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
Following a special meeting of the Universities Ireland Council held yesterday (12 May 2020), the Presidents and Vice-Chancellors of the universities in both Northern Ireland and Ireland agreed to intensify North-South collaboration to maximise the contribution of the Higher Education sector across the island of Ireland to the ongoing fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, andContinue reading Universities across the island of Ireland to intensify collaboration in response to COVID-19
Pre-launch of the Scholars at Risk Network’s Free to Think 2019 report & a conversation with Mansoureh Behkish 11.15am, 15th November 2019 Irish Centre for Human Rights, Seminar Room, NUI Galway Free to Think is an annual report by Scholars at Risk’s Academic Freedom Monitoring Project, analysing reported attacks on higher education communities, including violentContinue reading Pre-launch of the Scholars at Risk Network’s Free to Think 2019 report
The call for applications opened in February and was advertised on the CCBS and UI websites, the CCBS e-zine, twitter and via a number of email lists. There were 5 applications and 3 scholarships of €4,500 have been awarded to date: Lucy Wray, Coleraine – Lucy is a Queen’s University Belfast graduate in English andContinue reading 2017 Universities Ireland History Bursaries Awarded
The call for applications opened in February and was advertised on the CCBS and UI websites, the CCBS e-zine, twitter and via a number of email lists. There were fifty two applications and twelve of those were shortlisted. 4 scholarships of €15,000 have been awarded: Miceal Canavan , Derry –Miceal is a University of CambridgeContinue reading Universities Ireland North South Scholarships 2017 Awarded