In Control of the University: Taliban takeover as a challenge to freedom of higher education in Afghanistan INT 100/201 APPROVED!
Friday, February 11, 2022
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Online
Alumni, Community, Faculty, Staff
A talk by Said Reza Kazemi PhD, Visiting Researcher at the Institute of Anthropology, Centre for Asian and Transcultural Studies, Heidelberg University.
What has happened to higher education in Afghanistan since theTaliban takeover in mid-August 2021? Based upon his interviews with university administrators, lecturers, and students, Dr.Kazemi will discuss the challenges to academic freedom in the country and what the future holds for academic freedom in Afghanistan.
Online via zoom. Friday February 11, noon to 1:30.
Location Information
Via zoom.
Contact Information
For zoom link, please email Mark Schwartz, [email protected]
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Scholars At Risk
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academicfreedom afghanistan anthropology education humanrights int100 int201 scholarsatrisk taliban
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This event was added to the calendar by Mark Schwartz (schwamar@gvsu.edu) on Wednesday, February 2, 2022 and was last updated on Tuesday, February 8, 2022 at 1:06 p.m.
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