This is the website for a project organised by Ed Emery, entitled The Free University.

Over the past 11 years [1999-2010] I have worked to create the Free University as a network of people around the world who develop research in a variety of fields, and periodically meet to discuss, hold seminars, present papers, organise theatre events, concerts etc.

The Free University is also known as Universitas adversitatis. In other words, the University of Adversity. Both in the sense of being an oppositional dissenting academy; and also in the sense of not having any money.

TheFreeUniversity.net is an umbrella website to cover the various seminars and conferences that we organise around the world.

These events are organised in London, Cambridge, Paris, Venice, Athens, Hydra, Istanbul and Jerusalem.

Previously our research websites were hosted on geocities.com. That company has now been bought by yahoo.com. In an act which can be described as a holocaust of the collective intellect, yahoo.com has wiped all geocities.com sites off the Internet, as of 26 October 2009.

Therefore, all our research activities of the past ten years are being placed together in this one site, for ease of access. Sigh, it is a lot of hard work.

The conference websites can be found at the addresses below.

Muwashshah Conferences [2004, 2007]

http://www.thefreeuniversity.net/Muwashshah

The Maqam Project @ SOAS

http://www.maqamproject.com and

http://www.youtube.com/maqamproject

Immanuello Romano research papers

http://www.thefreeuniversity.net/ImmanuelloRomano

Hydra Donkey Conferences [2005, 2007]

http://www.thefreeuniversity.net/DonkeyConference and

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7894465@N05/ and

http://www.donkeyconference.com/

Hydra Rebetiko Conferences [2000-2009 inclusive]

http://www.rebetology.com and

http://www.thefreeuniversity.net/Rebetology

London Fiddle Conferences [2004, 2006, 2009]

http://www.thefreeuniversity.net/FiddleConference

Immaterial Labour Conference [2006]

http://www.thefreeuniversity.net/ImmaterialLabour

Dante Conferences [2002, 2004]

http://www.thefreeuniversity.net/DanteStudies

Dario Fo / France Rame Conferences

http://www.thefreeuniversity.net/FoRameForum

Cognitive Capitalism Conference

http://www.thefreeuniversity.net/CognitiveCapitalism

Les Juifs de Salonique play

http://www.thefreeuniversity.net/LesJuifs

La Gatta Cenerentola play

http://www.thefreeuniversity.net/LaGatta

Materials related to The Famous SOAS Rebetiko Band

http://www.cdcarts.org/adhocrebetikoband/

Other material:

For Ed Emery’s writings go to:

http://www.thefreeuniversity.net/Writings

For various political pamphlets go to:

http://www.thefreeuniversity/Pamphlets

For Ed Emery’s photographs go to:

http://www.thefreeuniversity.net/Photographs

For Ed Emery’s translations go to:

http://www.thefreeuniversity.net/Translations

Contact: ed.emery [@] thefreeuniversity.net

Ed Emery
Cambridge

Last updated: 29.iii.10

Website: Universitas adversitatis