WOMEN, LIFE, FREEDOM, HOPE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY 20 February, 16:00-18:00 Lichthof Ost, Humboldt University, Berlin This talk, moderated by Alice von Bieberstein, will introduce the Academy of Social Science, its research communes, and the Journal Democratic Modernity.

JIN JIYAN AZADÎ HÊVÎ JI BO SEDSALA 21'EMÎN 21.02.2026 16.00-18.00 Komel Berlin (Residenzstraße 53-54, 13409 Berlin)

In the next-to-last session of our lecture series Cities at War, we are welcoming Aimal Formolly speaking on "Spatial Justice and Everyday Resilience: Navigating Post-Conflict Urbanism in Kabul". Join us on January 28th, 4pm CET time: offuniversity.org/current-cour... #universitywithoutborders

We are a partner of the universities in #Rojava. Our thoughts and solidarity are with the students and scholars in the region who are facing escalating violence and deteriorating humanitarian conditions. Please read this statement of solidarity here: drive.google.com/file/d/1aEdK...

Scholars and students at the universities in Rojava are part of our Online Lecture Series Cities at War. Their education is disrupted, they had to flee the approaching violence and now live under deteriorating and dangerous conditions. Stop the War now!

Scholars and students at the universities in Rojava are part of our Online Lecture Series Cities at War. Their education is disrupted, they had to flee the approaching violence and now live under deteriorating and dangerous conditions. Stop the War now!

Join us for Batoul Yassine and Mariam Bazzi's lecture "From Archiving to People-Centred, Heritage-Led Urban Recovery. The Cases of Gaza and Nabatieh" this Wednesday, January 21st at 4pm CET. -> more offuniversity.org/current-cour... #universitywithoutborders Thanks to @urbanstudiesfoundation.org

⏰ Reminder: Urban Urgencies funding call now open There’s still time to apply for the Urban Urgencies grant from the Urban Studies Foundation — supporting rapid, collaborative research on pressing urban challenges worldwide. 🗓️ Deadline: 23 March 2026 (23:59 UTC). 🔗 ow.ly/FUIn50XGtgz

We are happy to welcome Nevin Soyukaya this week in our Lecture Series "Cities at War". She will speak on "Diyarbakır/Suriçi: Conflict and Urbicide as the Erasure of Collective Memory" on January 14th at 4pm CET. register here -> offuniversity.org/current-cour... #universitywithoutborders

The first session in the Cities at War Lecture Series in 2026 will be given by Viktoriia Grivina on #Kharkiv is a Dream. Planning a Future During War". Join her timely talk on Wednesday, 07.01.2026 at 4 pm CET. offuniversity.org/current-cour... @urbanstudiesfoundation.org #universitywithoutborders

Enthusiastic about history and between 14 and 25? Join our History Textbook Workshop to learn how and by whom history is written, engage with history textbooks from different parts of the world and understande the uses of history in political narratives. ℹ️ offuniversity.org/call-for-par...

This week we have Sarah Husein with a talk on "Water Practices in Conflict-Torn Damascus: Distressing Memories to Overlook or Coping Strategies for Climate Resilience" in our Cities at War Lecture Series. Join us December 17th, 4 pm CET. Everyone is welcome: moodle.offuniversity.org/course/view....

We are looking forward to Naman Agrawal's lecture Beyond the Golden Walls: Memory, Survival, and Everyday Life in Jaisalmer’s Borderlands" in our Cities at War Lectures Series on 📅 10.12.2025 🕓 16:00 CET Join us here: offuniversity.org/current-cour... @urbanstudiesfoundation.org

We are looking forward to Shada Bokir's lecture "The Other War: Economic Occupation and Civic Resistance in Hadhramout" in our Cities at War Lectures Series on 📅 03.12.2025 🕓 16:00 CET Join us here: offuniversity.org/current-cour...

This week in our lecture series "Cities at War": Emotional Landscapes of Ukrainian Cities in Times of War by Olena Kononenko and Oleksandra Nenko. 📆 26.11.2025
 ⏰16:00 CET -> offuniversity.org/current-cour...

In our panel "Common Struggles, Unequal Terms." @ygmarshall.bsky.social, Aslı Vatansever and Felicia Kompio discussed the latest developments in US academia and what they mean for precariousness, abuse of power and academic freedom in Germany. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY00...

Good news: We have extended the deadline for ten days until November 28th, 2025.

Join us this week for "Justice in Post-War Reconstruction: The Social Sustainability of Neighbourhoods" by Zena Asswad in our Cities at War Lectures Series on 19.11.2025 at 16:00 CET. #universitywithoutborders @urbanstudiesfoundation.org

Join us this week for "Urban Ruins and Resettlement: Governing Cities in Post-Conflict Ethiopia" by Wudu Muluneh Yimer in our Cities at War Lectures Series on 12.11.2025 at 16:00 CET.

The @neweuropeu.bsky.social and @offuniversity.bsky.social invite applications from colleagues to form a team delivering a 12-week online course titled “History Textbook Workshop”. Deadline: November 16th offuniversity.org/call-for-two... offuniversity.org/call-fo-expe... @universitywithoutborders

Join the third session of our Cities at War Lecture Series: "Teaching 300 Metres Beyond the Border" by Luqman Guldivê this Wednesday at 5 pm CET. You can visit our website offuniversity.org/current-cour... for more information and registration. #universitywithoutborders

Join the third session of our Cities at War Lecture Series: "Kobanê — Between The Ashes of War and The Dawn of Reconstruction" by Aras Hiso this Wednesday at 4pm CET. You can visit our website offuniversity.org/current-cour... for more information and registration.

Join the second session of our lecture series "Cities at War" with Anood Ali who will speak on "Architecture as Resistance: The Reconstruction of Gaza's Urban Fabric After The Ongoing Genocide" this Wednesday, 4 pm CET. offuniversity.org/current-cour...

Unser offener Brief, in dem wir fordern, Privatdozent*innen in Reformen der Personalstruktur an Universitäten einzubinden, kann noch bis Montag unterzeichnet werden. Bitte unterstützt unser Anliegen! #IchBinHanna #PDprekär #StableJobsBetterScience #AcademicPrecarity

Aksana Ulanovich and Andrii Kostyriev’s course will uncover the techniques, tactics, and means by which media shape – and are shaped by – democratic and authoritarian contexts through discussion, debate, and collaborative research. offuniversity.org/current-cour... #universitywithoutborders

We are proud to present three new online courses starting in mid-October. All our courses are free to join, free of charge and free in content! Sign up today! offuniversity.org/current-cour... #universitywithoutborders @unimarburg.bsky.social @humboldtuni.bsky.social @urbanstudiesfoundation.org

🌍 Exciting opportunity! Register for "Cities at War" – Online Lecture Series 🔸 By scholars from war-torn cities 📅 Fully online | Free & open to all 👉 ow.ly/6eiM50X2pZz Organised by #USF, BeirutUrbanLab, DKVD, Rojava Univ, Off Univ, Humboldt Uni Berlin #CitiesAtWar #UrbanStudies #ConflictCities

Join babykilla @iambabykilla.bsky.social in their workshop, “Drag As A Liberating Teaching Methodology”, on Sept. 20, 16:30 (CEST) and explore how performance and play can create inclusive, critical, and joyful learning environments. More info about Off Fest📍https://offuniversity.org/off-fest-2025/

Together with Asli Vatansever, @ygmarshall.bsky.social and Felicia Kompio @gewberlin.bsky.social, we will discuss what MAGA does to academic freedom in the US and what that means for working conditions in Germany for all scholars. Join us on Sept. 20 at 7pm online or @Engelnest in Berlin.

On September 20, Off Fest will open with a workshop led by @dr-ferda-fa.bsky.social on the experience of the Critical Peace Network. For more information, visit our website 📍 offuniversity.org/off-fest-2025/ Don’t forget to register to help us with the planning📝 nc.offuniversity.org/index.php/ap...

Join us on September 20–21, 2025, for our yearly meeting and the 2nd Off Festival. The festival will include workshops, a panel discussion, art performances, film screening and discussion, music, dancing, and shared meals. For more information, visit our website 👉 offuniversity.org/off-fest-2025/

Our newsletter for the Summer 2025 is out. Enjoy reading! mailchi.mp/5a695c4cd605...

Off University is inviting proposals for contributions to our online lecture series "Cities at War". Until 3 August 2025, scholars from war-torn cities who are unable to continue their work due to the conditions of war can apply for a teaching and writing stipend. offuniversity.org/call-cities-...

We are honored to be among the recipients of the @urbanstudiesfoundation.org 2025 Seminar Series Award with out lecture series "Cities at War", together with the Beirut Urban Lab, the Institute of Social Sciences @humboldtuni.bsky.social, the University of Rojava and Diyarbakır Association (DKVD).

Discussing self-censorship as a survival strategy and academic performance evalutation as a threat to academic freedom. EPOKA University 📕📙📖📗📘⤵️

@offuniversity.bsky.social @opencostaction.eu @proac.bsky.social #digital #selfdefense for #academics

Our statement of solidarity with our colleagues in the U.S.: Don’t take academic freedom for granted. “We commit ourselves to defend the university as a vital node of civil society.” netzwerk-nachhaltige-wissenschaft.de?p=548

🖊️Ferda Fahrioğlu yazdı: Yerelden yükselen barış zılgıtları "Barış inşasının toplumsallaşması için çatışmadan etkilenmiş mağdurların/hayatta kalanların yerelden kendi sesleri, sözleri ve talepleri ile sürecin ana öznelerinden olmaları önemli" ilketv.com.tr/yerelden-yuk...

More paralels between Harvard University and @CEU. It is painful how silent Harvard University was when @CEU was attacked, betrayed and defeated. This is a very possible outcome.. Do not be like Harvard-get prepared and support other universities till you can. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

2024 yılında Eleştirel Barış Çalışmaları projemiz kapsamında Kürt bölgesindeki barış sürecinde yerel yönetimlerin rolüne odaklanan üç uzman yuvarlak masa toplantısı düzenledik. Toplantıların raporlarını web sitemizdeki linkleri takip ederek okuyabilirsiniz. offuniversity.org/tr/baris-sur...

🖊️ Ferda Fahrioğlu yazdı: ‘Kan Parası’ barışı sağlar mı? "Toplumda var olan kan parası ile barıştırma geleneği bir kadın üzerinden çarpıtılmakta ve kadın linç edilmekte" ilketv.com.tr/kan-parasi-b...

Take a look at this publication by Off University on "Urgently Wanted: Freedom of Academic Learning and Research. An argument for further research into the educational aspirations of New Berliners". replito.pubpub.org/pub/igm8kv22 #universitywithoutborders

📌CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Research Fellowships on Interdisciplinary Ukrainian Studies (October to December 2025) ⏩ Infrastructural Fragmentation, Infrastructural Resilience: InterdisciplinaryPerspectives on Techno-Politics and Crisis ⏪ ☎️ Online consultation: 10.6.25, 2.30 P.M. @viadrina.bsky.social

We are pleased to invite you to the online seminar: "Transitional Justice Approaches in Yemen: Tribal Customs and the Legal Context." 🗓Thursday, May 29, 2025 🕓4:00 - 5:00 PM (Sana'a Time) 💻Via Zoom: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 🗣️ In Arabic (with translation into English)

📍Eleştirel barış ağı kuruldu… Ajandasında neler var, barış nasıl toplumsallaşacak? 📍Sürecin beklenen adımı, hukuki düzenlemeler ne zaman hayata geçecek? 📍Kadınların barışın toplumsallaşmasındaki rolleri ne? #DünyaHali 20.00'de İlke TV'de Yayını #canlı izlemek için: youtube.com/live/_8ZdqWR...

@offuniversity.bsky.social'dan Ferda Fahrioğlu @hakikatadalet.bsky.social'dan Noémi Lévy-Aksu, İnsan Hakları Derneği'nden Hüseyin Küçükbalaban, Rosa Kadın Derneği'den Esra Çiçek Mercan ile birlikte @ilketvcomtr.bsky.social'da Eleştirel Barış Ağı'nı konuştuk. www.youtube.com/live/_8ZdqWR...

Relocating from Turkey to Germany, our fellow, Sema Semih, is reflecting on their journey that led them to Off University as well as their research on transfeminism. offuniversity.org/news/in-purs...

Starting tomorrow! You can still register here t1p.de/1t99p

Follow the podcasts about #academiaatrisk @proac.bsky.social @ceudeminst.bsky.social @weareceu.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/proac/p/...

Off University's Spring Newsletter is out! mailchi.mp/d9698caf2b99... We're thrilled to bring you exciting updates on our Summer Semester 2025 and other Off University activities. Please Subscribe to Our Newsletter here 📍 t1p.de/f9ppu