[01/31/2024] This Week across OSUN


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Faculty, Staff, and Graduate Student Opportunities

"It is very hard if you study six semesters and then have to start again from the first semester," says one female student who evacuated from Afghanistan to Qatar. "But coming to AUAF opened my mind, my vision, even changed my goals from the ones I had when I was at Kabul University.”

UNIVERSITY WORLD NEWS SPOTLIGHTS FEMALE STUDENTS FROM AFGHANISTAN WHO RELOCATED WITH AUAF TO QATAR
University World News published an article by Yojana Sharma about female students from Afghanistan who, with OSUN's assistance, evacuated to Qatar in 2021 to continue their studies with the American University of Afghanistan (AUAF). In the wake of the Taliban's ban on education for women and girls, the students discuss the difficulties of the transition but also note that continued access to study is giving them renewed hope for the future. 
Read the article.

CEU'S DEMOCRACY INSTITUTE STRENGTHENS DEMOCRATIC SOCIETIES THROUGH RESEARCH AND COLLABORATION
Central European University's Democracy Institute (DI) strengthens democratic and open societies globally through top-tier research and collaboration across academic and professional disciplines. DI's new OSUN Forum on Democracy and Development makes great strides in connecting research on democracy between scholars in the Global North and the Global South.
 Read more.


What's new


PUBLIC CONVERSATION: HOW DO NATURAL SCIENCES FIT INTO LAS EDUCATION?

Wednesday, February 14
9 AM New York l 3 PM Vienna

OSUN's Liberal Arts and Sciences Collaborative is hosting an in-depth discussion exploring the ways in which the natural sciences fit into a liberal arts education. Learn more and register to join online.

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: OSUN FORUM ON DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT POST-DOCTORAL & SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS

Deadline to apply is Thursday, February 15
Partner institutions in Budapest, Bogotá, Cape Town, and Colombo seek applications for 8-month residential fellowships that support cross-regional exchanges between scholars from the Global South and Global North. Learn more and submit.

APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR COURSE PROPOSALS FOR 2024-2025

Deadline to apply is Thursday, February 29
OSUN faculty are invited to submit applications for OSUN Online Course proposals for summer 2024 and fall 2024. Applications are also being accepted for Network Collaborative Courses for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Learn more and apply
Attend an online info session on teaching OSUN courses:
Wednesday, February 7, 8:30 AM New York l 12:30 PM Vienna    Join via Zoom


EVENTS


JAMES TAYLOR CARSON: RETHINKING A BACHELOR OF ARTS FOR THE 21ST-CENTURY PRECARIAT
TOMORROW!
Thursday, February 1
8 AM New York l 2 PM Vienna

The Liberal Arts and Sciences Collaborative invites the OSUN community to an event with James Taylor Carson, discussing his article on “Rethinking a Bachelor of Arts for the 21st-Century Precariat."

Learn more and register to join online.
 


Undergraduate Student Opportunities


CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: UNDERGRADUATE STUDY MOBILITY OPPORTUNITIES

Deadline to apply is Friday, March 15
Eligible OSUN undergraduate students from participating institutions can apply to study abroad via tuition exchange at other participating institutions and further their study in relation to OSUN themes. 

Learn more and apply.

APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR MA IN GLOBAL STUDIES

TOMORROW IS THE LAST DAY TO APPLY!
Deadline to apply is Thursday, February 1

 


Faculty, Staff, and Graduate Student opportunities


APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR FACULTY MOBILITY FELLOWSHIPS

Deadline to apply is Friday, March 8
Faculty can apply for a variety of fellowships, with a strong preference given to applicants from under-resourced OSUN institutions and Global South-South or Global South-North collaborations. 
Learn more and apply.
TOMORROW!
Attend an online information session: Thursday, February 1 at 8 AM New York / 2 PM Vienna.
Register to join. 

INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE ON "EUROPE AFTER WAR"

TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO APPLY!
Deadline to register and submit is Wednesday, January 31

CALL FOR PAPERS: UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE'S INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CHANGE

TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO APPLY!
Deadline to apply is Wednesday, January 31

"ARENDT AND/ON RACE": CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Deadline to submit is Thursday, February 1

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: SPRING/SUMMER 2024 GRADUATE RESEARCH MOBILITY FUNDING

Deadline to apply is Sunday, February 11

INTERDISCIPLINARY INTENSIVE SUMMER COURSES AT CEU: APPLICATIONS OPEN

Deadline to apply is Wednesday, February 14

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