【24th June, 22】TUFS & CEU online symposium “University and Humanitarian Crisis: How Academics Should Respond to Extreme Violence and Tragedy”
Title
University and Humanitarian Crisis: How Academics Should Respond to Extreme Violence and Tragedy
Date / Time
24th June 2022, 4:00 p.m.(JST) / 9:00 a.m.(CET)
Program
Central European University and Tokyo University of Foreign Studies cordially invite you to attend the upcoming symposium, “University and Humanitarian Crisis: How Academics Should Respond to Extreme Violence and Tragedy” on *June 24th at 9 AM CET*. Inspired by CEU’s Invisible University for Ukraine Initiative and focusing on the war in Ukraine, this symposium gathers scholars from around the world to answer the question: “How should academics respond to humanitarian crises?” The speakers of this conference go beyond Ukraine, looking at responses to the 2015 Refugee Crisis, the Afghanistani refugee crisis, and beyond.
Participants
- Invisible University for Ukraine, CEU
– Ostap Sereda, Professor of History, CEU
– Anton Mudrak, former CEU student, currently working in Ukraine to help the initiative
– Jordan Voltz, History in the Public Sphere student, Academic English Teacher
– Markiyan Kyrchiv, future CEU Medieval Studies student - OLIve- Open Learning Initiative, CEU
– Ian Cook, OLIve Weekend Program Director - Natalia Kovalchuk, Professor of History at the Ukranian Catholic University
- Academics for Ukraine
– Aleksandra Konarzewska, Professor of Slavic Studies at the University of Tubingen.
– Karolina Kolpak, PhD History Candidate, Yale University - Asian University for Women Initiative, Students at Cornell
- Toru Aoyama, Professor of History, TUFS
Language
English
Other details
Admission: Free
Pre-registration is required.
Registration
History in the Public Sphere website (CEU)
https://hipsma.com/university-and-humanitarian-crisis-landing-page/
Contact
hips-office[at]tufs.ac.jp (please change [at] to @)
Photo Credit for the Flyer
Joe Mabel, * Suzzallo- Thought 1, *Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.
