Vanessa Agnew – Academy in Exile

14. September 202011. November 2020

Refugee Routes (lead: Prof. Dr. Vanessa Agnew; language: English) (in development)

This course was developed by Director of the AiE Critical Thinking Program at FU Berlin, Professor Dr. Vanessa Agnew, in collaboration with four AiE fellows – Dr. Zeynep Türkyılmaz, Dr. Sayed Mahdi Mosawi, Dr. Olga Selin Hünler, and Dr. Himmat Zoubi.

This MA/advanced undergraduate course … more info

2. September 202011. November 2020

Vanessa Agnew, Kader Konuk, Jane O. Newman (eds.), Refugee Routes: Telling, Looking, Protesting, Redressing

Available here.Available with open access here. Abstract The displaced are often rendered silent and invisible as they journey in search of refuge. Drawing on historical and contemporary examples from Turkey, the Ottoman Empire, Iraq, Syria, UK, Germany, France, the Balkan Peninsula, US, Canada, Australia, and … more info

2. January 202022. November 2020

The Academy in Exile’s Second Annual Conference, “Dire Times: Critical Thinking Then and Now”

International Conference, January 16-17, 2020Freie Universität Berlin

Dire Times: Critical Thinking, Then and Now, co-convened by Vanessa Agnew (UDE/ANU), Kader Konuk (UDE) and Susanne Zepp-Zwirner (FU Berlin). The gathering of invited speakers met at the Freie Universität in Berlin on January 16–17, 2020. Among our speakers were people … more info