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Scholars at Risk announces “Free to Think 2020: Responding to Attack on Higher Education,” a virtual conference marking SAR’s 20th anniversary and the release of our annual monitoring report, Free to Think 2020. The event will also feature the presentation of SAR’s 2020 Courage to Think Award, which may be given to an individual or group, including those who have experienced threats personally, those who have worked to assist them, or those who work to promote a wider understanding of, and respect for, academic freedom and related values.

The virtual conference will begin on November 19th. It will be organized around three regional schedules, serving three world regions:

Asia/Pacific
Americas
Europe/Africa/MENA

Each schedule will include some "live" sessions, plus replays of sessions offered live in other regions. All sessions will be recorded and replayed for those in the other regions, with closed captions in English. The virtual conference is free but pre-registration is required.
Location
Virtual
Date & Time
November 18 - 20, 2020


  

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19

India

(UTC+5:30)

China/

Hong Kong

(UTC+8)

Australia

(UTC+10)

SESSION

8:30 am

11:00 am

1:00 pm

 LIVE   Academic Freedom Issues in China & Hong Kong

9:30 am

12:00 pm

2:00 pm

 LIVE   Academic Freedom & India’s Clampdown on Dissent

  

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20

9:00 am

11:30 am

1:30 pm

 REPLAY  Academic Freedom Tensions in Europe: Issues & Opportunities

10:00 am

12:30 pm

2:30 pm

 REPLAY  Free to Think 2020, marking SAR's 20th anniversary and including presentation of the SAR 2020 Courage to Think Award

11:00 am

1:30 pm

3:30 pm

 REPLAY  Yemen’s Universities Under Siege

12:00 pm

2:30 pm

4:30 pm

 REPLAY  Turkey’s Academic Community in Paralysis

 


  THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19

California

(UTC-8/ PST)

New York

(UTC-5/ EST)

SESSION

 

8:00 am

 LIVE   Yemen’s Universities Under Siege

 

9:00 am

 LIVE   Turkey’s Academic Community in Paralysis

7:00 am

10:00 am

 LIVE   Academic Freedom Tensions in Europe: Issues & Opportunities

8:00 am

11:00 am

 LIVE   Free to Think 2020,  marking SAR's 20th anniversary and including presentation of the SAR 2020 Courage to Think Award

9:00 am

12:00 pm

 Break

10:00 am

1:00 pm

 REPLAY  Academic Freedom Issues in China & Hong Kong

11:00 am

2:00 pm

 REPLAY  Academic Freedom & India’s Clampdown on Dissent

12:00 pm

3:00 pm

 REPLAY  Yemen’s Universities Under Siege 

1:00 pm

4:00 pm

 REPLAY  Turkey’s Academic Community in Paralysis

2:00 pm

5:00 pm

 REPLAY  Academic Freedom Tensions in Europe: Issues & Opportunities

3:00 pm

6:00 pm

 REPLAY  Free to Think 2020, marking SAR's 20th anniversary and including presentation of the SAR 2020 Courage to Think Award

 

  

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19

Berlin

(UTC+1)

Istanbul/

Sana’a
(UTC+3)

SESSION

11:00 am

1:00 pm

 REPLAY  Academic Freedom Issues in China & Hong Kong

12:00 pm

2:00 pm

 REPLAY  Academic Freedom & India’s Clampdown on Dissent

1:00 pm

3:00 pm

 Break

2:00 pm

4:00 pm

 LIVE   Yemen’s Universities Under Siege

3:00 pm

5:00 pm

 LIVE   Turkey’s Academic Community in Paralysis

4:00 pm

6:00 pm

 LIVE   Academic Freedom Tensions in Europe: Issues & Opportunities

5:00 pm

7:00 pm

 LIVE   Free to Think 2020,  marking  SAR's 20th anniversary and including presentation of the SAR 2020 Courage to Think Award

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