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What's New
Events
Undergraduate Student Opportunities
Faculty, Staff, and Graduate Student Opportunities
Other Opportunities of Interest

NEWS

VISUAL STORYTELLING FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT 2022 FESTIVAL WINNER: "THE PRICE OF FREEDOM"
Awardees have been announced for the Visual Storytelling for Civic Engagement Film Festival, including the People's Choice Award for “The Price of Freedom,” by AUCA students Abasova Rasmiia, Mirakova Shakhzoda Aidai, Meirachova Aidai, and Salieva Madina. Awards for Script, Editing, Cinematography, and several other categories, were awarded to student filmmakers from across the network. Read more

OSUN'S PAVLINA TCHERNEVA HELPS CHART A PATH FOR JOB GUARANTEE PROGRAM IN COLOMBIA
Pavlina Tcherneva, director of OSUN's Economic Democracy Initiative, recently met with government officials in Bogotá, Colombia, to present her proposal for a national job guarantee program.  "I met with policy makers who were not only receptive but were already thinking about how to make it happen,” she says. Read more

WHAT'S NEW

SELF-GOVERNING PRISON COMMUNITIES: RADICAL ALTERNATIVES TO PUNITIVE DETENTION

Tuesday, January 10
9 AM New York l 6 PM Vienna
The Consortium for Liberal Arts in Prison, in partnership with OSUN and Incarceration Nations Network, invites individuals at member institutions to the fifth BPI Global Initiatives Virtual Lecture with Sacha Darke. 
Register to attend via Zoom

GLOBAL COMMONS SPRING 2023 ISSUE CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Deadline to submit is Sunday, February 12 
Global Commons, a student-led online literary, arts, and news publication, is accepting submissions for its Spring 2023 Issue. All genres are welcome, including research, journalism, and creative work, in a range of mediums. Learn more and submit

EVENTS

OSUN STUDY ABROAD INFORMATION SESSION

HAPPENING TODAY!
Wednesday, December 14
8 AM New York l 2 PM Vienna
Attend this virtual session to learn about applying for OSUN study abroad opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students. Learn more and join

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES

REGISTER FOR SPRING 2023 OSUN ONLINE COURSES

Deadline to Register is Friday, December 16
Students can register now for Spring 2023 OSUN Online Courses. Receive credit for 41 classes offered by OSUN member institutions across the globe and gain from the international experience. Review courses and register

VIRTUAL INTERNSHIP: SOCIAL MEDIA FOR CLIMATE ACTIVISM

Deadline to Apply is Tuesday, December 20
OSUN's Solve Climate by 2030 project is accepting applications for a Social Media for Climate Activism Internship for Winter/Spring 2023. 
Learn more and apply

APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR MA IN HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE ARTS

Deadline to Apply is Friday, January 6
OSUN's Center for Human Rights & the Arts is accepting applications for its third cohort for the MA in Human Rights and the Arts, starting in Fall 2023. 
Learn more and apply 

REGISTER FOR SPRING 2023 NETWORK COLLABORATIVE COURSES

Deadline to Register is Monday, January 16
Students: Register now for 19 Network Collaborative Courses (NCCs), taught simultaneously across partner institutions. 
Faculty: join the December 16 workshop on designing NCCs. Learn more, register, join

FACULTY, STAFF AND GRADUATE STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES

GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPING TEACHING PROFESSIONALS

LAST DAY TO APPLY IS TOMORROW!
Deadline to Apply is December 15
The OSUN Developing Teaching Professionals program invites applications for grants of up to 2,000 USD to support and promote inclusive, democratic and open classrooms. Learn more and apply

SUMMER WORKSHOP: DEBATE IN THE CLASSROOM
 
Deadline to Apply is Sunday, January 1
The OSUN Global Debate Network and Center for Liberal Arts and Sciences Pedagogy invite faculty members from across the network to apply for a fully funded workshop in July on facilitating classroom debates. Learn more and apply

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: LATIN AMERICAN SOCIETIES TODAY

Deadline to Submit is Tuesday, January 3
Open Society Research Platform seeks abstracts for a conference in Colombia in late January exploring the pursuit of more just societies throughout Latin American countries.  Learn more and submit

HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE ARTS FELLOWSHIPS FOR 2023-24

Deadline to Apply is January 5
The OSUN Center for Human Rights and the Arts invites applications for two year-long research and teaching fellowships related to human rights and the arts. Scholars and artists with a research project and teaching experience are eligible to apply. Learn more and apply

WORKSHOP: CURRENT TRENDS IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & MICRO-CREDENTIALS

Deadline to Apply is Thursday, January 12
Applications are open for a two-part, professional development workshop in January on current trends in professional development, lifelong learning, and micro-credentials. Learn more and apply

AFGHAN CHALLENGE FUND CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Deadline to Submit is Sunday, January 15
The OSUN Threatened Scholars Integration Initiative seeks fellowship applications from newly arrived Afghans in the US, Canada, and the UK whose valuable research, teaching, and public work have placed them in critical danger. Learn more and apply

EARLY COLLEGE FOLIO CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: UNCONVENTIONAL PATHS TO COLLEGE EDUCATION

Deadline to Submit is Sunday, January 15
Early College Research Institute (ECRI) at Bard College at Simon’s Rock seeks faculty submissions for its Early College Folio, a digital, open-access academic journal focused on the early college movement. 
Learn more and submit

WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH CALL FOR EVENTS

Deadline to Submit is Friday, February 24
OSUN's Gender Equity Working Group is seeking submissions for events during March, Women's History Month, that raise the profile of gender-oriented issues and topics. Learn more and submit

OTHER OPPORTUNITIES OF INTEREST

APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR DOCTORAL RESEARCH POSITIONS IN EUROPEAN LITERATURE AND GENDER

Deadline to Apply is Tuesday, January 3 
The EUTERPE project (European Literatures and Gender from a Transnational Perspective), coordinated by OSUN partner institution CEU, is recruiting for 10 doctoral candidates posted at partner institutions across Europe. This salaried position is aimed at candidates from traditionally underserved communities and backgrounds. 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 and Social Sustainability Working Group: Sign up 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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