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Since 2017, 680 scientists and artists forced into exile have been supported by PAUSE<\/span><\/h5>\n” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
Depuis 2017, 680 scientifiques<\/strong> et artistes forc\u00e9\u00b7es \u00e0 l\u2019exil ont \u00e9t\u00e9 soutenu\u00b7es par PAUSE<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.4″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”106px” custom_margin=”0px||20px||false|false” content_en_us=”<\/p>\n
Since 2017, the PAUSE programme has enabled 587 researchers and 93 artists from over forty countries<\/strong> to integrate French research and cultural networks.<\/span><\/p>\nThere are many reasons why these men and women have gone into exile, reflecting the diversity of threats to scientific and artistic freedom around the world. War has forced 43% of them into exile<\/strong>. The countries of origin of those supported reflect the major geopolitical crises that have shaken the world in recent years: Syria, Yemen, Iraq, Ethiopia, Afghanistan, Iran, Ukraine, Russia, Sudan and, more recently, Palestine.<\/span><\/p>\nA third of the laureates were victims of state violence<\/strong>, including arbitrary arrest and imprisonment, often for political reasons. To give a few examples, several hundred Russian opponents were forced into exile after Russia invaded Ukraine. This was also the case for Belarusians, after the great protest movement of 2020. In Turkey too, in 2016, hundreds of academics who signed the \u2018Academics For Peace\u2019 petition were arrested, prosecuted and dismissed for their stance in favour of a peaceful resolution to the Kurdish conflict. The loss of their position within their home institution is the third main threat faced by the programme’s laureates<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\nFinally, others flee the violence perpetrated by non-state armed groups<\/strong>. In Iraq, for example, the takeover of Mosul by the Islamic State forced many civilians, including intellectuals, to flee. In Brazil, under the Bolsonaro era, death threats made by far-right groups against artists and academics have created a widespread climate of insecurity.<\/span><\/p>\n” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
Depuis 2017, le programme PAUSE a permis \u00e0 587 chercheurs et 93 artistes, originaires de plus d\u2019une quarantaine de pays<\/strong>, d’int\u00e9grer les r\u00e9seaux de recherche et culturels fran\u00e7ais.<\/span><\/p>\n
<\/span>Les raisons qui poussent ces femmes et ces hommes \u00e0 l’exil sont multiples et t\u00e9moignent de la diversit\u00e9 des menaces qui p\u00e8sent sur les libert\u00e9s scientifiques et artistiques dans le monde. La guerre a contraint \u00e0 l\u2019exil 43% d’entre eux.<\/strong> Les pays d\u2019origine des personnes soutenues refl\u00e8tent la cartographie des crises g\u00e9opolitiques majeures qui ont secou\u00e9 le monde\u00a0au cours des derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es : Syrie, Y\u00e9men, Irak, Ethiopie, Afghanistan, Iran, Ukraine, Russie, Soudan et plus r\u00e9cemment, la Palestine. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span>
Un tiers des laur\u00e9at\u00b7es ont \u00e9t\u00e9 victimes de violences d\u2019Etat<\/strong>, notamment d\u2019arrestations et d\u2019emprisonnements arbitraires, souvent pour des raisons politiques. Pour ne citer que quelques exemples, plusieurs centaines d\u2019opposants russes ont ainsi \u00e9t\u00e9 contraints \u00e0 l\u2019exil apr\u00e8s l\u2019invasion de l\u2019Ukraine par la Russie. Cela avait \u00e9galement \u00e9t\u00e9 le cas pour les Bi\u00e9lorusses, apr\u00e8s le grand mouvement de contestation de 2020. En Turquie \u00e9galement, en 2016, des centaines d’universitaires signataires de la p\u00e9tition “Academics For Peace” ont \u00e9t\u00e9 arr\u00eat\u00e9s, poursuivis et licenci\u00e9s pour leurs prises de position en faveur d’une r\u00e9solution pacifique du conflit kurde. Cette perte de position au sein de l’\u00e9tablissement d’origine constitue du reste la troisi\u00e8me principale menace<\/strong> rencontr\u00e9e par les laur\u00e9at\u00b7es du programme.<\/span><\/p>\n
<\/span>Enfin d\u2019autres fuient les violences perp\u00e9tr\u00e9es par des groupes arm\u00e9s non \u00e9tatiques<\/strong>. En Irak, par exemple, la prise de Mosul par l’\u00c9tat islamique a contraint de nombreux civils, dont des intellectuels, \u00e0 fuir. Au Br\u00e9sil, sous l’\u00e8re Bolsonaro, les menaces de mort prof\u00e9r\u00e9es par des groupes d’extr\u00eame droite \u00e0 l’encontre d’artistes et d’universitaires ont cr\u00e9\u00e9 un climat d’ins\u00e9curit\u00e9 g\u00e9n\u00e9ralis\u00e9.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider divider_weight=”2px” _builder_version=”4.23.4″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”8%” custom_margin=”2px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_letter_spacing=”0.4px” min_height=”49px” custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” content_en_us=”<\/p>\n
Faced with these threats, the PAUSE programme has, for the last 8 years, offered these researchers and artists a refuge and a new perspective, enabling them to continue their work in safety<\/span>.<\/h4>\n” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
Face \u00e0 ces menaces, le programme PAUSE offre, depuis 8 ans, un refuge et une nouvelle perspective \u00e0 ces chercheurs et \u00e0 ces artistes, leur permettant de poursuivre leurs travaux en s\u00e9curit\u00e9. <\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px||15px||false|false” content_en_us=”<\/p>\n
Mohamad Alaa Eddin Alali<\/strong>, Professor at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at Aleppo University in Syria, was hosted at the \u00c9cole Nationale Sup\u00e9rieure de l’\u00c9lectronique et de ses Applications (ENSEA) between 2017 and 2020. At the end of his contract, he obtained the qualification of lecturer at the same institution, then a diploma of Habilitation to direct research (HDR).<\/span><\/p>\n” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
Tel a \u00e9t\u00e9 le cas, par exemple, de Mohamad Alaa Eddin Alali<\/strong>, Professeur \u00e0 la Facult\u00e9 de G\u00e9nie \u00c9lectrique de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 d\u2019Alep, en Syrie, accueilli \u00e0 l\u2019\u00c9cole Nationale Sup\u00e9rieure de l\u2019\u00c9lectronique et de ses Applications (ENSEA) entre 2017 et 2020. \u00c0 la fin de son contrat, il a obtenu la qualification de maitre de conf\u00e9rences au sein du m\u00eame \u00e9tablissement, puis un dipl\u00f4me d\u2019Habilitation \u00e0 diriger des recherches (HDR).<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.4″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”100px” custom_margin=”0px||20px||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px|||” content_en_us=”<\/p>\n
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<\/td>\n\n%22When I arrived in France, my aim was to stabilise the lives of my family, especially my children, while ensuring the continuity of the professional activities I had started in Syria. My recruitment as a lecturer at ENSEA enabled me to pursue my research and teaching activities. I went from being a contract guest lecturer to being a civil servant lecturer, which made me eligible to become a member of the Board of Directors and the National Council of Universities. My goal is to obtain the status of university professor in France, a status I have held at Aleppo University since 2014: another battle to be fought, but with a lot less stress!<\/em>%22<\/span><\/p>\n<\/span><\/p>\n– Mohamad Alaa Eddin Alali<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
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<\/td>\n\n\u00ab \u00c0 mon arriv\u00e9e en France, j\u2019avais pour objectif de stabiliser la vie de ma famille, et surtout de mes enfants, tout en assurant la continuit\u00e9 de mes activit\u00e9s professionnelles d\u00e9marr\u00e9es en Syrie. Mon recrutement comme maitre de conf\u00e9rences \u00e0 l\u2019ENSEA m\u2019a permis de poursuivre mes activit\u00e9s de recherche et d\u2019enseignement. Je suis ainsi pass\u00e9 du statut de professeur invit\u00e9 contractuel au statut de maitre de conf\u00e9rences-HDR fonctionnaire, ce qui m\u2019a rendu \u00e9ligible aux fonctions de membre de Conseil d\u2019Administration et du Conseil National des Universit\u00e9s. Mon objectif est l\u2019obtention du statut de professeur des universit\u00e9s en France, statut que j\u2019ai \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 d\u2019Alep depuis 2014 : un autre combat \u00e0 mener mais avec beaucoup moins de stress !<\/em> \u00bb<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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Opening to artists in 2021<\/span><\/h4>\n” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
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The PAUSE programme aims to defend critical thinking, freedom of thought and freedom of expression and to offer a safe haven to those who are deprived of it. The first few years of the programme focused on supporting academics. However, the idea of offering an equivalent scheme to artists was born at the very beginning of PAUSE. In 2021, thanks to close cooperation with the Association nationale des \u00e9coles sup\u00e9rieures d’art (ANdEA) and the Atelier des artistes en exil, this idea became a reality<\/strong>. Since then, 93 artists<\/strong> have benefited from the programme’s support<\/strong> and the network of host structures continues to develop and diversify, offering artists in exile the opportunity to create, transmit and exhibit.<\/span><\/p>\n
<\/span>In this context, Omid Hashemi<\/strong>‘s testimony is worth mentioning. Born in a village in northern Iran, Omid is a multidisciplinary artist whose career has been marked by constant geographical mobility. From Iran to France via Turkey, his life experiences have shaped his art, which is nourished by a rich cultural diversity. With a doctorate in Aesthetics, Science and Technology of the Arts from the University of Paris 8, he has developed a singular artistic practice, at the crossroads of performance, installation and video art. The repression that followed the Women, Life, Freedom movement in Iran forced him into exile in 2022, leading him to pursue his creative work in a new context.<\/span><\/p>\n” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
Le programme PAUSE vise \u00e0 d\u00e9fendre l\u2019esprit critique, la libre-pens\u00e9e, la libert\u00e9 d\u2019expression et \u00e0 offrir un refuge \u00e0 celles et ceux qui en sont priv\u00e9.es. Les premi\u00e8res ann\u00e9es du programme ont \u00e9t\u00e9 concentr\u00e9es sur le soutien aux universitaires. Toutefois, l\u2019id\u00e9e d\u2019offrir un dispositif \u00e9quivalent aux artistes est n\u00e9e d\u00e8s l\u2019origine de PAUSE. En 2021, gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 une \u00e9troite coop\u00e9ration avec l\u2019Association nationale des \u00e9coles sup\u00e9rieures d\u2019art (ANdEA) et l\u2019Atelier des artistes en exil, cette volont\u00e9 se concr\u00e9tise<\/strong>. Depuis lors, 93 artistes ont pu b\u00e9n\u00e9ficier du soutien du programme <\/strong>et le r\u00e9seau des structures d\u2019accueil continue de se d\u00e9velopper et de se diversifier, offrant la possibilit\u00e9 \u00e0 des artistes en exil de cr\u00e9er, de transmettre, d\u2019exposer.<\/span><\/p>\n
On peut \u00e0 ce titre mentionner le t\u00e9moignage d\u2019Omid Hashemi<\/strong>. N\u00e9 dans un village du nord de l’Iran, Omid est un artiste multidisciplinaire dont le parcours est marqu\u00e9 par une mobilit\u00e9 g\u00e9ographique constante. De l’Iran \u00e0 la France en passant par la Turquie, ses exp\u00e9riences de vie ont fa\u00e7onn\u00e9 son art, nourri par une diversit\u00e9 culturelle riche. Titulaire d’un doctorat en Esth\u00e9tique, Science et Technologie des Arts de l’Universit\u00e9 Paris 8, il a d\u00e9velopp\u00e9 une pratique artistique singuli\u00e8re, \u00e0 la crois\u00e9e de la performance, de l’installation et du vid\u00e9o-art. La r\u00e9pression qui suit le mouvement Femme, Vie, Libert\u00e9 en Iran l’a contraint \u00e0 l\u2019exil en 2022, l’amenant \u00e0 poursuivre son travail cr\u00e9atif dans un nouveau contexte.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.4″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”100px” custom_margin=”0px||20px||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px|||” content_en_us=”<\/p>\n
\n\n\n\n%22The PAUSE programme has enabled me to fully establish myself as an artist in France, thanks to its economic support but also thanks to the network of artists to which it has given me access. Beyond the personal and professional links, France has enabled me to carry out both anthropological and artistic research with the help of other artists. I’ve found a place where I can develop the ideas I came up with during my years in Iran, i.e. the creation of a space for collaboration between different artists.<\/em>%22<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n– Omid Hashemi<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n
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\n\n\n\n\u00ab\u00a0Le Programme PAUSE m\u2019a permis de pleinement m\u2019\u00e9tablir en tant qu\u2019artiste en France, gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 son soutien \u00e9conomique mais aussi gr\u00e2ce au r\u00e9seau d\u2019artistes auquel il m\u2019a donn\u00e9 acc\u00e8s. Au-del\u00e0 des liens personnels et professionnels, la France me permet de r\u00e9aliser des recherches \u00e0 la fois anthropologiques et artistiques avec l\u2019aide d\u2019autres artistes. J\u2019y ai trouv\u00e9 un espace au sein duquel d\u00e9velopper mes id\u00e9es n\u00e9es lors de mes ann\u00e9es en Iran, c\u2019est-\u00e0-dire, la cr\u00e9ation d\u2019un espace de collaboration entre diff\u00e9rents artistes.<\/em> \u00bb<\/span><\/p>\n– <\/span>Omid Hashemi<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.programmepause.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Omid-H-300x300.png\")
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8 years of adapting to crises: key milestones<\/span><\/h4>\n” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
8 ans d\u2019adaptation face aux crises : les grandes \u00e9tapes<\/span><\/h4>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.4″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”100px” custom_margin=”0px||20px||false|false” content_en_us=”<\/p>\n
In 8 years, the programme has achieved a great deal<\/strong>. The programme team, the members of its governance and its scientific and artistic committee, its partners and funders and, of course, the more than 140 higher education and research establishments and cultural structures throughout France – hundreds of people – have formed a chain of solidarity to enable threatened scientists and artists to continue their creative or research work in France<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nOver the last few years, PAUSE has demonstrated its ability to react quickly to crises in a number of ways. In 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic paralysed the world, the programme quickly put in place exceptional measures to support the laureates<\/strong>. Extended funding enabled them to continue their research work, despite the health constraints.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nAdapting to health crises, but also, and above all, to geopolitical crises:<\/span><\/p>\nIn August 2021, when the Taliban took Kabul<\/strong>, thousands of Afghan men and women were trying to flee the country. The programme received hundreds of appeals for help from students, academics and artists. In September, the public authorities announced exceptional additional funding for the programme<\/strong>. An emergency procedure, developed in close collaboration with the French scientific and artistic communities and in constant cooperation with the Ministries of Europe and Foreign Affairs and the Interior, enabled 25 Afghan scientists and artists and their families to reach France in December, despite the constraints imposed by the closure of the country<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nIn February 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine<\/strong>, the programme set up two emergency funds, one for scientists and the other for artists and cultural professionals<\/strong>, in a matter of days, thanks once again to substantial financial support from the public authorities. The aim of these funds is to provide finance to enable them and their families to be sheltered for 3 months. 176 scientists and artists have benefited from these emergency funds in just a few months<\/strong>. At the same time, PAUSE is working closely with the French National Research Agency (ANR) to create a special scheme dedicated to Ukraine, and is funding more than a hundred scientists and artists under the programme’s traditional calls for proposals<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nIn 2022 alone, a total of almost 380 people, i.e. almost the same number as in the first 4 years (100 people per year)<\/strong>, the vast majority of whom are of Ukrainian or Russian origin, will be supported by PAUSE, which is undergoing a change of scale.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nSince the end of 2023, the programme has introduced a fast-track procedure for Palestinian scientists and artists<\/strong>, to enable rapid support that is not dependent on the timetable for the 3 annual calls for applications. However, of the 50 or so winners supported, only half have been able to travel to France with their families. The others are still trapped in Gaza, unable to leave the territory which is under blockade and under constant bombardment.<\/span><\/p>\nThese figures testify to the scale of the mobilisation and impact of the PAUSE programme and the entire network of players who are mobilising, committing themselves and adapting to support their scientific and artistic colleagues.<\/span><\/p>\n” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
En 8 ans, le programme a accompli beaucoup<\/strong>. L\u2019\u00e9quipe du programme, les membres de sa gouvernance et de son comit\u00e9 scientifique et artistique, mais aussi les partenaires et les financeurs, ainsi que, bien s\u00fbr, les plus de 140 \u00e9tablissements d\u2019enseignement sup\u00e9rieur, de recherche et structures culturelles sur l\u2019ensemble du territoire \u2013 <\/strong>des centaines de personnes \u2013 ont constitu\u00e9 une chaine de solidarit\u00e9 pour permettre \u00e0 des scientifiques et des artistes menac\u00e9\u00b7es de poursuivre en France leurs travaux de cr\u00e9ation ou de recherche.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
<\/strong><\/span>Au cours de ces derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es, plusieurs temps forts ont montr\u00e9 la capacit\u00e9 de PAUSE \u00e0 faire preuve d’une grande r\u00e9activit\u00e9 face aux crises. En 2020, alors que la pand\u00e9mie de Covid-19 paralysait le monde, le programme a rapidement mis en place des mesures exceptionnelles pour soutenir les laur\u00e9at\u00b7es<\/strong>. Des prolongations de financement ont ainsi permis \u00e0 ces derniers de poursuivre leurs travaux de recherche, malgr\u00e9 les contraintes sanitaires.<\/span><\/p>\n
Une adaptation face aux crises sanitaires mais aussi et surtout, g\u00e9opolitiques\u00a0:
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En ao\u00fbt 2021, lorsque les Talibans prennent Kaboul,<\/strong> des milliers d\u2019Afghans et d\u2019Afghanes cherchent \u00e0 fuir le pays. Le programme re\u00e7oit des centaines d\u2019appels \u00e0 l\u2019aide, d\u2019\u00e9tudiant\u00b7es, d\u2019universitaires, d\u2019artistes. D\u00e8s septembre, les pouvoirs publics <\/strong>annoncent un financement suppl\u00e9mentaire exceptionnel pour le programme<\/strong>. Une proc\u00e9dure d\u2019urgence, d\u00e9velopp\u00e9e en lien \u00e9troit avec les communaut\u00e9s scientifique et artistique fran\u00e7aises et en coop\u00e9ration constante avec les minist\u00e8res de l\u2019Europe et des Affaires \u00e9trang\u00e8res et de l\u2019Int\u00e9rieur, permet \u00e0 25 scientifiques et artistes afghan\u00b7es et \u00e0 leurs familles de rejoindre la France d\u00e8s d\u00e9cembre, en d\u00e9pit des contraintes li\u00e9es \u00e0 la fermeture du pays.
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En f\u00e9vrier 2022, alors que la Russie envahit l\u2019Ukraine, <\/strong>le programme met en place en quelques jours, gr\u00e2ce, l\u00e0 encore, \u00e0 un important soutien financier des pouvoirs publics, deux Fonds d\u2019urgence, l\u2019un pour les scientifiques et l\u2019autre pour les artistes et professionnels de la culture<\/strong>. L\u2019objectif de ces fonds est d\u2019offrir un financement pour permettre leur mise \u00e0 l\u2019abri, avec leur famille, pendant 3 mois. 176 scientifiques et artistes b\u00e9n\u00e9ficient de ces Fonds d\u2019Urgence en quelques mois.<\/strong> En parall\u00e8le, PAUSE travaille en \u00e9troite collaboration avec l\u2019Agence nationale de la Recherche (ANR) pour la cr\u00e9ation d\u2019un dispositif sp\u00e9cial d\u00e9di\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019Ukraine et finance plus d\u2019une centaine de scientifiques et d\u2019artistes <\/strong>dans le cadre des appels classiques du programme.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
Sur la seule ann\u00e9e 2022, au total, pr\u00e8s de <\/span>380 personnes<\/strong>, <\/span>soit quasiment l\u2019\u00e9quivalent des 4 premi\u00e8res ann\u00e9es <\/strong>(100 personnes par an), pour une grande majorit\u00e9 d\u2019origine ukrainienne ou russe, sont soutenues <\/span>par PAUSE, qui connait un changement d\u2019\u00e9chelle<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n
Depuis fin 2023, le programme a mis en place une proc\u00e9dure acc\u00e9l\u00e9r\u00e9e pour les scientifiques et les artistes palestiniens,<\/strong> afin de permettre un soutien rapide non tributaire du calendrier des 3 appels \u00e0 candidatures annuels. Toutefois, sur la cinquantaine de laur\u00e9at\u00b7es \u00a0soutenu\u00b7es, seule la moiti\u00e9 a pu rejoindre la France avec leurs familles, les autres \u00e9tant aujourd\u2019hui toujours \u00a0bloqu\u00e9es \u00e0 Gaza, dans l\u2019incapacit\u00e9 de quitter le territoire sous blocus et en proie \u00e0 des bombardements incessants.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
Ces chiffres t\u00e9moignent de l’ampleur de la mobilisation et de l’impact du programme PAUSE et de l\u2019ensemble du r\u00e9seau d\u2019acteurs qui se mobilisent, s\u2019engagent et s\u2019adaptent pour soutenir leurs coll\u00e8gues scientifiques et artistes.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.4″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”100px” custom_margin=”0px||20px||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px|||” content_en_us=”<\/p>\n
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<\/td>\n\nNatalia Bichurina<\/strong>, a lecturer in sociolinguistics at the University of St Petersburg, left Russia in 2022. Thanks to support from the PAUSE programme, she was taken on by the Languages and Civilisations with Oral Traditions Laboratory (LACITO) at the University of Paris III – Sorbonne Nouvelle until 2024. At the end of her two-year PAUSE contract, she passed the competitive examination for a position as a lecturer at this university.<\/span><\/p>\n
<\/span>%22Researchers in exile are lucky enough to be familiar with different backgrounds and academic traditions. This should be seen as an asset, a comparative vision that enables new approaches to be developed.<\/em>%22
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<\/td>\n\nNatalia Bichurina<\/strong>, enseignante de sociolinguistique \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Saint-P\u00e9tersbourg, a quitt\u00e9 la Russie en 2022. Gr\u00e2ce au soutien du programme PAUSE, \u00a0elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 accueillie par le laboratoire Langues et Civilisations \u00e0 Traditions Orales (LACITO) de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Paris III – Sorbonne Nouvelle jusqu\u2019en 2024. \u00c0 l\u2019issue de ses deux ans de contrat PAUSE, elle a r\u00e9ussi le concours pour un poste de ma\u00eetresse de conf\u00e9rence au sein de cette universit\u00e9.<\/span><\/p>\n
<\/span>\u00ab Les chercheurs en exil ont la chance de connaitre diff\u00e9rents milieux et traditions acad\u00e9miques. Cela devrait \u00eatre per\u00e7u comme un atout, une vision comparative qui permet de d\u00e9velopper de nouvelles approches<\/em>. \u00bb<\/p>\n<\/span><\/p>\n
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8 years of adapting to crises: key milestones<\/span><\/h4>\n” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
Apr\u00e8s 8 ans, quels d\u00e9fis, quelles perspectives\u00a0? <\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.4″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”100px” custom_margin=”0px||20px||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” content_en_us=”<\/p>\n
The results of the PAUSE programme are encouraging, but the challenges ahead are numerous. In the face of intensifying crises and growing demand from researchers and artists in exile, the question of funding for the programme is becoming increasingly acute<\/strong>. While ad hoc<\/em> solutions have been found in response to major crises, thanks to funding from ministries, foundations and patrons, it is essential to secure long-term, diversified sources of funding<\/strong> in order to meet the ever-increasing needs; challenges that are also faced by many host establishments, whose financial situation is precarious.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\nProfessional integration at the end of the programme<\/strong> is also a major issue. Although PAUSE offers funding for one year, renewable once (2 in the case of doctoral students), the question of socio-professional integration arises when opportunities in academic and artistic circles are limited. Two-thirds of laureates find a professional opportunity very quickly after PAUSE support, but many have to retrain<\/strong>. The programme helps them to do this by providing additional funding for training and setting up partnerships with experts in the field of professional integration, in particular the Bernard Gregory Association.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\nHowever, while the challenges are many, encouraging prospects are emerging, particularly at European level<\/strong>. Alongside its national activities, PAUSE is part of a wider European and international dynamic. A member of the InSPIREurope consortium since 2019<\/strong>, the programme works closely with its European counterparts to defend the cause of scientists in exile. The result of our collective lobbying efforts with European bodies, the pilot programme \u2018Supporting at-risk researchers with fellowships in Europe\u2019 (SAFE)<\/strong>, launched in September 2024, will provide funding for around 60 scientists at risk in research institutions in EU member states. At the end of this programme, in which PAUSE is a partner, a more permanent system of support for researchers at risk on a European scale could be set up.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\nIn eight years, PAUSE has demonstrated its effectiveness and, unfortunately, its indispensability. However, to meet the challenges of tomorrow, the programme needs stronger support. By securing and diversifying public and private funding, developing new partnerships and stepping up support for the winners, the programme will be able to continue to offer refuge to researchers and artists in exile.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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Since 2017, the PAUSE programme has enabled 587 researchers and 93 artists from over forty countries<\/strong> to integrate French research and cultural networks.<\/span><\/p>\n There are many reasons why these men and women have gone into exile, reflecting the diversity of threats to scientific and artistic freedom around the world. War has forced 43% of them into exile<\/strong>. The countries of origin of those supported reflect the major geopolitical crises that have shaken the world in recent years: Syria, Yemen, Iraq, Ethiopia, Afghanistan, Iran, Ukraine, Russia, Sudan and, more recently, Palestine.<\/span><\/p>\n A third of the laureates were victims of state violence<\/strong>, including arbitrary arrest and imprisonment, often for political reasons. To give a few examples, several hundred Russian opponents were forced into exile after Russia invaded Ukraine. This was also the case for Belarusians, after the great protest movement of 2020. In Turkey too, in 2016, hundreds of academics who signed the \u2018Academics For Peace\u2019 petition were arrested, prosecuted and dismissed for their stance in favour of a peaceful resolution to the Kurdish conflict. The loss of their position within their home institution is the third main threat faced by the programme’s laureates<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n Finally, others flee the violence perpetrated by non-state armed groups<\/strong>. In Iraq, for example, the takeover of Mosul by the Islamic State forced many civilians, including intellectuals, to flee. In Brazil, under the Bolsonaro era, death threats made by far-right groups against artists and academics have created a widespread climate of insecurity.<\/span><\/p>\n ” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Depuis 2017, le programme PAUSE a permis \u00e0 587 chercheurs et 93 artistes, originaires de plus d\u2019une quarantaine de pays<\/strong>, d’int\u00e9grer les r\u00e9seaux de recherche et culturels fran\u00e7ais.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span> [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider divider_weight=”2px” _builder_version=”4.23.4″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”8%” custom_margin=”2px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_letter_spacing=”0.4px” min_height=”49px” custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” content_en_us=”<\/p>\n ” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px||15px||false|false” content_en_us=”<\/p>\n Mohamad Alaa Eddin Alali<\/strong>, Professor at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at Aleppo University in Syria, was hosted at the \u00c9cole Nationale Sup\u00e9rieure de l’\u00c9lectronique et de ses Applications (ENSEA) between 2017 and 2020. At the end of his contract, he obtained the qualification of lecturer at the same institution, then a diploma of Habilitation to direct research (HDR).<\/span><\/p>\n ” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Tel a \u00e9t\u00e9 le cas, par exemple, de Mohamad Alaa Eddin Alali<\/strong>, Professeur \u00e0 la Facult\u00e9 de G\u00e9nie \u00c9lectrique de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 d\u2019Alep, en Syrie, accueilli \u00e0 l\u2019\u00c9cole Nationale Sup\u00e9rieure de l\u2019\u00c9lectronique et de ses Applications (ENSEA) entre 2017 et 2020. \u00c0 la fin de son contrat, il a obtenu la qualification de maitre de conf\u00e9rences au sein du m\u00eame \u00e9tablissement, puis un dipl\u00f4me d\u2019Habilitation \u00e0 diriger des recherches (HDR).<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.4″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”100px” custom_margin=”0px||20px||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px|||” content_en_us=”<\/p>\n %22When I arrived in France, my aim was to stabilise the lives of my family, especially my children, while ensuring the continuity of the professional activities I had started in Syria. My recruitment as a lecturer at ENSEA enabled me to pursue my research and teaching activities. I went from being a contract guest lecturer to being a civil servant lecturer, which made me eligible to become a member of the Board of Directors and the National Council of Universities. My goal is to obtain the status of university professor in France, a status I have held at Aleppo University since 2014: another battle to be fought, but with a lot less stress!<\/em>%22<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n – Mohamad Alaa Eddin Alali<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n ” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n \u00ab \u00c0 mon arriv\u00e9e en France, j\u2019avais pour objectif de stabiliser la vie de ma famille, et surtout de mes enfants, tout en assurant la continuit\u00e9 de mes activit\u00e9s professionnelles d\u00e9marr\u00e9es en Syrie. Mon recrutement comme maitre de conf\u00e9rences \u00e0 l\u2019ENSEA m\u2019a permis de poursuivre mes activit\u00e9s de recherche et d\u2019enseignement. Je suis ainsi pass\u00e9 du statut de professeur invit\u00e9 contractuel au statut de maitre de conf\u00e9rences-HDR fonctionnaire, ce qui m\u2019a rendu \u00e9ligible aux fonctions de membre de Conseil d\u2019Administration et du Conseil National des Universit\u00e9s. Mon objectif est l\u2019obtention du statut de professeur des universit\u00e9s en France, statut que j\u2019ai \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 d\u2019Alep depuis 2014 : un autre combat \u00e0 mener mais avec beaucoup moins de stress !<\/em> \u00bb<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n – Mohamad Alaa Eddin Alali<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider divider_weight=”2px” _builder_version=”4.23.4″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”8%” module_alignment=”right” custom_margin=”2px||||false|false” custom_padding=”|||0px|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_letter_spacing=”0.4px” min_height=”49px” custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” content_en_us=”<\/p>\n ” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.4″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”100px” custom_margin=”0px||20px||false|false” content_en_us=”<\/p>\n The PAUSE programme aims to defend critical thinking, freedom of thought and freedom of expression and to offer a safe haven to those who are deprived of it. The first few years of the programme focused on supporting academics. However, the idea of offering an equivalent scheme to artists was born at the very beginning of PAUSE. In 2021, thanks to close cooperation with the Association nationale des \u00e9coles sup\u00e9rieures d’art (ANdEA) and the Atelier des artistes en exil, this idea became a reality<\/strong>. Since then, 93 artists<\/strong> have benefited from the programme’s support<\/strong> and the network of host structures continues to develop and diversify, offering artists in exile the opportunity to create, transmit and exhibit.<\/span><\/p>\n ” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Le programme PAUSE vise \u00e0 d\u00e9fendre l\u2019esprit critique, la libre-pens\u00e9e, la libert\u00e9 d\u2019expression et \u00e0 offrir un refuge \u00e0 celles et ceux qui en sont priv\u00e9.es. Les premi\u00e8res ann\u00e9es du programme ont \u00e9t\u00e9 concentr\u00e9es sur le soutien aux universitaires. Toutefois, l\u2019id\u00e9e d\u2019offrir un dispositif \u00e9quivalent aux artistes est n\u00e9e d\u00e8s l\u2019origine de PAUSE. En 2021, gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 une \u00e9troite coop\u00e9ration avec l\u2019Association nationale des \u00e9coles sup\u00e9rieures d\u2019art (ANdEA) et l\u2019Atelier des artistes en exil, cette volont\u00e9 se concr\u00e9tise<\/strong>. Depuis lors, 93 artistes ont pu b\u00e9n\u00e9ficier du soutien du programme <\/strong>et le r\u00e9seau des structures d\u2019accueil continue de se d\u00e9velopper et de se diversifier, offrant la possibilit\u00e9 \u00e0 des artistes en exil de cr\u00e9er, de transmettre, d\u2019exposer.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.4″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”100px” custom_margin=”0px||20px||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px|||” content_en_us=”<\/p>\n %22The PAUSE programme has enabled me to fully establish myself as an artist in France, thanks to its economic support but also thanks to the network of artists to which it has given me access. Beyond the personal and professional links, France has enabled me to carry out both anthropological and artistic research with the help of other artists. I’ve found a place where I can develop the ideas I came up with during my years in Iran, i.e. the creation of a space for collaboration between different artists.<\/em>%22<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n – Omid Hashemi<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n <\/span><\/p>\n \n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n ” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n \u00ab\u00a0Le Programme PAUSE m\u2019a permis de pleinement m\u2019\u00e9tablir en tant qu\u2019artiste en France, gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 son soutien \u00e9conomique mais aussi gr\u00e2ce au r\u00e9seau d\u2019artistes auquel il m\u2019a donn\u00e9 acc\u00e8s. Au-del\u00e0 des liens personnels et professionnels, la France me permet de r\u00e9aliser des recherches \u00e0 la fois anthropologiques et artistiques avec l\u2019aide d\u2019autres artistes. J\u2019y ai trouv\u00e9 un espace au sein duquel d\u00e9velopper mes id\u00e9es n\u00e9es lors de mes ann\u00e9es en Iran, c\u2019est-\u00e0-dire, la cr\u00e9ation d\u2019un espace de collaboration entre diff\u00e9rents artistes.<\/em> \u00bb<\/span><\/p>\n – <\/span>Omid Hashemi<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n <\/span><\/p>\n \n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider divider_weight=”2px” _builder_version=”4.23.4″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”8%” custom_margin=”2px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_letter_spacing=”0.4px” min_height=”49px” custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” content_en_us=”<\/p>\n ” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.4″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”100px” custom_margin=”0px||20px||false|false” content_en_us=”<\/p>\n In 8 years, the programme has achieved a great deal<\/strong>. The programme team, the members of its governance and its scientific and artistic committee, its partners and funders and, of course, the more than 140 higher education and research establishments and cultural structures throughout France – hundreds of people – have formed a chain of solidarity to enable threatened scientists and artists to continue their creative or research work in France<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Over the last few years, PAUSE has demonstrated its ability to react quickly to crises in a number of ways. In 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic paralysed the world, the programme quickly put in place exceptional measures to support the laureates<\/strong>. Extended funding enabled them to continue their research work, despite the health constraints.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Adapting to health crises, but also, and above all, to geopolitical crises:<\/span><\/p>\n In August 2021, when the Taliban took Kabul<\/strong>, thousands of Afghan men and women were trying to flee the country. The programme received hundreds of appeals for help from students, academics and artists. In September, the public authorities announced exceptional additional funding for the programme<\/strong>. An emergency procedure, developed in close collaboration with the French scientific and artistic communities and in constant cooperation with the Ministries of Europe and Foreign Affairs and the Interior, enabled 25 Afghan scientists and artists and their families to reach France in December, despite the constraints imposed by the closure of the country<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n In February 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine<\/strong>, the programme set up two emergency funds, one for scientists and the other for artists and cultural professionals<\/strong>, in a matter of days, thanks once again to substantial financial support from the public authorities. The aim of these funds is to provide finance to enable them and their families to be sheltered for 3 months. 176 scientists and artists have benefited from these emergency funds in just a few months<\/strong>. At the same time, PAUSE is working closely with the French National Research Agency (ANR) to create a special scheme dedicated to Ukraine, and is funding more than a hundred scientists and artists under the programme’s traditional calls for proposals<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n In 2022 alone, a total of almost 380 people, i.e. almost the same number as in the first 4 years (100 people per year)<\/strong>, the vast majority of whom are of Ukrainian or Russian origin, will be supported by PAUSE, which is undergoing a change of scale.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Since the end of 2023, the programme has introduced a fast-track procedure for Palestinian scientists and artists<\/strong>, to enable rapid support that is not dependent on the timetable for the 3 annual calls for applications. However, of the 50 or so winners supported, only half have been able to travel to France with their families. The others are still trapped in Gaza, unable to leave the territory which is under blockade and under constant bombardment.<\/span><\/p>\n These figures testify to the scale of the mobilisation and impact of the PAUSE programme and the entire network of players who are mobilising, committing themselves and adapting to support their scientific and artistic colleagues.<\/span><\/p>\n ” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n En 8 ans, le programme a accompli beaucoup<\/strong>. L\u2019\u00e9quipe du programme, les membres de sa gouvernance et de son comit\u00e9 scientifique et artistique, mais aussi les partenaires et les financeurs, ainsi que, bien s\u00fbr, les plus de 140 \u00e9tablissements d\u2019enseignement sup\u00e9rieur, de recherche et structures culturelles sur l\u2019ensemble du territoire \u2013 <\/strong>des centaines de personnes \u2013 ont constitu\u00e9 une chaine de solidarit\u00e9 pour permettre \u00e0 des scientifiques et des artistes menac\u00e9\u00b7es de poursuivre en France leurs travaux de cr\u00e9ation ou de recherche.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.4″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”100px” custom_margin=”0px||20px||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px|||” content_en_us=”<\/p>\n Natalia Bichurina<\/strong>, a lecturer in sociolinguistics at the University of St Petersburg, left Russia in 2022. Thanks to support from the PAUSE programme, she was taken on by the Languages and Civilisations with Oral Traditions Laboratory (LACITO) at the University of Paris III – Sorbonne Nouvelle until 2024. At the end of her two-year PAUSE contract, she passed the competitive examination for a position as a lecturer at this university.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span>– Natalia Bichurina<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n ” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Natalia Bichurina<\/strong>, enseignante de sociolinguistique \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Saint-P\u00e9tersbourg, a quitt\u00e9 la Russie en 2022. Gr\u00e2ce au soutien du programme PAUSE, \u00a0elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 accueillie par le laboratoire Langues et Civilisations \u00e0 Traditions Orales (LACITO) de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Paris III – Sorbonne Nouvelle jusqu\u2019en 2024. \u00c0 l\u2019issue de ses deux ans de contrat PAUSE, elle a r\u00e9ussi le concours pour un poste de ma\u00eetresse de conf\u00e9rence au sein de cette universit\u00e9.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span>– Natalia Bichurina<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider divider_weight=”2px” _builder_version=”4.23.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”20px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_letter_spacing=”0.4px” min_height=”49px” custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” content_en_us=”<\/p>\n ” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.4″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”100px” custom_margin=”0px||20px||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” content_en_us=”<\/p>\n The results of the PAUSE programme are encouraging, but the challenges ahead are numerous. In the face of intensifying crises and growing demand from researchers and artists in exile, the question of funding for the programme is becoming increasingly acute<\/strong>. While ad hoc<\/em> solutions have been found in response to major crises, thanks to funding from ministries, foundations and patrons, it is essential to secure long-term, diversified sources of funding<\/strong> in order to meet the ever-increasing needs; challenges that are also faced by many host establishments, whose financial situation is precarious.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Professional integration at the end of the programme<\/strong> is also a major issue. Although PAUSE offers funding for one year, renewable once (2 in the case of doctoral students), the question of socio-professional integration arises when opportunities in academic and artistic circles are limited. Two-thirds of laureates find a professional opportunity very quickly after PAUSE support, but many have to retrain<\/strong>. The programme helps them to do this by providing additional funding for training and setting up partnerships with experts in the field of professional integration, in particular the Bernard Gregory Association.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n However, while the challenges are many, encouraging prospects are emerging, particularly at European level<\/strong>. Alongside its national activities, PAUSE is part of a wider European and international dynamic. A member of the InSPIREurope consortium since 2019<\/strong>, the programme works closely with its European counterparts to defend the cause of scientists in exile. The result of our collective lobbying efforts with European bodies, the pilot programme \u2018Supporting at-risk researchers with fellowships in Europe\u2019 (SAFE)<\/strong>, launched in September 2024, will provide funding for around 60 scientists at risk in research institutions in EU member states. At the end of this programme, in which PAUSE is a partner, a more permanent system of support for researchers at risk on a European scale could be set up.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n In eight years, PAUSE has demonstrated its effectiveness and, unfortunately, its indispensability. However, to meet the challenges of tomorrow, the programme needs stronger support. By securing and diversifying public and private funding, developing new partnerships and stepping up support for the winners, the programme will be able to continue to offer refuge to researchers and artists in exile.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
<\/span>Les raisons qui poussent ces femmes et ces hommes \u00e0 l’exil sont multiples et t\u00e9moignent de la diversit\u00e9 des menaces qui p\u00e8sent sur les libert\u00e9s scientifiques et artistiques dans le monde. La guerre a contraint \u00e0 l\u2019exil 43% d’entre eux.<\/strong> Les pays d\u2019origine des personnes soutenues refl\u00e8tent la cartographie des crises g\u00e9opolitiques majeures qui ont secou\u00e9 le monde\u00a0au cours des derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es : Syrie, Y\u00e9men, Irak, Ethiopie, Afghanistan, Iran, Ukraine, Russie, Soudan et plus r\u00e9cemment, la Palestine. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
Un tiers des laur\u00e9at\u00b7es ont \u00e9t\u00e9 victimes de violences d\u2019Etat<\/strong>, notamment d\u2019arrestations et d\u2019emprisonnements arbitraires, souvent pour des raisons politiques. Pour ne citer que quelques exemples, plusieurs centaines d\u2019opposants russes ont ainsi \u00e9t\u00e9 contraints \u00e0 l\u2019exil apr\u00e8s l\u2019invasion de l\u2019Ukraine par la Russie. Cela avait \u00e9galement \u00e9t\u00e9 le cas pour les Bi\u00e9lorusses, apr\u00e8s le grand mouvement de contestation de 2020. En Turquie \u00e9galement, en 2016, des centaines d’universitaires signataires de la p\u00e9tition “Academics For Peace” ont \u00e9t\u00e9 arr\u00eat\u00e9s, poursuivis et licenci\u00e9s pour leurs prises de position en faveur d’une r\u00e9solution pacifique du conflit kurde. Cette perte de position au sein de l’\u00e9tablissement d’origine constitue du reste la troisi\u00e8me principale menace<\/strong> rencontr\u00e9e par les laur\u00e9at\u00b7es du programme.<\/span><\/p>\n
<\/span>Enfin d\u2019autres fuient les violences perp\u00e9tr\u00e9es par des groupes arm\u00e9s non \u00e9tatiques<\/strong>. En Irak, par exemple, la prise de Mosul par l’\u00c9tat islamique a contraint de nombreux civils, dont des intellectuels, \u00e0 fuir. Au Br\u00e9sil, sous l’\u00e8re Bolsonaro, les menaces de mort prof\u00e9r\u00e9es par des groupes d’extr\u00eame droite \u00e0 l’encontre d’artistes et d’universitaires ont cr\u00e9\u00e9 un climat d’ins\u00e9curit\u00e9 g\u00e9n\u00e9ralis\u00e9.<\/span><\/p>\nFaced with these threats, the PAUSE programme has, for the last 8 years, offered these researchers and artists a refuge and a new perspective, enabling them to continue their work in safety<\/span>.<\/h4>\n
Face \u00e0 ces menaces, le programme PAUSE offre, depuis 8 ans, un refuge et une nouvelle perspective \u00e0 ces chercheurs et \u00e0 ces artistes, leur permettant de poursuivre leurs travaux en s\u00e9curit\u00e9. <\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n
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<\/span>In this context, Omid Hashemi<\/strong>‘s testimony is worth mentioning. Born in a village in northern Iran, Omid is a multidisciplinary artist whose career has been marked by constant geographical mobility. From Iran to France via Turkey, his life experiences have shaped his art, which is nourished by a rich cultural diversity. With a doctorate in Aesthetics, Science and Technology of the Arts from the University of Paris 8, he has developed a singular artistic practice, at the crossroads of performance, installation and video art. The repression that followed the Women, Life, Freedom movement in Iran forced him into exile in 2022, leading him to pursue his creative work in a new context.<\/span><\/p>\n
On peut \u00e0 ce titre mentionner le t\u00e9moignage d\u2019Omid Hashemi<\/strong>. N\u00e9 dans un village du nord de l’Iran, Omid est un artiste multidisciplinaire dont le parcours est marqu\u00e9 par une mobilit\u00e9 g\u00e9ographique constante. De l’Iran \u00e0 la France en passant par la Turquie, ses exp\u00e9riences de vie ont fa\u00e7onn\u00e9 son art, nourri par une diversit\u00e9 culturelle riche. Titulaire d’un doctorat en Esth\u00e9tique, Science et Technologie des Arts de l’Universit\u00e9 Paris 8, il a d\u00e9velopp\u00e9 une pratique artistique singuli\u00e8re, \u00e0 la crois\u00e9e de la performance, de l’installation et du vid\u00e9o-art. La r\u00e9pression qui suit le mouvement Femme, Vie, Libert\u00e9 en Iran l’a contraint \u00e0 l\u2019exil en 2022, l’amenant \u00e0 poursuivre son travail cr\u00e9atif dans un nouveau contexte.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n
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8 ans d\u2019adaptation face aux crises : les grandes \u00e9tapes<\/span><\/h4>\n
<\/strong><\/span>Au cours de ces derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es, plusieurs temps forts ont montr\u00e9 la capacit\u00e9 de PAUSE \u00e0 faire preuve d’une grande r\u00e9activit\u00e9 face aux crises. En 2020, alors que la pand\u00e9mie de Covid-19 paralysait le monde, le programme a rapidement mis en place des mesures exceptionnelles pour soutenir les laur\u00e9at\u00b7es<\/strong>. Des prolongations de financement ont ainsi permis \u00e0 ces derniers de poursuivre leurs travaux de recherche, malgr\u00e9 les contraintes sanitaires.<\/span><\/p>\n
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En ao\u00fbt 2021, lorsque les Talibans prennent Kaboul,<\/strong> des milliers d\u2019Afghans et d\u2019Afghanes cherchent \u00e0 fuir le pays. Le programme re\u00e7oit des centaines d\u2019appels \u00e0 l\u2019aide, d\u2019\u00e9tudiant\u00b7es, d\u2019universitaires, d\u2019artistes. D\u00e8s septembre, les pouvoirs publics <\/strong>annoncent un financement suppl\u00e9mentaire exceptionnel pour le programme<\/strong>. Une proc\u00e9dure d\u2019urgence, d\u00e9velopp\u00e9e en lien \u00e9troit avec les communaut\u00e9s scientifique et artistique fran\u00e7aises et en coop\u00e9ration constante avec les minist\u00e8res de l\u2019Europe et des Affaires \u00e9trang\u00e8res et de l\u2019Int\u00e9rieur, permet \u00e0 25 scientifiques et artistes afghan\u00b7es et \u00e0 leurs familles de rejoindre la France d\u00e8s d\u00e9cembre, en d\u00e9pit des contraintes li\u00e9es \u00e0 la fermeture du pays.
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En f\u00e9vrier 2022, alors que la Russie envahit l\u2019Ukraine, <\/strong>le programme met en place en quelques jours, gr\u00e2ce, l\u00e0 encore, \u00e0 un important soutien financier des pouvoirs publics, deux Fonds d\u2019urgence, l\u2019un pour les scientifiques et l\u2019autre pour les artistes et professionnels de la culture<\/strong>. L\u2019objectif de ces fonds est d\u2019offrir un financement pour permettre leur mise \u00e0 l\u2019abri, avec leur famille, pendant 3 mois. 176 scientifiques et artistes b\u00e9n\u00e9ficient de ces Fonds d\u2019Urgence en quelques mois.<\/strong> En parall\u00e8le, PAUSE travaille en \u00e9troite collaboration avec l\u2019Agence nationale de la Recherche (ANR) pour la cr\u00e9ation d\u2019un dispositif sp\u00e9cial d\u00e9di\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019Ukraine et finance plus d\u2019une centaine de scientifiques et d\u2019artistes <\/strong>dans le cadre des appels classiques du programme.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
Sur la seule ann\u00e9e 2022, au total, pr\u00e8s de <\/span>380 personnes<\/strong>, <\/span>soit quasiment l\u2019\u00e9quivalent des 4 premi\u00e8res ann\u00e9es <\/strong>(100 personnes par an), pour une grande majorit\u00e9 d\u2019origine ukrainienne ou russe, sont soutenues <\/span>par PAUSE, qui connait un changement d\u2019\u00e9chelle<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n
Depuis fin 2023, le programme a mis en place une proc\u00e9dure acc\u00e9l\u00e9r\u00e9e pour les scientifiques et les artistes palestiniens,<\/strong> afin de permettre un soutien rapide non tributaire du calendrier des 3 appels \u00e0 candidatures annuels. Toutefois, sur la cinquantaine de laur\u00e9at\u00b7es \u00a0soutenu\u00b7es, seule la moiti\u00e9 a pu rejoindre la France avec leurs familles, les autres \u00e9tant aujourd\u2019hui toujours \u00a0bloqu\u00e9es \u00e0 Gaza, dans l\u2019incapacit\u00e9 de quitter le territoire sous blocus et en proie \u00e0 des bombardements incessants.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
Ces chiffres t\u00e9moignent de l’ampleur de la mobilisation et de l’impact du programme PAUSE et de l\u2019ensemble du r\u00e9seau d\u2019acteurs qui se mobilisent, s\u2019engagent et s\u2019adaptent pour soutenir leurs coll\u00e8gues scientifiques et artistes.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n
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<\/span>%22Researchers in exile are lucky enough to be familiar with different backgrounds and academic traditions. This should be seen as an asset, a comparative vision that enables new approaches to be developed.<\/em>%22
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<\/span>\u00ab Les chercheurs en exil ont la chance de connaitre diff\u00e9rents milieux et traditions acad\u00e9miques. Cela devrait \u00eatre per\u00e7u comme un atout, une vision comparative qui permet de d\u00e9velopper de nouvelles approches<\/em>. \u00bb<\/p>\n8 years of adapting to crises: key milestones<\/span><\/h4>\n
Apr\u00e8s 8 ans, quels d\u00e9fis, quelles perspectives\u00a0? <\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n