the humanities.
Learn more and apply.

GLOBAL ETHICS DAY 2022: EMPOWER ETHICS AROUND THE WORLD

Wednesday, October 19
OSUN students and faculty are encouraged to join Global Ethics Day, an initiative of OSUN institution the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs. Join planned events or organize debates and panel discussions of your own! Learn more.

ONGOING EVENTS

GLOBAL DEBATE NETWORK: INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL STUDENT DEBATE

Wednesday, October 12
8:30 AM New York l 2:30 PM Vienna
The Global Debate Network welcomes OSUN students, faculty, and staff who are interested in learning about the art of argumentation and the international collegiate debate community. 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.

Gender Equity Working Group: Contact Elmira Bayrasli to join.

Global Debate Network: Contact Ruth Zisman to join. 

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

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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