OSUN Summit on Mobility and Immobility

Summit on Mobility & Immobility THINKING THROUGH MOBILITY AND IMMOBILITY IN THE 21ST CENTURY

OCTOBER 2-6, 2023 Zoom link: https://bard.zoom.us/j/85877187007

1400 is part of OSUN's broader commitment The Summit to raising awareness and opening access to higher education and research opportunities for those affected by displacement, in the lead up to the second UNHCR's Global Refugee Forum in December 2023 in Geneva. There, OSUN will 1600 convene a key panel on the power of networks to achieve change in the refugee education landscape and will serve as the co-lead on the 15by30 Multistakeholder Pledge, alongside UNHCR, the Government of Germany, and Times Higher Education. OSUN will also participate in a panel on third country pathways related to its cochairmanship of the Global Task Force on Complementary Education Pathways, as well as the panel at the Forum’s Plenary entitled “Refugee Higher Education and Self-Reliance: Achieving 15% Enrolment by 2030.”

9:00

Opening Ceremony 8:00 Bronx 15:00 Kakuma (join via Zoom) Aisha Khurram, (BCB graduate) Steering Committee, Global Student Forum, "Setting the Stage: Youth Leadership in Advocating for Opening Access for the Displaced" Guest Speaker from UNHCR 10:45 12:30

Research Presentation Laura-Albane Peyronnet and Dr. Ursula Embola, BHSEC Manhattan student and Faculty

1:45

Bronx

Kakuma

The OSUN Summit on Mobility/Immobility is cohosted930

by The OSUN Hubs for Connected Learning Initiatives, the OSUN Civic Engagement Initiative (CEI), and Bard High School Early Colleges (BHSEC), 1200 and will take place in a blended format, with gatherings of faculty and students in Kakuma Refugee Camp (Kenya) and The Bard High School Early College in the Bronx (New York, U.S.).

Participating students and faculty are coming from 17 OSUN partners, including: Bard, Bard College Berlin, European Humanities University, American University of Bulgaria, Wits, SOAS, Cambridge, AQB, American University of Central Asia Parami University, Sciences Po, Uniandes, BRAC University, American University of Beirut, and others.

Monday Oct. 2

Kakuma

Bronx

About the Summit

930

Workshop: What is Student Advocacy?

Examples from the Field. Ibrar Mirzai (BCB), Shukri Mohammed (Hubs), Mulki Mohammed and Kamoso Bertrand (Hubs)

1200

Cultural Heritage Panel (join via Zoom) Student Moderated An Image of Belarus from the Perspective of “Others” Alina Kalachova, Student, European Humanities University Tracing the Trajectory of Rohingya Creative Practices Among the Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals in the Camps of Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh Samirah Tabassum, Lecturer, BRACU

1400

Workshop: Setting the Stage for Cultural Heritage Preservation in the Kenya Refugee Camps Gul Inanc, Founder of Opening Universities for Refugees

1600

Keynote Panel - Blended Learning Event Student Moderated (join via Zoom) Understanding the consequences of illegal mobility of Myanmar’s migrant workers in Thailand after the Military Coup Myat Moe Kywe, Student, Parami University Navigating Transitory Life Communities in the Darien Gap Miguel Angel Castanede Barahona, MA Student, Bard College

Keynote Panel - Blended Learning Event Student Moderated Searching for Peace, Fighting for Justice: Afro-Descendant Communities, Migration, and Community Action in 20th century Colombia Jazmin Puicon, Faculty, Bard High School Early College Newark Post-Entry Challenges and Hidden Illnesses Luka Gotsiridze, MA Student, Bard College Navigating Transitory Life Communities in the Darien Gap Paula Milena Suarez Sandoval, Research Associate, Universidad de los Andes Planning for Displacement? Remaking and Undoing Racialization in Berlin’s Remnant Spaces Jeff Jurgens, Faculty, Bard College

9:00

Research Presentation Gold Dr. Andrew Alger, Faculty, BHSEC Bronx

10:45

Climate Change Panel Socio-economic Impacts of Forced Migration on Refugee Populations in Climate Change Crises Eliya Christopher Nandi, Student, BRACU Laila Sharif, MA Student, Bard College

12:30

Research Presentation Laura-Albane Peyronnet and Dr. Ursula Embola, BHSEC Manhattan student and Faculty

1:45

Package

Bronx

Kakuma

Tuesday October 3

Wednesday, October 4

1045

Panel: Refugee Capacity Building (join Zoom) Gilbert Ntawyuankira, Student Moderator Supporting Asylum and Refugee Rights in Eastern Europe Dr. Felix Diaz (Faculty), Aelita Khusnutdinova and Orena Ymerasi (students), American University in Bulgaria Investigating the Strength and Empowerment of Displaced African Youth: A Kakuma Refugee Camp Case Analysis Chris Onyedikachi,Student, BRACU Revolutionizing Healthcare for Displaced Populations: Portable Biotech Diagnostic Tools Faisal Shah, Student, BRACU Exploring 'Voluntary Exile' in Higher Education Sonya Smyslova, PhD Candidate, University of Cambridge

Panel: Politics of Displacement (join Zoom) Student Moderated Wage Differential Between Palestinian Non-refugees and Palestinian Refugees in the West Bank and Gaza Dr. Sameh Hallaq, Faculty, Al Quds Bard Addressing the Urgent Global Challenge: Forced Displacement & a Call for International Solidarity Muhammad Qadeer Ashraf, Student BRACU Resilience and Sex Work on Islands of the Sundarbans Amrita DasGupta, Student, SOAS

Blended Event at Kakuma and BHSEC Bronx 1530 Kakuma 830 Bronx Keynote address Ali Omar Duale, UNHCR Education Officer, followed by a film screening and discussion “The Bridge” Moderators: Christian Baobab, Student, Hubs for Connected Learning Initiatives Laura Kunreuther, Faculty, Bard College Zoom link: https://bard.zoom.us/j/85877187007

Hubs Reception following the film discussion BHSEC Bronx events continue

Bronx & Kakuma

Kakuma

900

Wednesday October 4 (cont)

Bronx

Panel: Collective Memory Witnessing Im/mobilities: Who says Art is Neutral?

Asli Telli, Research Fellow, University of the Witwatersrand Zarlasht Sarmast, Global Engagement Coordinator, AUCA

12:00 Panel: Language & Politics of Displacement Within the Language of Exile Anastasia Dzutstsati, MA Student, Bard College Russia: A new return to inner emigration?

On immobility and the tradition of estrangement under totalitarian conditions K. MA Student, Bard College Exiles and Art: the Minsk Biennale Dr. Jeffrey Taylor, European Humanities University Images and sounds in dark times and places: on affection, care and prisoners’ communication inside jails Mauro Tosarelli, MA Student, Bard College 1:15 Research Presentation Desire Lines: lessons from queer worldbuilding Rachel Nelson, Faculty, Bard Early College New Orleans

Workshop: Design Thinking for the OSUN Certificate in Community-Based Learning and Civic Engagement

900

Kakuma

10:15

Thursday October 5