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GeoHub's mapathon supporting emergency response efforts after the recent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria are crucial for immediate crisis relief but also for long term recovery. Image of a mapathon volunteer courtesy of GeoHub.
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GEOHUB MAPATHON AIDS EARTHQUAKE RELIEF EFFORTS IN TURKEY AND SYRIA
More than 100 volunteers joined a mapathon coordinated by OSUN's GeoHub project to create openly accessible data for offline maps to be used by emergency response teams in earthquake-stricken Turkey and Syria. Participants mapped more than 2,100 buildings and over 530 highways within the earthquake-affected areas. Read more
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BAHA HILO: THE OLIVES OF PALESTINE
Friday, February 24
12 PM New York l 6 PM Vienna
The Center for Human Rights and the Arts welcomes the OSUN community to a talk by artist Baha Hilo on the significance of olive trees in Palestine, as well as the methods used by the state of Israel to destroy this ancestral staple and tradition. Register to join via Zoom
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TRANSNATIONAL FEMINIST SOLIDARITY AS PRAXIS: ANGELA DAVIS IN EGYPT
Tuesday, March 7
12 PM New York l 6 PM Vienna
The Transnational Feminism, Solidarity, and Social Justice lecture series continues with Sara Salem (London School of Economics), who will focus on a trip Angela Davis made to Egypt in the early 1980s to explore questions of transnational feminist solidarity and feminist difference. Join via Zoom
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH AT TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY: VOTER SUPPRESSION
HAPPENING THIS THURSDAY!
Thursday, February 23
12 PM New York l 6 PM Vienna
Tuskegee University's Black History Month Lecture Series continues, with programs spotlighting issues important to African American communities. OSUN community members are invited to attend a February 23 talk on voter suppression, featuring Fred McBride of the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Learn more and join via Zoom.
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UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES
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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
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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
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FACULTY, STAFF AND GRADUATE STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES
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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
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OPPORTUNITIES OPEN TO ALL
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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.
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