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Past and Present: Why Rosa Luxemburg now? Call for conference papers 24-25-26 January 2023

Conference organized by the University of Pisa and Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa, Italy. Abstract Deadline: September 15, 2022 Notification: September 30, 2022 There are few thinkers and political fighters ⋙

ERIS

The Role of Women and Women's Civil Society Organizations in Peace Processes

April 5th-6th, 2022, University of Siena, Aula Franco Romani-Plesso San Francesco, Piazza San Francesco, 7/8 Siena On 5th and 6th April 2022, the University of Siena and the University ⋙

ERIS

SAR Italy Speaker Series – Primavera 2022

Scholars at Risk-Italy organizes its annual event, "Speakers Series" for Spring 2022. The program includes three meetings of the first 2022 speaker series dedicated, respectivelly, to the situation in Afghanistan, Iran and Belarus (22 February, 25 March, 22 April). The full program can be ⋙

Interviews

Interviews with Scholars at Risk in Italy: Gökhan Demir

What are the challenges faced by at-risk scholars abroad? Starting from this question, this interview aims to give an idea to the administrative sections of universities, who are unfamiliar with ⋙

Turkey

Authoritarianism, Occupation and Resistance: Boğaziçi University

On 19 January 2022, Boğaziçi University’s elected deans of three faculties (Özlem Berk Albachten, Faculty of Arts and Sciences; R. Metin Ercan, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences; and ⋙

Turkey

The deep crisis of the Turkish mafia-State

Last month the notorious mobster Sedat Peker started posting incriminatory videos on Turkish media. Staring at the camera, Mr Peker discloses some alleged secrets and crimes of the so-called Turkey’ ⋙

scholars at risk

Call for support for the release of Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali

It has been five years since Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali's was arrested, imprisoned and sentenced to death in Iran. On Monday, April 26, 2021, Prof. Ole Petter Ottersen, President of the ⋙

Turkey

Turkish universities’ long and hard struggle for autonomy

“We do not want a trustee rector.” Not a day passes without people in Turkey witnessing a new anti-democratic attempt. Boğaziçi University, one of the most prestigious universities in Istanbul, ⋙

ERIS

Conference on Turkey’s Foreign Policy: Continuity and Change

9 December 2020 – 9.00-11.15 (CET) – Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies – Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa (online on Webex, please note: registration required) The preeminence of Turkey in international relations ⋙

scholars at risk

Academics matter: Emergency Action for Ahmadreza Djalali

We, members of ERIS, are concerned about Ahmadreza Djalali’s case and ask the Iranian authorities to take immediate action to suspend the capital sentences issued against Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali. ⋙

Turkey

New Political Debate in Turkey: Istanbul Convention

While violence against women worldwide is on sharp rise, we are also witnessing a backlash and attack against the rights that protect women from such violence. One such recent example ⋙

Interviews

Oppression, Racism, and Gender in the US: a conversation with Peter Hudis (II)

We talked with Peter Hudis about racism and other critical problems – including the political economy of capitalism and its dynamics in relation to Covid-19, gender issues, and the upcoming presidential ⋙

Interviews

Oppression, Racism, and Gender in the US: a conversation with Peter Hudis (I)

> “The problem is not the imposition of social distancing, but the inconsistent and inequitable way it has been applied. The latter is rooted in the political economy of capitalism, not ⋙

academic freedom

Academic freedom in pandemic times

The ravages of Covid-19 at a global level are under the spotlight. Everyday lives, health systems and economies are not, however, the only domains where the current pandemic makes its ⋙

Interviews

Our destiny, attached to life and exposed to death: an interview with Roberto Esposito

A conversation about society, politics, and philosophy in the time of coronavirus and the current historical conjuncture. The coronavirus and the measures aimed to cope with it have severely impacted ⋙

Culture

Together alone: Marx in times of coronavirus

“Non ci possiamo baciare! Senza baci!” We find ourselves confined inside our homes due to the coronavirus. As individuals, we shoulder the responsibility. We feel lonely and isolated. And nevertheless, ⋙