Fritt Ord invites the public to the launch of the computer game anthology “Digital Life – new words about gaming” and to the awards ceremony on Thursday, 1 September, at 8 p.m. at the Norwegian Museum of Science, Technology, Industry and Medicine The 10 texts that are accepted will be published at digitaleliv.no, one each day, from 23 August to 1 September.
Universities and colleges have been among the most tolerant locations for critical debates and discourse. That is in the process of changing rapidly – without the phenomenon having attracted attention in Norway:
On US campuses, the tolerance for freedom of expression is being reduced and censorship of reading lists and lecturers is spreading in the wake of numerous student campaigns. In Turkey, thousands of university employees were fired after the attempted coup in July. The University of Cape Town in South Africa recently cancelled an invitation to Flemming Rose to deliver a keynote address because they thought it would be “provocative”. In Europe, the demand for “trigger warnings” in respect of art and syllabus literature is gaining momentum.
We warmly invite mid-career journalists with over three years experience to apply for the series of workshops on “Reporting skills in the digital era” organised by the professional development programme ‘Perspektivy’. The workshops aim to develop skills on news repoting and how best to promote it in the challenging environment of the digital era.
The Fritt Ord Foundation have an open position as senior advisor in the administration from September 2016.
Press release
Oslo, 24 June 2016
Grants for library literature programmes, 2016–17
Fritt Ord, Index on Censorship and the Free Word Centre invite the public to an evening with conversations on taboos on Tuesday, 21 June 2016, from 6 – 8 p.m. at Fritt Ord’s premises in Uranienborgveien 2 in Oslo.
PRESS RELEASE
Oslo, 17 June 2016
Loveleen Rihel Brenna and Walid al-Kubaisi were awarded the Freedom of Expression Foundation Tribute on Thursday 16 June 2016.
On Wednesday June 8, 6 p.m.-8 p.m. the Fritt Ord Foundation and the Institute for Social Research are hosting a debate on freedom of expression and racism at the Fritt Ord offices in Uranienborgveien 2, 0258 Oslo.
On Wednesday June 8, 6 p.m.-8 p.m. the Fritt Ord Foundation and the Institute for Social Research are hosting a debate on freedom of expression and racism at the Fritt Ord offices in Uranienborgveien 2, 0258 Oslo.
The New York Review of Books Foundation and the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Auswertige Politik are organising a two-day conference in Berlin on the current political and economic situation in the Middle East.
The New York Review of Books Foundation and the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Auswertige Politik are organising a two-day conference in Berlin on the current political and economic situation in the Middle East.
The Fritt Ord Foundation and Gammaglimt invite the public to a screening of the documentary film BLACKHEARTS, followed by a panel discussion on Thursday, 2 June 2016 at 7 p.m. at Uranienborgveien 2, Oslo. The panel consists of Sina Winter, Black Metal artist from Iran and the main character in the documentary, Kristian Eivind Espedal AKA Gaahl, former vocalist in the Black Metal band Gorgoroth, currently with the band Gaahl’s Wyrd, Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, Iran Human Rights, Jan Lothe Eriksen, SafeMuse and Fredrik Horn Akselsen, director.
The Fritt Ord Foundation and Gammaglimt invite the public to a screening of the documentary film BLACKHEARTS, followed by a panel discussion on Thursday, 2 June 2016 at 7 p.m. at Uranienborgveien 2, Oslo. The panel consists of Sina Winter, Black Metal artist from Iran and the main character in the documentary, Kristian Eivind Espedal AKA Gaahl, former vocalist in the Black Metal band Gorgoroth, currently with the band Gaahl’s Wyrd, Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, Iran Human Rights, Jan Lothe Eriksen, SafeMuse and Fredrik Horn Akselsen, director.
The Fritt Ord Foundation announces a call for applications for 10 annual grants of NOK 200 000 each for critics who write for daily or weekly newspapers, or who supply reviews to TV/radio. The grant scheme will provide aggregate funding of MNOK 6 over a three-year period.