Scholars at Risk Network New York University
Defending the University: Academic Freedom in Central and Eastern Europe
Vilnius
, Lithuania
, June 20-21, 2008

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."

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NEWS EVENTS

06/26/2008, In embattled Kosovo, Serb professor teaches common ground: Pristina, Kosovo - He is a famous Serb political philosopher working in the trenches of Kosovo Albanian universities – not a place most Serbs dare to tread. He teaches human rights to Albanian studen...
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06/26/2008, Senate tests academic freedoms: TEACHERS and university lecturers who push their political and cultural views in class will be investigated in a Senate inquiry.
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06/25/2008, Where are the protests against Mugabe?: Here's something cool to drop at cocktail parties: I went to college with Barack Obama. We had just one class together, as best I can recall, a placid lecture course on politics where neither of us sa...
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07/01/2008, At Risk: A Documentary: A film that examines scholars at risk and their experiences via interviews and events.
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05/06/2008, Academic Freedom and the Decline of the Humanities: Most discussions of academic freedom are US based and legalistic. It is necessary to discuss the role of the humanities in the sustained teaching of the practice of freedom. It is necessary to conside...
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05/02/2008, Brown University: The event will be a discussion between Behnam Al-Soof and Donny George Youkhana on Iraq's history and the effects of the current situation on Iraq's culture and preservation.
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