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SUMMARY:Scholars at Risk: Human Rights and Academic Freedom - The presiden
 t of the UK Exiled Journalists Network\; A female Iranian lawyer and women
 's/children's rights campaigner\; A Zimbabwean politics academic\; Chaired
  by Sir Martin Harris (President\, Clare Hall)
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CONTACT:Sharath Srinivasan
DESCRIPTION:_Refugee academics take part in a roundtable discussion to sha
 re their experiences confronting professional and personal threats in thei
 r native countries along with the challenges of settling and working in th
 e UK._\n\n*Discussion followed by a drinks reception in the Faculty of Law
 . ALL WELCOME.* \n\nSee also "CRASSH website":http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/
 events/1260/\n\nBackground:\nCurbs on academic freedom concern all scholar
 s. Funding slashes may wreak havoc on our work\, yet elsewhere colleagues 
 at the sharp end of violations of academic freedom suffer persecution\, in
 timidation\, mental and even physical abuse and death. Too often\, their f
 amilies suffer directly with them. \n\nFor over 75 years\, the Council for
  Assisting Refugee Academics (CARA) has assisted refugee academics in the 
 UK to adjust to life in the UK and pursue their work in a supportive acade
 mic environment. The University of Cambridge has been involved with CARA f
 rom its very first days. The Academic Assistance Council\, forerunner to C
 ARA\, was set up with the help of Lord Rutherford\, John Maynard Keynes\, 
 Professor AV Hill (later University MP for Cambridge) and the physicist Si
 r William Bragg.\n\nMany refugees\, helped by CARA\, settled in Cambridge 
 and their work has helped change the world around us. The scientists Max B
 orn\, Hans Krebs and Max Perutz were some of the early academics to arrive
  at Cambridge and all were awarded Nobel Prizes for their research. Others
  to find a home in Cambridge include Sir Geoffrey Elton (Ehrenberg)\, who 
 came to dominate the field of medieval history\, and Sir Nikolaus Pevsner\
 , the first Slade Professor of Fine Art.\n\nCambridge also helped generati
 ons of scholars\, for example from South Africa or Chile\, who were displa
 ced by persecution but were to be the mainspring of the rebuilding of thei
 r countries once return was possible.\n\nMore recently\, the Cambridge Col
 leges Hospitality Scheme has welcomed Iraqi Visiting Scholars each year - 
 highlighting their bravery in the face of death threats and their determin
 ation to go back and rebuild their country.\n\nCambridge’s notable tradi
 tion of assisting refugee academics and scholars at risk is a matter of pr
 ide but must serve as a foundation for continued and expanded efforts.\n\n
 This seminar\, hosted by the Centre of Governance and Human Rights (POLIS)
 \, in coordination with CARA and CRASSH\, seeks to renew and redouble effo
 rts within the University to support refugee academics and scholars at ris
 k today and in the future.\n
LOCATION:LG18\, Faculty of Law\, 10 West Road\, Cambridge CB3 9DZ
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