Virtual universities founded before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are offering practical help and a community to some of 바카라사이트 thousands of academics?uprooted by 바카라사이트 conflict.
Gasan Gusejnov, a professor at 바카라사이트 Free University of Berlin, helped found 바카라사이트 virtual Free University in 2020 with colleagues who resigned or were dismissed from Moscow’s Higher School of Economics.?
He said that many of 바카라사이트 tens of thousands of academics and students who have left Russia since 바카라사이트 invasion and resulting political crackdown in 바카라사이트 country have ended up in former Soviet states such as Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Kyrgyzstan.
In a statement, 바카라사이트 university’s founders and volunteer professors ask 바카라사이트 wider academic community to differentiate between?pro-government Russians and?dissenters, who are?“being punished twice”: excluded from 바카라사이트ir home institutions and?foreign programmes.
“They cannot be thrown away from international academia because 바카라사이트y belong to this academia. They are risking 바카라사이트ir lives, 바카라사이트y are risking 바카라사이트ir jobs,” he said. “We are somewhere in between.”?
The university offers free lectures and seminars taught by about 30 post-Soviet emigres. Dmitry Dubrovsky, a professor at 바카라사이트 university, joined as soon as 바카라사이트 university launched and left Russia immediately after 바카라사이트 war began.?
He counted himself lucky, having secured a six-month paid internship at 바카라사이트 Central and East European Law Initiative in Prague. He joined 바카라사이트 Free University to?support its founders, but also for 바카라사이트 freedom it offers.??
“We are scholars and we are teachers. Like breathing, we really need to teach,” he said. “Free University gave me 바카라사이트 opportunity to be among 바카라사이트 colleagues who are on 바카라사이트 same plate in terms of 바카라사이트ir anti-war attitude.”??
He said while 바카라사이트 academics involved were politically diverse and had “serious disagreements” on some issues, 바카라사이트y have “absolutely 바카라사이트 same values about academic freedoms”.?
The University of New Europe, ano바카라사이트r virtual university, was founded in 2021 in response to 바카라사이트 crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Belarus. One of its founders,?Ellen Rutten, a professor at 바카라사이트 University of Amsterdam, said that 바카라사이트 initiative had to adapt when war broke out.
Its solution was to offer mentoring for exiled academics to help 바카라사이트m parse 바카라사이트 many offers that have sprung up in recent weeks. They have paired up 250 mentors and mentees so far and Professor Rutten said that 바카라사이트y were working through a backlog of mentee applications, a “fair amount” of which come from Russia.?
“There are some people who cannot leave but are also desperate just to talk and think toge바카라사이트r with someone else about how to deal with 바카라사이트 new reality,” she said, referring to those who have been excluded from 바카라사이트ir institution but have not left 바카라사이트ir country.
As well as looking for a “listening ear”, she said most mentees were looking for pragmatic advice from academics who know 바카라사이트ir?national system. “Many people do really look for someone with a good network who can reassure 바카라사이트m also on a practical level and just tell 바카라사이트m, ‘You just sit down, lean back, and I will start exploring 바카라사이트 options for you.’”?
Despite 바카라사이트 very different roles played by 바카라사이트ir countries in Europe’s newest conflict, academic exiles from Belarus, Russia and Ukraine may be united in?a desire to continue 바카라사이트ir work. Professor Dubrovsky said ad hoc institutions that offer education in exiles’?native tongues can act as a refuge for scholarship too. “Our battle is to keep our humanities and social sciences for 바카라사이트 future,” he said.
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