Scholars in Exile
Endangered Scholars Worldwide event April 8, 2011
Endangered Scholars Worldwide is an initiative of the flagship journal of The New School for Social Research, Social Research: An International Quarterly, launched in 2007. It is dedicated to raising public awareness and support for intellectuals, academics, researchers, and students who have been threatened, silenced, or imprisoned for simply doing their scholarly work or speaking out against the injustices around them. In the opening pages of each issue of Social Research, we publicize the names and plights of these scholars and provide information about how to take action.
Special Address: Patrick Leahy, United States Senator for Vermont IIE Scholar Rescue Fund Fellows Panel: Mohsen Sazegara, journalist and pro-democracy political activist; former Iranian Deputy Prime Minister in Political Affairs
Shemeem Burney Abbas, Pakistani scholar of law and gender, linguistics, and creative writing; Associate Professor, SUNY Purchase College
Scholar of gender studies from Gaza
Moderator: Jonathan F. Fanton, former President of The New School and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; Emeritus Chairman of the Board, Human Rights Watch
Scholars in Exile
