Jewher Ilham: “The Path to Survival, The Uyghur Struggle” spoke at the SAR webinar on Thursday 29 April at 3.00pm. Listen to Jewher’s fascinating story HERE Jewher Ilham is an author and a Uyghur advocate fighting for her detained father, the prominent Uyghur academic Ilham Tohti, and more broadly on the academic freedom situation in China.
Scholars at Risk (Ireland), Dr. Julia C. Schneider (UCC), and Dr. Gert Hoffmann (UCC) would like to invite you to the following online lecture: Jewher Ilham: “The Path to Survival, The Uyghur Struggle” Thursday 29 April, 3:00 pm (WET) [4:00 CET] Jewher Ilham is an author and a Uyghur advocate fighting for her detained father, the prominent Uyghur academicContinue reading The Path to Survival, The Uyghur Struggle – SAR Webinar
SAR Ireland in collaboration with Centre for Resistance Studies, Trinity College Dublin and the Irish Centre for Human Rights, NUI Galway held a very successful webinar on 8 March 2021 – Gender and Academic Freedom. The Seminar speakers were: Andrea Pető Elżbieta Korolczuk Seda Altuğ Please see the full webinar at the following LINK
Queen’s University Belfast and the UCL Centre on US Politics, with support from the US Department of State, as part of the series DECISION 2020: Interpreting the US Elections are delighted to invite you to a Panel Discussion: ‘The US Election and Foreign Policy: Implications for Northern Ireland, the UK, Ireland, and the EU’ will takeContinue reading The US Election and Foreign Policy: Implications for Northern Ireland, the UK, Ireland, and the EU
Friday 11 December 2020, 2.00pm As part of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Festival and to mark the launch of the Scholars at Risk Annual Report Free to Think 2020 we are delighted to welcome Scholar at Risk Serdar M. Değirmencioğlu. Serdar M. Değirmencioğlu was a professor of psychology in Istanbul, Turkey. He is aContinue reading Free to Think: Launch of the Scholars at Risk Annual Report 2020
6 November 2020 12.15pm – 2.15pm In recent months, many governments have used the COVID-19 lockdown as the pretext for a crackdown on intellectual dissent and academic freedom. This network-wide webinar, sponsored by Scholars at Risk Ireland, will explore these renewed attacks in several different contexts, including Turkey, China, India and elsewhere, drawing on individualContinue reading SAR Webinar – The Hidden Threat of Covid-19
On 7 November 2020, Universities Ireland hosted the ninth annual Decade of Centenaries conference and its first online iteration of the series. This year’s conference explored the themes of state formation, political violence, and civil disobedience with a focus on the year 1920. State formation 1920 witnessed important legislative developments which shaped the formation ofContinue reading State formation, political violence, and civil resistance, Ireland north and south, 1919-22
At its latest meeting the Universities Ireland Council formally ratified TU Dublin’s membership of Universities Ireland. TU Dublin becomes Universities Ireland’s 11th member, and represents the addition of a new and exciting voice to the Universities Ireland family. Commenting on becoming a member of Universities Ireland, TU Dublin’s President, Professor David FitzPatrick, stated: “Cooperation and sharing ofContinue reading Universities Ireland has a new Member
At its recent meeting, the Universities Ireland Council confirmed Professor Ian Greer as its new President. The Vice-Chancellor and President of Queen’s University Belfast takes on the role at a crucial time for the populations in both jurisdictions on the island of Ireland as we face the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, and as the HE sectorContinue reading New President of the Universities Ireland Council
Scholars at Risk – Ireland is delighted to welcome Dr Prosper Maguchu during the week February 3rd – February 7th. Dr Prosper Maguchu is currently visiting associate professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He is the international coordinator for the Anti-Corruption Act Southern Africa. Previously Prosper worked as a senior projects lawyer with the Zimbabwe Human RightsContinue reading Scholar at Risk Visitor Prosper Maguchu