Scholar Rescue Fund - Hite Chair Scholar Lecture Series

Hite Chair Scholar Lecture Series

The SRF Hite Chair Scholar Lecture Series seeks to inform and promote interest in issues of academic freedom and political liberties. The series appoints SRF visiting academic fellows to engage in school-wide lectures, panel discussions and course-related seminars to share the personal experience of a threatened scholar and to educate university and high school audiences on global human rights issues around the world.

The Hite Chair Scholar Lecture Series is made possible by the generous support of the Hite Foundation Chair for Communications of the Scholar Rescue Fund. If you are interested in welcoming a Hite Chair Scholar for a lecture on your campus, please contact us at SRF@iie.org or 212-205-6486.

Names and photographs may have been modified for the purpose of confidentiality.

Trinity College Lecture Series Event

Institute of International EducationMarch 05, 2009

SRF

Pictured above: Professor Jabulani Moyo addresses the audience at Trinity's 'Common Hour'

Pictured above: Dr. George Ayittey, Professor of Economics at American University and President of the Free Africa Foundation gives a response during the 'Common Hour' Q & A session

On March 5th 2009, Professor Jabulani Moyo visited Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut for a panel discussion on “Academic Freedom and the Political Crisis in Zimbabwe.” Another SRF scholar-grantee from Zimbabwe, who at the time was hosted at Trinity’s Center for Urban and Global Studies, joined Professor Moyo on the panel. The SRF scholars addressed a large student audience and laid out the framework for the current economic and political crises in Zimbabwe. Dr. George Ayittey, Professor of Economics at American University and President of the Free Africa Foundation, joined the SRF fellows and offered a regional and international perspective on the current Zimbabwe situation.

Trinity College is a vital host partner for SRF and, through an endowment established by Tom Johnson, President of IIE’s Board of Trustees, the Scott M. Johnson Memorial Fund ensures that Trinity will be able to continue hosting one SRF scholar on an annual basis.

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