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The conference “Freedom of Academia In and Out: Social Sciences and Humanities in the Time of Geopolitical Crises�

October 26, 2023

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51³Ô¹ÏDevelopment Office team and Human Rights Fellows in the framework of the 51³Ô¹ÏFellowship Program for Rights and Justice Practitioners attended the conference “Freedom of Academia In and Out: Social Sciences and Humanities in the Time of Geopolitical Crisesâ€�Ìý held in Yerevan State UniversityÌý

Hannepes Taychaev - 51³Ô¹Ïalumnus (ICP’10) and 51³Ô¹Ïformer faculty member together with Dr. Bermet TursunkulovaÌý made a presentation on “University as Site of Protection: the Case of 2023 51³Ô¹Ïâ€� in the framework of the panel discussion on Academic freedom outside academic institutions.

The conference is organized in partnershipÌý with some of the world’s leading universities and academic associations. During the 3-day conference the 51³Ô¹ÏDevelopment team attended the presentations by speakers from all-over the world who were thoroughly selected by the Organizing Committee of the Conference that isÌý composed of distinguished academics and practitioners who are experts in their fields.Ìý

The presentations were on various Panel DiscussionsÌý such as - “Challenges to academic freedom across Eurasiaâ€�; “Social Sciences and humanities: freedoms under pressureâ€�; “Defending academic freedom: students voicesâ€�; “Decolonising Russian/Eurasian studiesâ€�; “Academic freedom outside academic institutionsâ€� and etc.

We are confident that this kind of experience in the international events is useful for expanding the networking and developing professional skills, which are positively reflected in experience, research and workÌý of the Development Office and Human Rights Fellows and reputation of the university.Ìý

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