Professor Dick Bennet Scholars at Risk Lecture- Featuring Prof. Bakyt Beshimov from Kyrgyzstan. Theme: “Post-Soviet Central Asia: New Authoritarianism and Academic Freedom”
Name of Organization
University of Arkansas/Graduate School & International Education, Comparative literature and Cultural Studies Program, Professor Dick Bennett Scholars at Risk Endowed Lecture
Type of Organization
Higher Education (university, college, community college, etc.)
Date(s)
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
Location (i.e. library or community center)
Zoom
Description (no more than 300 words)
5p.m. - 6 p.m. Join lecture on Zoom The University of Arkansas Scholars at Risk Committee brings scholars who have been displaced from their home countries. Scholars address academic freedom and challenges scholars face in their home disciplines and home countries. Scholars at Risk is an international organization assisting persecuted scholars and defending academic freedom world wide. This session will be 30 minutes plus 30 minutes of Q & A. Sponsor: Graduate School and International Education, Comparative literature and Cultural Studies Program, Professor Dick Bennett Scholars at Risk Endowed Lecture. Contact: Luis Fernando Restrepo at lrestr@uark.edu
Contact Name
Luis Fernando Restrepo
E-Mail Address
lrestr@uark.edu
Website
Country/State
Arkansas