Scholars Under Threat News
Defying the Odds
A three-part series by Afghan journalist Fatima Faizithat on SUT alumni's experiences.
Elja’s Voice for the Powerless
Afghan artist Sharifa “Elja” Sharifi fled Afghanistan and found a new beginning with Cornell's art museum.
Cartoonist Pedro X. Molina continues to challenge Nicaragua’s dictatorship with a daily cartoon.
After fleeing a government crackdown in Turkey, sociologist Azat Gündoğan found a "lifeline" at Cornell.
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Azat Gündoğan is a former IIE-Scholar Rescue Fellow who was hosted in the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies. The resources and connections he built at Cornell helped him to land a job. Now, he is an assistant teaching professor in the University Honors Program at Florida State University.
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For its work supporting international scholars whose work puts them at risk in their home countries, Cornell has been awarded the Institute of International Education’s Centennial Medal, which celebrates the achievements and leadership of individuals and institutions that have made important contributions to international education.
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Politics, Art, and Free Expression featured Afghan artist Sharifa “Elja” Sharifi, Nicaraguan political cartoonist Pedro X. Molina, and Khadija Monis ’24 an Afghan student, poet, and artist. The panel was moderated by Rachel Beatty Riedl, director of the Einaudi Center.
Dr. Sharif Hozoori was awarded an IIE-SRF fellowship in August 2021 and joined Cornell University as a Visiting Scholar at the Einaudi Center's South Asia Program.
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An event featuring threatened artists from Nicaragua and Afghanistan kicks off Global Cornell’s contribution to this year’s campuswide theme, "The Indispensable Condition: Freedom of Expression at Cornell."
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"Afghanistan is a country of ethnic minorities. No one can claim to be part of a majority," said Sharif Hozoori at a September 21 event on "Ethnocentrism and Democracy Failure in Afghanistan."
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“If you block peaceful politics, then you make room for unpeaceful politics,” said a presenter at the Sept. 9 conference at Cornell.
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Artist Sharifa "Elja" Sharifi is one of the Afghan scholars and students who have found refuge at Cornell with support from many sources, from the Institute of International Education to generous Cornell alumni, including Nell Cady-Kruse '83, MBA '85.
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Hozoori is an IIE Scholar Rescue Fund fellow and visiting scholar in the Einaudi Center's South Asia Program. Read about his journey to Cornell and work on campus.
