History Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/category/history/ An international non-profit organization of scientists, physicians, engineers and scholars dedicated to protecting the human rights and scientific freedom of our colleagues around the world. Wed, 17 Jan 2024 04:05:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/concernedscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cropped-64x64%40512px.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 History Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/category/history/ 32 32 59910430 Herman Winick Meets with Russian Refuseniks, June 1986 https://concernedscientists.org/2021/07/herman-winick-meets-with-russian-refuseniks-june-1986/ Thu, 01 Jul 2021 14:13:15 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=9177 Powered By EmbedPress

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]]> 9177 Joel Lebowitz’ Remembrances of Andrei Sakharov, December 27, 1978 https://concernedscientists.org/2021/07/joel-lebowitz-remembrances-of-andrei-sakharov-december-27-1978/ Thu, 01 Jul 2021 14:07:07 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=9167 Powered By EmbedPress

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]]> 9167 A History of the Committee of Concerned Scientists, 1970-2006 – via Columbia University Libraries https://concernedscientists.org/2011/08/a-history-of-the-committee-of-concerned-scientists-1970-2006-via-columbia-university-libraries/ Tue, 23 Aug 2011 18:05:15 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/redesign2011/?p=861 The Committee of Concerned Scientists (CCS) is a human rights organization composed of scientists, engineers, and scholars who promote academic and personal freedom for their colleagues worldwide. The Committee supports the rights of scientists to collaborate on research and share data, travel to conferences and meetings, and emigrate if they choose. More broadly, CCS advocates […]

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]]> 861 The CCS Archives at Columbia University https://concernedscientists.org/2009/02/the-ccs-archives-at-columbia-university/ Sun, 08 Feb 2009 19:05:50 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/redesign2011/?p=367 The archives of CCS have been deposited in Columbia University’s Rare Book and Manuscript Library. An online finding aid is available at the Library website.

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]]> 367 Human Rights Activities in Support of Computer Scientists by the CCS https://concernedscientists.org/2007/08/human-rights-activities-in-support-of-computer-scientists-by-the-ccs/ Fri, 10 Aug 2007 18:33:26 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/redesign2011/?p=304 by Dr Jack Minker, Vice-Chair for Computer Science The CCS was conceived as a human rights organization in 1972. Fred Pollack was Chair of the Executive Board and Ruth Levine was hired to be Executive Director. Jack Minker of the University of Maryland became first Computer Science Vice-Chair of CCS. Minker continues to serve in […]

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