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

NEWS

CORUSUS PROJECT BRIDGES RESEARCH, MOBILITY, AND CURRICULUM TOWARD RURAL SUSTAINABILITY
In two years, OSUN's CORUSUS (Collaborating for Rural Sustainability) project has expanded significantly, offering a collaboratively-designed course in ethnoecology at Central European University, in addition to collaborative faculty research visits across rural sites in South Africa, Kyrgyzstan, and Lebanon. Read more

AMBITIOUS AND MOTIVATED: HOPE FOR REFUGEE WOMEN IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Originally from Sudan and now living in Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya, Tani Kuku takes college prep courses through the Refugee Higher Education Access Program (RhEAP), part of OSUN's Hubs for Connected Learning Initiatives project. She also avidly supports young women following the same path towards a college degree. Read more

WHAT'S NEW

BLACK HISTORY MONTH AT TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY

Wednesday, February 1- February 28
Online Series
Throughout February, the OSUN community is invited to attend Tuskegee University's Black History Month Lecture Series, with programs on Transforming Education in Haiti, Community Advocacy and Environmental Justice, and more.
Learn more. Join via Zoom

"REMOTE CONTROL": PLANTATIONS AND BLACK FOREST ECOLOGIES IN THE BLACK BELT

Friday, February 10
12 PM New York l 6 PM Vienna
OSUN's Center for Human Rights and the Arts presents geographer Danielle Purifoy, discussing how the contemporary timber industry reproduces plantation power. Register to join via zoom.

SUMMER UNIVERSITY: INTRODUCTION TO GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR BUILDING RESILIENCE

Deadline to Apply is Tuesday, February 14
This CEU Summer University course offered in Budapest in July explains how cutting edge geospatial technologies can be used to monitor SDGs. A limited number of stipends for OSUN students and faculty is available. Learn more and apply

APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR JUNIOR VISITING RESEARCHER POSITION IN GENDER STUDIES AT CEU

Deadline to Apply is March 1
Central European University in Vienna invites applications for a 36-month position as a Junior Visiting Researcher to investigate "European Literatures and Gender from a Transnational Perspective." 
Learn more and apply

EVENTS

TRANSNATIONAL FEMINIST SOLIDARITY AS PRAXIS: ANGELA DAVIS IN EGYPT 

Tuesday, February 14
12 PM New York | 6 PM Vienna
The Transnational Feminism, Solidarity, and Social Justice lecture series continues with Sara Salem, who will focus on a trip Angela Davis made to Egypt in the early 1980s, exploring questions of transnational feminist solidarity and difference. 
Learn more and register to attend.

GRUPO DE PRISIONES FOR THE DEFENSE OF PRISONERS' RIGHTS

Wednesday, February 15
9 AM New York | 3 PM Vienna 
The Consortium for Liberal Arts in Prison invites network community members to a virtual lecture by Manuel Iturralde (Universidad de los Andes) on Grupo de Prisiones' work defending prisoners’ rights. 
Register to attend via Zoom

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES

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

APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT FELLOWS FOR 2023-24

Deadline to Apply is Monday, February 20
OSUN's Civic Engagement Initiative is accepting applications for 2023-24 Global Engagement Fellows to help promote and coordinate civic engagement projects across OSUN. Learn more and apply.

APPLY: FALL 2023 UNDERGRADUATE STUDY ABROAD OPPORTUNITIES

Deadline to Apply is Monday, February 27
OSUN undergraduate students can apply to study abroad with a select list of 12 participating institutions during the Fall 2023 semester. 
Learn more and apply

WOODEN FUNERAL SCULPTURE: CALL FOR ART SUBMISSIONS

Deadline to Submit is Tuesday, February 28
The Wooden Funeral Sculpture Program, supported by OSUN's Center for Human Rights and the Arts, seeks submissions from young artists inspired by Indigenous folk art such as the Tomb House Statues in Vietnam. Learn more and submit

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: OSUN FIRST-YEAR SEMINAR CONFERENCE

Deadline to Submit is Wednesday, March 1
OSUN's Strengthening the Core Initiative's virtual First-Year Seminar Conference on "Self, Society, and Living Together - Lessons from Seminar Texts Across the Globe" takes place in late April. Organizers are accepting seminar papers by students that are relevant to this theme. Learn more and submit

APPLY NOW FOR SIX OSUN CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS

Deadline to Apply is Monday, April 3
Applications are being accepted for OSUN Academic Certificate programs in Civic Engagement, Global Educational Development, Public Policy & Economic Analysis, Human Rights, Social Enterprise, and Food Studies. Students benefit from studying with diverse faculty in a global classroom while earning transferable academic credits. Learn more and apply.

FACULTY, STAFF AND GRADUATE STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES

FACULTY MOBILITY FELLOWSHIPS: CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

Deadline to Apply is Monday, February 20 
OSUN faculty are invited to apply for (1) Visiting Faculty Fellowships for teaching courses at specific partner institutions and (2) Short-Term Faculty Fellowships that enhance OSUN Network Collaborative Courses.
Learn more and apply

APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR OSUN COURSE PROPOSALS FOR 2023-24

Deadline to Apply is Friday, February 24
Faculty and practitioners from OSUN member institutions are invited to propose OSUN Courses for 2023-2024. Applications are being accepted for OSUN Online Courses to be taught in summer or fall 2023 and Network Collaborative Courses to be taught in fall 2023 or spring 2024. Learn more and apply.

APPLY: FALL 2023 GRADUATE STUDY ABROAD OPPORTUNITIES

Deadline to Apply is Monday, February 27
OSUN graduate students can apply for scholarships to study abroad with a select list of participating institutions during the Fall 2023 semester. 
Learn more and apply

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: POLITICAL, MORAL, AND LEGAL PHILOSOPHY RESEARCH GROUP

Deadline to Submit is Tuesday, February 28
OSUN students and scholars are invited to submit abstracts for the fourth annual symposium of the Political, Moral, and Legal Philosophy Research Group (POLEMO) at CEU on June 1-2, 2023 in Vienna. Learn more and apply.

AFGHAN CHALLENGE FUND CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Deadline to Submit is Wednesday, March 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

OPPORTUNITIES OPEN TO ALL

CEU SUMMER UNIVERSITY ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR 2023

Deadline to Apply is Tuesday, February 14 
Central European University’s Summer University program (SUN) invites applications from OSUN students and junior faculty for its 2023 summer courses. Scholarships are available. Learn more and apply.

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

2023 TEXT SEMINAR: ARENDT AND/ ON RACE

Deadline to Submit is Wednesday, March 1
The Hannah Arendt Humanities Network Annual Text Seminar, "Arendt and/on Race,” will be held in New York in June 2023. The seminar convenes scholars from OSUN institutions for a close reading of Arendt's writings on racism and antisemitism. Learn more and apply.

OTHER EVENTS OF INTEREST

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS FOR INTERNATIONAL DELEUZE & GUATTARI STUDIES CONFERENCE

Deadline to Submit is Sunday, February 12
The Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory and the Faculty of Media and Communications are presenting the 15th International Deleuze and Guattari Studies Conference in Belgrade, Serbia this July. The organizers invite paper and panel proposals from OSUN scholars of all disciplines. 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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