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“Scholars At Risk” conference opened by President Michael D. Higgins

The Long Room Hub hosted a Scholars At Risk Ireland conference this morning, highlighting the continuing struggle for academic freedom across the globe

President Michael D Higgins, Scholars at Risk, SAR

NEWS

“Scholars and universities are not simply the collateral casualties of conflict; they very often are the very focus for such conflict”

-Michael D. Higgins

Established at the University of Chicago in 1999, Scholars At Risk (SAR) is an international network …

Comment

Trinity, Ireland and Europe’s response to the greatest human rights disaster since WWII

Kevin Keane analyses our response to the refugee crisis and the phenomenon of “episodic outrage”

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OP-ED

Europe is facing its worst humanitarian crisis since World War II; the refugee crisis is worsening, claiming more lives and ruining more families, every single day. And what have we done about it? As a society, extremely little. We have