Events

Upcoming events

Encuentro con Pedro X. Molina (español)

By Jonathan Miller
November 21 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST

Únase a una conversación informal con otros académicos, escritores, artistas y defensores de derechos que han sido desplazados. Nuestro invitado especial es Pedro X. Molina, un caricaturista editorial de Nicaragua. La sesión será en español.

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Building an academic portfolio for the job market

By Jonathan Miller
December 12 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST

In this interactive workshop, you’ll develop an academic portfolio that showcases your qualifications, research, and teaching experience. Whether you’re new to the academic job market or enhancing your portfolio, this session will equip you to stand out.

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Meetup with Funmilola Ayeni

By Jonathan Miller
January 9, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST

Meet Dr. Funmilola Ayeni of Nigeria, a microbiologist who undertook IIE Scholar Rescue Fund fellowships at Vassar College in New York in 2019-2021. Dr. Ayeni is currently an assistant professor at Indiana University, where she studies food as medicine and the human microbiome.

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Strategic planning for your arts practice

By Jonathan Miller
February 27, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm EST

This session will empower you to design the creative career you envision. You will begin by defining your objectives, then work through strategic planning techniques such as the SMART Goal-Setting and SWOT Analysis. You will walk away with action steps that align with your goals and a replicable decision-making framework that prioritizes your vision of […]

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Writing an artist statement

By Jonathan Miller
March 27, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm EDT

Writing about your work effectively unlocks opportunities. Yet it can be difficult and intimidating to distill everything you do into a few words. This session will help you develop language to harvest opportunities, cultivate and grow your network, and connect to people who can support your work. You will work through interactive exercises to help […]

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Past events

To protect attendees’ privacy, we do not record panel discussions or Q&A segments where personal information is discussed.

Maintaining your mental and emotional health

By Jonathan Miller | February 9, 2024

Displacement brings many stresses that can trigger mental health crises. In this recording, you will hear about strategies for staying mentally healthy and learn about resources that can help you to deal with issues when they arise. Presenters are Dr. Craig L. Katz, professor of psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine in New York […]

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Finding and making the most of fellowships and residencies

By Jonathan Miller | January 19, 2024

Short-term fellowships and residencies can be a lifeline for artists, human rights advocates, and scholars as they lay the groundwork for long-term stability. Presenters in this session are Ya Yun Teng, Program Officer at the Immigrant Artist Resource Center at the New York Foundation for the Arts; Nazanin Nozoori, artist and recipient of numerous fellowships; Zerxes Spencer, Director […]

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Finding and applying for non-academic jobs

By Jonathan Miller | December 8, 2023

This workshop is designed to help displaced writers, artists, scholars, and rights defenders understand how to navigate the US job market. Presenters include career coaches Molly Balk and Christopher Riley of Upwardly Global and Afghan “artivist” Omaid Sharifi of PEN America/ARC and ArtLords. Among the topics covered are how to find jobs that are compatible with […]

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Finding and applying for academic jobs

By Jonathan Miller | November 17, 2023

This video is designed to help you prepare for finding a job in higher education. Presenters include Valerie Sutton (former director of career services, Harvard Graduate School of Education), Kathryn Libal (director of the Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute at the University of Connecticut), Raza Rumi (Hunter College, Ithaca College, Cornell University), Zuhal Yilmaz (UC […]

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Understanding the US healthcare and health insurance system

By Jonathan Miller | November 10, 2023

Are you feeling lost in your search for affordable health insurance? Do you know what to do if you need services that your insurance doesn’t cover? In this information session, Renata Marinaro, Managing Director of Health Services at Entertainment Community Fund, provides a basic introduction to the US health insurance system, explains variations between the different […]

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