A Social Research Initiative at The New School for Social Research
Thursday, February 7, 2008
5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
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, 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; Denied entry into the United States (South Africa)
The New School
Tishman Gallery & Theresa Lang Student and Community Center
55 West 13th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues, 2nd Floor
To RSVP and for more information, please contact Social Research at socres@newschool.edu or (212) 229-5776 ext. 3121
This event commemorates the 75th Anniversary of the University in Exile at The New School and announces the new feature in Social Research, “Endangered Scholars Worldwide.”
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