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The Richardson Institute to host two UNESCO/CARA Scholars from Iraq

Date: January - March 2010

The Richardson Institute is delighted to announce that it will be hosting two Iraqi academics as part of the UNESCO funded Council for Assisting Refugee Academics (CARA) UK Fellowship Scheme. These fellowships allow Iraqi academics to undertake a three month fellowship at a UK university and are aimed at supporting capacity building and the reintegration of Iraq's academics as members of the international academic community following nearly two decades of international isolation and under-investment. The two scholars will undertake their visit to Lancaster between January and March 2010. The scholars will be working with Dr Victoria Mason (Politics and IR) and Dr Lindsey Moore (English and Creative Writing). More information about events to welcome the scholars will be posted shortly. For further information please contact Vicky Mason at v.mason@lancs.ac.uk

CARA was set up in 1933 in response to the persecution of academics across Europe by fascist regimes. Since then it has been an important organisation that has assisted persecuted academics from Chile, Ethiopia, Iran, South Africa and Vietnam to name a few examples. Amongst the 1,500 academics assisted in the early years, sixteen have gone on to win Nobel Prizes, eighteen received Knighthoods, and well over a hundred were elected Fellows of The Royal Society and The British Academy, and many more have become leaders in their respective fields. For further information about CARA go to: http://www.academic-refugees.org/Iraq-Programme.asp

News website: http://www.academic-refugees.org/Iraq-Programme.asp