Conferences & Workshops
June 20-21, 2008
The 15th Anniversary of the European Humanities University
2008 Scholars at Risk Network Membership Meeting
On June 20-21, the European Humanities University and the Scholars at Risk Network co-hosted a meeting and symposium in Vilnius, Lithuania on "Defending the University: Academic Freedom in Central and Eastern Europe." The purpose of the event was to build solidarity among scholars and institutions and to identify practical approaches for defending the intellectual space. The conference and workshop were partly supported by a grant from Foundation Open Society Institute (Zug). View the complete event program here.
Conference Outcomes
Presentations from Participants- OD Group V Moscow State University (Alexei Kouprianov)
- Academic Freedom: Developing Defense Strategies (Paul Martin)
- Introduction to Scholars at Risk (Robert Quinn)
- Network for Education and Academic Rights (Jonathan Travis)
- The Observatory of the Magna Charta Universitatum (Michael Daxner)
- Building a network of universities in the Netherlands (Berend Jonker, Foundation for Refugee Students, UAF)
- The work of the Council for Assisting Refugee Academics, UK (John Akker)
- Responding to the Crisis in Iraq, (Sarah Willcox, Scholar Rescue Fund)
- Issues involved in hosting Scholars at Risk (Irving Epstein, Illinois Wesleyan University)
- Arab Society for Academic Freedom (Hoda Almutawah, University of Bahrain)
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