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Opportunities Open to All

NEWS

MAPPING COMMUNITIES AND SAVING LIVES: GEOHUB APPLIES TECHNICAL SKILLS TO SOLVE REAL-WORLD PROBLEMS
GeoHub mounts critical cross-institutional collaborations to equip OSUN faculty and students with cutting edge digital mapping and geospatial data analysis skills. These capabilities not only enhance research and teaching, but provide means for addressing urgent crises and persistent challenges across the globe. Read more

WHAT'S NEW

HOLISTIC CARE IN TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION PROFESSIONALS

Thursday, March 9 & Wednesday, March 15
8:30 AM New York l 2:30 PM Vienna
OSUN and Central European University offer network administrators and managers an online collaborative workshop reflecting on the pandemic's emotional and professional impacts and ways to foster nourishing places of care inside the academy.
Learn more and register to attend. 

EVENTS

GRUPO DE PRISIONES FOR THE DEFENSE OF PRISONERS' RIGHTS

TODAY!
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

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 and join via Zoom.

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES

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. 

Info session today! Wednesday, February 15,
9 AM NY l 3 PM Vienna Join via Zoom
Find additional faculty support sessions here.

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.

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

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

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.

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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