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Anyone interested in joining us? “CFP “Rethinking Expertise under COVID-19: a New Look at Digitization and Decentralization” (4S Annual Meeting, 6-9 October, Toronto and worldwide)

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Dear colleagues, We invite you to consider submitting an abstract to “Rethinking Expertise under COVID-19: a New Look at Digitization and Decentralization”, panel @ 4S Annual Meeting, 6-9 October, Toronto and worldwide. Submission Deadline: March 8, 2021 via https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/ssss/ssss21/ Keywords: enabling technologies, maker movement, expertise, healthcare, 3D printing This session takes its inspiration from transformations in … Read more

An all-out government disinformation against Boğaziçi protesters starts

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From media outlets to social media accounts, from Erdoğan’s speeches to bureaucratic authorities’ statements, many academics (mostly women) are targeted, students criminalized… Yes, Soros is mentioned, too: Erdoğan says that Osman Kavala's wife, Boğaziçi Professor Ayşe Buğra, is among "provocateurs representing (George) Soros" https://t.co/eQZtgwDidi — Ankaralı Jan (@06JAnk) February 5, 2021     Twitter blocks MHP … Read more

More than 3K academics from around the world call on Turkey to respect university autonomy #BogaziciSusmayacak #BogaziciDireniyor

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SOLIDARITY WITH BOĞAZİÇİ UNIVERSITY: 3,317 academics from around the world call on Turkey to respect university autonomy Bianet :: English 3,317 academics, thinkers and writers from around the world have released a joint statement condemning the actions against the Boğaziçi University students and calling on the appointed rector to resign. Statement here PUBLIC SURVEY: ‘69 percent of … Read more

Professors continue daily protest as homophobic assault against protesters intensifies at Boğaziçi University #AsagiBakmayacagiz

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Prestigious Istanbul University Fights Erdogan’s Reach The New York Times – Carlotta Gall – Feb 1, 11:29 AM ISTANBUL — For several weeks — rain, shine, or even snow — a rebellion has been underway in one of the most hallowed establishments of Turkish academia: the campus of Bogazici University in Istanbul. Every day, faculty members … Read more

Government’s crude display of power over Boğaziçi University today. #AşağıBakmayacağız #BoğaziciAblukada

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Police intervention into Boğaziçi University protests: 2 students detained Bianet :: English The protests of students against the “trustee rector” appointed to Boğaziçi University continue in front of the South Campus today. HDP’s Kemalbay has indicated that around 35-40 students have been detained at the gate of the nearby North Campus. Academics of Boğaziçi University: Release our … Read more

As faculty members and students resists in Boğaziçi Uni, government forces/trolls find a new angle to attack…

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  Boğaziçi’s ‘collective will’ leaving vice rector’s seat open, say protesting staff | Ahval No academic has stepped up to become the vice rector of Istanbul’s Boğaziçi university, where a… Boğaziçi Rector Melih Bulu also links an artistic depiction of the Kaaba (see my previous tweet with it in) to a homophobic hashtag linking it to the … Read more

Boğaziçi academics continued their regular protest in snow

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A group of scholars continues to protest the rector’s appointment by Erdoğan at Boğaziçi University…. Benzemiş mi, benzemiş… https://t.co/XkHxLVbEHl — ohannes kılıçdağı (@ohannes_klcdg) January 18, 2021 Metallica Fuels Student Protests in Istanbul as Dozens Detained Bloomberg The music of heavy metal band Metallica has provided the soundtrack as students in Istanbul protest President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s decision to … Students … Read more

Erdoğan called Boğaziçi University protesters and CHP Istanbul head as being terrorists as more professor joined the symbolic protests…

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Erdoğan calls Boğaziçi University protesters ‘terrorists’ as 15 more people briefly detained Bianet :: English The president’s appointment of a rector who is a member of his party has sparked protests among students and academics. Erdogan accuses CHP Istanbul head as being terrorist | Ahval Canan Kaftancioğlu, the Istanbul head of the main opposition Republican People’s Party … Read more

Assault continues. Many activist students detained #BogaziciDireniyor #BogaziciUniversity

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Students are treated as if they are terrorists. Some tweets, in the end, show how harsh police is ambushing homes students live. APPOINTED PRESIDENT OF BOĞAZİÇİ: Bulu: Our students, academics don’t see the big picture Bianet :: English Appointed by President Erdoğan as the new president of Boğaziçi University, Bulu has said, “If we will become … Read more

If you cannot have it for real, let it rot. A strange but not surprising rector appointment for Boğaziçi University

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It is sad to watch the news. I graduated from Boğaziçi University (Sociology BA and MA). The university had a tradition of electing its presidents. Erdoğan killed that before by appointing a professor who was not even in the election instead of a person who got more than 80% of the votes. This time Erdoğan … Read more

Hi there: “264 children aged 12-14 stood trial for ‘insulting’ Erdoğan in six years… “Dozens of Turkey’s pro-Erdoğan rectors have no research record

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264 children aged 12-14 stood trial for ‘insulting’ Erdoğan in six years Duvar English – Neşe İdil – Dec 16, 4:34 AM A total of 128,872 probes were launched in six years over ‘insulting’ President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, with prosecutors having evaluated 36,066 complaints and launching criminal cases for 11,371 of them in just 2019. According … Read more

#FreeCihanErdal “2,500 academics worldwide sign petition for Turkey to release Cihan Erdal…

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2,500 academics worldwide sign petition for Turkey to release Cihan Erdal Some 2,500 academics worldwide have signed a petition for Turkey to release Cihan Erdal, a PhD candidate and researcher at Carleton University in Canada and an LGBT activist, who was detained in Istanbul on Sept. 25. HDP calls on gov’t to set up a civilian … Read more

#Europe agenda: ECREA Public statement on continuing pressures on universities in Hungary

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Public statement on continuing pressures on universities in Hungary ECREA is deeply concerned about continuing suppression of academic freedom and mounting pressures on autonomy of universities in Hungary.   The actions against universities and academics in Hungary begun in 2017 when the government of Prime Minister Victor Orban proposed legislation endangering the existence of Central … Read more

#Europe agenda: “Europe’s World-Lagging Universities Need Increased Funding

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Europe’s World-Lagging Universities Need Increased Funding Project Syndicate by Luis Garicano Brexit has revealed a neglected truth that is highly inconvenient to European policymakers: the European Union’s remaining universities are nowhere to be found at the top of world rankings. Unfortunately, EU officials appear to have no interest in acknowledging the problem, much less addressing it. … Read more

Another service by @openculture: “An Introduction to Postmodernist Thinkers & Themes: Watch Primers on Foucault, Nietzsche, Derrida, Deleuze & More

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An Introduction to Postmodernist Thinkers & Themes: Watch Primers on Foucault, Nietzsche, Derrida, Deleuze & More   For decades we’ve been hearing about the problem of Postmodernism. I suppose I get, in a vague sort of way, what people mean by this: moral relativism, mistrust of objectivity and scientific, religious, and other authorities, “incredulity toward … Read more