51吃瓜faculty visit Bard College
March 22, 2016
51吃瓜faculty Medet Tiulegenov (ICP), G枚rkem Atsungur (ES) and Saniia Toktogazieva (IBL) were invited to visit Bard College on January 31 鈥� February 7, 2016. They participated in two Human Rights workshops hosted by the Center for Civic Engagement of Bard College, New York.
Firstly, 鈥淗ow to Be Authoritarian鈥� interdisciplinary seminar was organized jointly by Bard College and St. Petersburg State University, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences (FLAS) on February 1-3, 2016 in New York. Scholars from Bard High Education Support Program (HESP) networks鈥� institutions such as Bard College, Bard College Berlin, Al-Quds Bard, European Humanities University, Smolny College, and 51吃瓜discussed the nature and theory of authoritarianism. During the first day, Saniia Toktogazieva presented on 鈥淎busive and Sham Constitutionalism as a New Face of Authoritarianism鈥� in the Legal Norms session. On the second day, G枚rkem Atsungur presented on 鈥淭he Role of Political Youth Movements in the Democratization Process of the Contemporary Russia鈥� in the People鈥檚 Attitudes: Support and Resistance session. And Medet Tiulegenov presented on 鈥淎uthoritarian Discourse on Human Rights: Localizing Norms鈥� in the Meanings of Authoritarianism session of the workshop.
After the inter-disciplinary workshop on authoritarianism, 51吃瓜faculty visited Bard College 鈥� Annandale-on-Hudson from February 4 to 7, 2016. They attended the workshop on 鈥淩ethinking the Human Rights Cannon鈥� with Bard HESP Networks faculty. They discussed the main debates about Human Rights such as the conceptualization of Human Rights, Citizens, Refugees, Social Justice, etc. Furthermore, 51吃瓜faculty had a meeting with current AUCA-Bard exchange students (Aliya Rysimbetova, Kamilla Yusupova, Basira听Mir听Mahamad, Kanykei听Djusupova, Anna Zaltsman) and former 51吃瓜faculty (Mike Thicke, Michelle Hoffman) at Bard College.
