Wykład otwarty Marka A. Klenka

Wykład otwarty Marka A. Klenka pt. "How free is free? Freedom of Expression, Advocacy, Action."

Termin: 19 listopada 2026 r., godzina 11:40

Wykład odbędzie się online na platformie Microsoft Teams.

Link do spotkania: Doctoral School - Open Lecture - Mark Allen Klenk | Dołączanie do spotkania | Microsoft Teams

Zapraszamy wszystkich doktorantów do sali 1109, aby wspólnie uczestniczyć w wykładzie.

Tematyka wykładu:

From Understanding Repression to Building Effective Campaigns
Authors and journalists are increasingly confronted by censorship, imprisonment, violence, digital surveillance, judicial harassment, exile and transnational repression. In this interactive seminar, we will examine what freedom of expression means in practice—and how solidarity can become informed, strategic action.

What We Will Explore

• The global human rights situation: current threats faced by authors and journalists, and why these threats matter to everyone.
• How free is free? the distance between legal rights and lived reality, including censorship and self-censorship.
• Supporting freedom: practical ways individuals, universities and civil society can stand with writers and journalists at risk.
• Advocacy and awareness-raising: turning complex cases into ethical, compelling public communication.
• Effective campaigning: defining audiences, goals, messages, partners and actions that can produce meaningful change.

What We Will Do

• Discuss real-world patterns affecting writers, journalists and cultural workers.
• Test the boundaries of freedom through guided questions and group reflection.
• Develop an advocacy message for a clearly defined audience.
• Design an awareness-raising action and identify realistic measures of impact.
• Leave with practical tools for responsible, sustained campaigning

Mark Klenk is manager of Bureau Veritas Austria’s certification division and an American-born author, human rights advocate and literary leader based in Vienna. He bridges international civil-society advocacy with executive project management and has experience designing cross-border campaigns, moderating international human rights forums and protecting persecuted creative voices. His work connects literature, freedom of expression, mental health and global human rights frameworks.
His teaching brings academic inquiry into direct dialogue with the realities of international human rights advocacy, fostering critical engagement with freedom of expression, transnational repression and the practical challenges of protecting writers at risk.
Key CV Highlights

• Global Advocacy Leadership: Steering committee member of PEN International’s Writers in Prison Committee and Chair of PEN Austria’s Writers at Risk work, coordinating local and international solidarity campaigns, literary events and human rights advocacy.
• Public & Intercultural Dialogue: Author, translator, publisher and speaker who has presented literary human rights initiatives at major European cultural institutions, including the Belvedere Museum Vienna and international book fairs.
• Executive & Institutional Expertise: Combines non-profit governance experience with managerial skills, project-management credentials (pma/IPMA Level D certified), and expertise in organizational mental health and risk mitigation.