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Sign up today for Scholars at Risk talk Oct. 25 Editor's note: Registration for this program is open through Tuesday, Oct. 24. 4:25 p.m., Oct. 5, 2006--A University Forum on the Scholars at Risk network, set to run from noon-2 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 25, in multipurpose rooms A and B in the Trabant University Center, will feature as its keynote speaker a professor of linguistics from Rwanda, whose name is being withheld for personal safety reasons. The forum will concentrate on ways universities and colleges are working to promote academic freedom and provide assistance to persecuted scholars worldwide, and the guest speaker, who was arrested and imprisoned without charge shortly after Rwanda's genocide regime in 1994 until his release five years later, will speak about the link between human rights and intellectual betterment and the dangers of government intimidation and stifling tactics. The Scholars at Risk network is comprised of more than 120 universities and colleges that work to promote academic freedom and assist persecuted scholars. Since 2000, Scholars at Risk has received more than 1,000 applications and has provided assistance to more than 150 scholars. The guest speaker at the forum will be a 2006-07 visiting scholar at Montclair State University through support from the Institute of International Education Scholar Rescue Fund. The forum, which is sponsored by the Office of the Provost, is free and open to all members of the University community and includes a buffet luncheon. Reservations are required by 4 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 24, and can be made by e-mailing [provost-office@udel.edu]. For more information about the guest speaker, contact Scholars at Risk at (212) 998-2179. |
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