Join us for this insightful discussion on the Academia and Activism: Tensions, Ambivalences, Complementarities by Dr. Alice Nah
Event Details:
Date: 13 June, 2025
Time: 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Venue: Asia School of Business , CR-W2-03
Abstract: In this paper, I explore the dynamic relationship between academia and activism. Drawing on the experiences of academics and students at risk around the world, I examine how universities respond in diverse ways to those who speak and act on contentious issues. I examine how understandings of academic freedom, scholar activism, and critical theorising shape the spaces in which academics and students participate in social and political transformation. I explore ways in which academics and students have navigated the risks involved in their work, and how universities and civil society groups have offered them refuge and solidarity.
About the Speaker
Dr Alice Nah is an Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology at Durham University. She conducts research on the security and protection of human rights defenders at risk, and on asylum and migration in Southeast Asia. She has published in international peer-reviewed journals such as Government and Opposition, Perspectives in Politics, the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, and the International Journal of Human Rights.
