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The First Amendment of the United States Constitution is brief and direct: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress

This session provides a basic introduction to digital security for individuals involved in human rights, academia, the arts, and media. Facilitator Mykola Kostynyan guides you on how to assess and manage your risks in communications, information storage, and other digital spaces.  Mykola Kostynyan is coordinator of RESIDENT.ngo and co-founder of the Eastern Partnership Digital Security

Sociologist Alfred Babo and theater scholar Burcu Yasemin Şeyben led a discussion of the 2025 book, Exiled Scholars in Western Academia: Refugees or Intellectuals? The volume, which Dr. Babo co-edited with Sayed Hassan Akhlaq, includes first-hand narratives from scholars from around the world working in political sciences, international studies, anthropology, law, philosophy, and the humanities.

In this workshop intended for literary, journalistic, and nonfiction writers of all disciplines, translator Elisabeth Jaquette provides guidance on how to get work translated into English in the United States. Topics covered include finding and working with a translator, sources of translation funding, seeking a publisher, and working with an editor. In her presentation, Elisabeth

These are challenging times for scholars, artists, and human rights activists in the United States, and especially for displaced people in temporary placements on temporary visas. On April 24, 2025, 45 people joined a conversation about recent changes in US policies on immigration, free speech, and  funding for research, education, and the arts. To protect

In this informal meetup, filmmaker, screenwriter, and scholar Sahraa Karimi, PhD spoke about her path from Iran to Slovakia to Afghanistan to Italy to her current role as a lecturer in Film and Media Studies at Yale University. She was joined by Omaid Sharifi, president of ArtLords, an international collective of Afghan artist-activists (“artivists”). The session