A Social Research Initiative at The New School
View streaming video of the full evening program at FORA.tv.
Thursday, February 7, 2008
5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Reception to follow
Free and open to the public
Join us for an evening discussion on the plight of endangered scholars around the world with a panel of scholars who have faced imprisonment, have been forced into exile from their home countries in order to escape persecution, or were denied a visa to speak in the US. We hope the event will provide a forum for these scholars to share their stories and place those stories in the broader context of global challenges to academic and intellectual freedom.
- Akbar Ganji, Investigative journalist, professor and writer (Iran)
- Mehrangiz Kar, Human rights attorney, writer and activist; visiting scholar, Wellesley College (Iran)
- Berhanu Nega, International Scholar in Residence, Economics, Bucknell University; Mayor-elect of Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)
- Donny George Youkhanna, Former Director General of the National Museum in Baghdad; Former Chairman of the State Board of Antiquities and Heritage; Former President, Iraq State Board of Antiquities and Heritage; Visiting Professor, Department of Anthropology, Stony Brook University (Iraq)
- And Adam Habib via videoconference, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Research, Innovation and Advancement, University of Johannesburg; Executive Director, Democracy & Governance research programme, Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa (South Africa)
Moderated by: Samantha Power, Anna Lindh Professor of Practice of Global Leadership and Public Policy, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard University
The New School
Tishman Auditorium
66 West 12th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues, First Floor
To RSVP and for more information, please contact Social Research at socres@newschool.edu or (212) 229-5776 ext. 3121
This event is the first of several that will commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the founding of the University in Exile at The New School and announces the new feature in Social Research, “Endangered Scholars Worldwide.”
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