Letters to Europe – Refugee Women Write
What: Theatre performance, debate and Oslo book launch.
When: Wednesday 28 February at 19:00
Where: The Fritt Ord Foundation,
Uranienborgveien 2, Oslo.
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Letters to Europe – Refugee Women Write
What: Theatre performance, debate and Oslo book launch.
When: Wednesday 28 February at 19:00
Where: The Fritt Ord Foundation,
Uranienborgveien 2, Oslo.
Earmarked funding for Norwegian journalism
The Fritt Ord Foundation is allocating up to MNOK 25 annually for four years for journalistic projects. The MNOK 100 initiative is entitled Norwegian Journalism.
Nominations for the Freedom of Expression Foundation Prize 2018
Each year, Fritt Ord awards the Freedom of Expression Foundation Prize to individuals or institutions that have shown civil courage and worked to defend and strengthen freedom of expression and the conditions for it in Norway, especially by encouraging dynamic debate.
18 new participants in FutureLab Europe
The seventh group of FutureLab participants met last week in Brussels for a tightly-packed programme featuring workshops, debates and meetings with key EU politicians. The topics discussed included political participation, populism, and young people’s opportunities to influence decision-makers in Brussels. Following this session, the group will continue working with their own projects related to civil society and local democracy in their respective countries. The projects may involve e.g. photo exhibitions, media projects, school visits, training or debates.
#MeToo and Freedom of Expression – dilemmas and the potential for lasting change
Fritt Ord and the Institute for Social Research invite the public to the debate on #MeToo and Freedom of Expression on Thursday, 25 January 2018, from 6 – 9 p.m. at the Fritt Ord premises, featuring Sissel Trygstad, Hannah Helseth, Sofie Høgestøl, Kjersti Horn, Arne Jensen, Anja Sletteland, Silas Harrebye and Åsa Linderborg. Arnfinn Midtbøen will moderate.
#MeToo and Freedom of Expression – dilemmas and the potential for lasting change
Fritt Ord and the Institute for Social Research invite the public to the debate on #MeToo and Freedom of Expression on Thursday, 25 January 2018, from 6 – 9 p.m. at the Fritt Ord premises, featuring Sissel Trygstad, Hannah Helseth, Sofie Høgestøl, Kjersti Horn, Arne Jensen, Anja Sletteland, Silas Harrebye and Åsa Linderborg. Arnfinn Midtbøen will moderate.
Stipend for studenter ved Høgskolen i Innlandet
Propaganda, Facts and Fake News: The Holberg Debate 2017
At this year’s Holberg Debate, John Pilger, Julian Assange and Jonathan Heawood will discuss the presence of propaganda in news and social media, and its democratic implications. The debate will take place at The University Aula in Bergen, on Saturday 2 December 2017, 3 p.m. to 5.15 p.m.
Lærerseminar: Kildebevissthet og kritisk tenkning i en polarisert tid
Lærerseminar: Kildebevissthet og kritisk tenkning i en polarisert tid
Democracy Road? - Aung San Suu Kyi, buddhistisk nasjonalisme og pressefrihet i Myanmar
Propaganda - Seminar for lærere i videregående skole
Propaganda - Seminar for lærere i videregående skole
Inequality, Immigration, and the Politics of Populism
The New York Review of Books Foundation, the Dan David Prize and the Fritt Ord Foundation invite the public to the two-day conference ‘Inequality, Immigration, and the Politics of Populism’. The conference will take place at the New York University School of Law, USA, 28-29 October 2017.
Oxford grant for 2018 awarded to Ingerid Salvesen
The Preben Munthe Fellowship Grant at Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford has been awarded to freelance journalist Ingerid Salvesen for the period January–July 2018.