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On 15 November, it’s Science Day! And Ghent is getting ready for a day full of discovery, curiosity and experimentation. Head to De Krook and Wintercircus for a buzzing science fair packed with hands-on experiments, surprising discoveries and fascinating talks. The Human Rights Research Network (HRRN) will be there too! Join us for […]
Credit: Olga Bubich, 2018, “Bigger than I” project. / Why are authoritarian and populist regimes of different parts of the world obsessed with rewriting the past? How has memory turned into one more battlefield and why do memory wars matter not less than physical wars? Drawing on insights from cognitive psychology, media theory, and political […]
– In de lente van 2020 laaide het debat over het koloniale verleden in alle hevigheid op. De wereldwijde protesten na de moord op George Floyd in de VS toonden hoe diep historisch onrecht doorwerkt in onze hedendaagse samenleving. In België kwam er een parlementaire commissie en verschillende steden startten een dekolonisatietraject. Maar waar staan […]
The Ghent Africa Platform (GAP) is pleased to announce its 19th annual symposium (GAPSYM19), themed “Voices, Rights, Justice in Africa”. The symposia organised by the Ghent University Association (AUGent) Africa Platform have been trendsetting in the Belgian academic landscape over the last 19 years, providing a unique interdisciplinary forum to showcase academic research conducted […]
Under the theme “From the 1976 Soweto Uprising to Constitutional Democracy – Reimagining the Future of Youth” Professor and South African Human Rights Commissioner Tshepo Madlingozi will engage in an intergenerational dialogue with young people selected by the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund. Together, they will reflect on the 30th anniversary of South Africa’s Constitution and the 50th […]
The Human Rights Research Network (HRRN) and the Justice Visions Research Group, Faculty of Law and Criminology, Ghent University, invite researchers, students and human rights practitioners to the transdisciplinary seminar ‘Building Capacities: Justice in the Absence of Transition’, which reflects on the possibilities and challenges of pursuing human rights and transitional justice amid ongoing violence […]
Gent Fair Trade, Oxfam Wereldwinkel Gent – centrum, Stad Gent, Wervel en De Landgenoten slaan de handen in elkaar Toxic Harvest is een krachtige documentaire die milieurechtvaardigheid en de schaduwzijde van industriële landbouw zichtbaar maakt, maar tegelijk ook hoopvolle agro-ecologische alternatieven toont. De film legt de verborgen impact bloot van gevaarlijke pesticiden en neemt als […]
