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Self-organization of displaced and persecuted scholars. Visit us on offuniversity.org #universitywithoutborders #onlineseminars
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Off University @offuniversity.bsky.social · Sep 29
We are proud to present three new online courses starting in mid-October. All our courses are free to join, free of charge and free in content! Sign up
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@unimarburg.bsky.social @humboldtuni.bsky.social @urbanstudiesfoundation.org
offuniversity.bsky.social
Join us this week for "Urban Ruins and Resettlement: Governing Cities in Post-Conflict Ethiopia" by Wudu Muluneh Yimer in our Cities at War Lectures Series on 12.11.2025 at 16:00 CET.
This lecture examines post-conflict urban reconstruction in Ethiopia, focusing on cities in the Amhara region affected by displacement, infrastructural ruination, and contested planning. It explores how residents reclaim space, preserve memory, and secure tenure while local authorities navigate reconstruction under political and economic constraints, highlighting the interplay between everyday life, governance, and urban memory.
November 11, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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The @neweuropeu.bsky.social and @offuniversity.bsky.social invite applications from colleagues to form a team delivering a 12-week online course titled “History Textbook Workshop”. Deadline: November 16th
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@universitywithoutborders
November 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM
offuniversity.bsky.social
Join the third session of our Cities at War Lecture Series: "Teaching 300 Metres Beyond the Border" by Luqman Guldivê this Wednesday at 5 pm CET.

You can visit our website offuniversity.org/current-cour... for more information and registration.
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Teaching 300 Metres Beyond the Border by Luqman Guldivê - Cities at War Lectures Series - 3 During the 1990s, paramilitary operations systematically eliminated the artisans and emerging middle class in the town of Nisêbin just a few hundred meters north of Qamislo, across the border. The renewed destruction in late 2015 erased urban space, left inhabitants with deeply fragmented memories and a dislocated sense of place. The subsequent reconstruction further severed these connections, erasing the sites of collective memory once embedded in the urban fabric. As an educator at the University of Rojava, Luqman Guldiv narrates the emotional and intellectual challenges of working within sight of a place so violently transformed.
November 4, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Join the third session of our Cities at War Lecture Series: "Kobanê — Between The Ashes of War and The Dawn of Reconstruction" by Aras Hiso this Wednesday at 4pm CET.

You can visit our website offuniversity.org/current-cour... for more information and registration.
Kobanê — Between The Ashes of War and The Dawn of Reconstruction by Aras Hiso - Cities at War Lectures Series - 3, 05.11.2025, 16:00 CET After the liberation of Kobanê in 2015, the residents of Kobane undertook the task of rebuilding their city despite ongoing warfare and the constraints of a severe embargo. As part of this reconstruction, they made the decision to establish the city’s first university now serving over 1000 students. What motivated the founding of the university? How was the city rebuilt? And how does the ever-present threat of renewed violence continue to shape the reconstruction? Aras Hiso, who experienced this period first as a student and now as a faculty member at the University of Kobanê, offers a first-hand account.
November 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
offuniversity.bsky.social
Join the second session of our lecture series "Cities at War" with Anood Ali who will speak on "Architecture as Resistance: The Reconstruction of Gaza's Urban Fabric After The Ongoing Genocide" this Wednesday, 4 pm CET.
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October 27, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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juliahauser.bsky.social
Unser offener Brief, in dem wir fordern, Privatdozent*innen in Reformen der Personalstruktur an Universitäten einzubinden, kann noch bis Montag unterzeichnet werden. Bitte unterstützt unser Anliegen!

#IchBinHanna #PDprekär #StableJobsBetterScience #AcademicPrecarity
nnwiss.bsky.social Netzwerk Nachhaltige Wissenschaft @nnwiss.bsky.social · Oct 7
Wichtige und dringende Kampagne! Bitte teilen und unterschreiben!
pdprekaer.bsky.social Privatdozent:in, Universität X @pdprekaer.bsky.social · Oct 6
Der Brief und die Möglichkeit zur Unterschrift sind unter folgendem Link zu finden:

chng.it/VhcP5tDBBY
October 12, 2025 at 4:49 AM
offuniversity.bsky.social
Aksana Ulanovich and Andrii Kostyriev’s course will uncover the techniques, tactics, and means by which media shape – and are shaped by – democratic and authoritarian contexts through discussion, debate, and collaborative research.
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Media Communication in the 21st Century with Aksana Ulanovich and Adrii Kostyriev, Wednesdays 2pm hosted at the Geschister Scholl Institute fot Political Science at LMU, co-sponsored by New University IN Exile Consortium
October 6, 2025 at 7:55 AM
offuniversity.bsky.social
We are proud to present three new online courses starting in mid-October. All our courses are free to join, free of charge and free in content! Sign up
today! offuniversity.org/current-cour...
#universitywithoutborders
@unimarburg.bsky.social @humboldtuni.bsky.social @urbanstudiesfoundation.org
September 29, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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🌍 Exciting opportunity! Register for "Cities at War" – Online Lecture Series

🔸 By scholars from war-torn cities

📅 Fully online | Free & open to all
👉 ow.ly/6eiM50X2pZz

Organised by #USF, BeirutUrbanLab, DKVD, Rojava Univ, Off Univ, Humboldt Uni Berlin

#CitiesAtWar #UrbanStudies #ConflictCities
Flyer with USF logo for the Lecture Series "Cities at War" With the inscription: 15th October 2025 to 11th February 2026, Online Lecture Series, 16:00 (GMT+2) “Cities at War” is a fully online and publicly accessible 16-week lecture series jointly organised by 16 scholars from war-torn cities on how conflicts have produced and re-produced their cities." Flyer with USF logo for the Lecture Series "Cities at War" With the inscription: 15th October 2025 to 11th February 2026, Online Lecture Series, 16:00 (GMT+2) “Cities at War” is a fully online and publicly accessible 16-week lecture series jointly organised by 16 scholars from war-torn cities on how conflicts have produced and re-produced their cities."
September 26, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Join babykilla @iambabykilla.bsky.social in their workshop, “Drag As A Liberating Teaching Methodology”, on Sept. 20, 16:30 (CEST) and explore how performance and play can create inclusive, critical, and joyful learning environments.

More info about Off Fest📍https://offuniversity.org/off-fest-2025/
September 17, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Together with Asli Vatansever, @ygmarshall.bsky.social and Felicia Kompio @gewberlin.bsky.social, we will discuss what MAGA does to academic freedom in the US and what that means for working conditions in Germany for all scholars. Join us on Sept. 20 at 7pm online or @Engelnest in Berlin.
Common Struggles, Unequal terms. Towards Fair working Conditions for all Scholars. Panelists Asli Vatansever, Felicia Kompio, Yannick Giovanni Marshall International at-risk academics working in German academia and organisations campaigning for better working conditions will critically discuss the latest developments for US academia and what they mean for existing challenges such as precariousness, abuse of power and the state of academic freedom.
September 11, 2025 at 11:38 AM
offuniversity.bsky.social
On September 20, Off Fest will open with a workshop led by @dr-ferda-fa.bsky.social on the experience of the Critical Peace Network.

For more information, visit our website 📍 offuniversity.org/off-fest-2025/
Don’t forget to register to help us with the planning📝 nc.offuniversity.org/index.php/ap...
September 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Join us on September 20–21, 2025, for our yearly meeting and the 2nd Off Festival.
The festival will include workshops, a panel discussion, art performances, film screening and discussion, music, dancing, and shared meals.
For more information, visit our website 👉 offuniversity.org/off-fest-2025/
July 30, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Our newsletter for the Summer 2025 is out. Enjoy reading! mailchi.mp/5a695c4cd605...
Summer Newsletter - Yaz Haber Bülteni - Sommernewsletter
mailchi.mp
July 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Off University is inviting proposals for contributions to our online lecture series "Cities at War". Until 3 August 2025, scholars from war-torn cities who are unable to continue their work due to the conditions of war can apply for a teaching and writing stipend. offuniversity.org/call-cities-...
Call for Contibutions
Call for Contributions to the Online Lecture Series “Cities at War” for the 2025-26 Winter Semester
offuniversity.org
July 11, 2025 at 10:19 AM
offuniversity.bsky.social
We are honored to be among the recipients of the @urbanstudiesfoundation.org 2025 Seminar Series Award with out lecture series "Cities at War", together with the Beirut Urban Lab, the Institute of Social Sciences @humboldtuni.bsky.social, the University of Rojava and Diyarbakır Association (DKVD).
urbanstudiesfoundation.org Urban Studies Foundation @urbanstudiesfoundation.org · Jul 10
We are happy to reveal the fourteen projects supported in our 2025 Seminar Series Awards!
👉 Read more about the grants here: www.urbanstudiesfoundation.org/2025/07/09/a...
July 10, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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petoandrea.bsky.social
Discussing self-censorship as a survival strategy and academic performance evalutation as a threat to academic freedom. EPOKA University 📕📙📖📗📘⤵️
June 26, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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@offuniversity.bsky.social @opencostaction.eu @proac.bsky.social #digital #selfdefense for #academics
June 27, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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nnwiss.bsky.social
Our statement of solidarity with our colleagues in the U.S.: Don’t take academic freedom for granted. “We commit ourselves to defend the university as a vital node of civil society.” netzwerk-nachhaltige-wissenschaft.de?p=548
Statement on Academic Freedom – Netzwerk Nachhaltige Wissenschaft
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June 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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ilketvcomtr.bsky.social
🖊️Ferda Fahrioğlu yazdı: Yerelden yükselen barış zılgıtları

"Barış inşasının toplumsallaşması için çatışmadan etkilenmiş mağdurların/hayatta kalanların yerelden kendi sesleri, sözleri ve talepleri ile sürecin ana öznelerinden olmaları önemli"
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Yerelden yükselen barış zılgıtları
PKK’nin 12. Kongre kararıyla kendini feshetmesinin üzerinden daha bir ay geçmemişken yerelden barış talepleri yükselmeye başladı. Bu talebi dile getirenler ise çatışmadan doğrudan etkilenmiş insanlar,...
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June 6, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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petoandrea.bsky.social
More paralels between Harvard University and @CEU. It is painful how silent Harvard University was when @CEU was attacked, betrayed and defeated. This is a very possible outcome.. Do not be like Harvard-get prepared and support other universities till you can. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | An authoritarian came for my university. His objective was clear.
Viktor Orban expelled Central European University from Hungary. Now, Donald Trump is re-creating his playbook.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 6, 2025 at 5:43 AM
offuniversity.bsky.social
2024 yılında Eleştirel Barış Çalışmaları projemiz kapsamında Kürt bölgesindeki barış sürecinde yerel yönetimlerin rolüne odaklanan üç uzman yuvarlak masa toplantısı düzenledik.
Toplantıların raporlarını web sitemizdeki linkleri takip ederek okuyabilirsiniz.
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Barış Süreci - Off University
Off University Rosa-Luxemburg-Vakfı'nın desteğiyle üçüncü yılında “Eleştirel Barış Çalışmaları”na devam ediyor. 2024 yılında Kürt coğrafyasındaki barış
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June 2, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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🖊️ Ferda Fahrioğlu yazdı: ‘Kan Parası’ barışı sağlar mı?

"Toplumda var olan kan parası ile barıştırma geleneği bir kadın üzerinden çarpıtılmakta ve kadın linç edilmekte"

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‘Kan Parası’ barışı sağlar mı?
Yazımı Kürt barışı ile ilgili yazmayı düşünüyordum, ne var ki son bir haftada gündemi meşgul eden “kan parası” davası beni bundan alıkoydu. Bunda doktora tezimi kan davası, öldürme, yaralama gibi çatı...
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May 30, 2025 at 7:33 AM
offuniversity.bsky.social
Take a look at this publication by Off University on "Urgently Wanted: Freedom of Academic Learning and Research. An argument for further research into the educational aspirations of New Berliners". replito.pubpub.org/pub/igm8kv22
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Urgently Wanted: Freedom of Academic Learning and Research
An argument for further research into the educational aspirations of New Berliners
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May 28, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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kiu-network.bsky.social
📌CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Research Fellowships on Interdisciplinary Ukrainian Studies (October to December 2025) ⏩ Infrastructural Fragmentation, Infrastructural Resilience: InterdisciplinaryPerspectives on Techno-Politics and Crisis ⏪ ☎️ Online consultation: 10.6.25, 2.30 P.M. @viadrina.bsky.social
May 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM