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Events from November 2017
January 2017
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09 Jan
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13 Jan
Resilience is a powerful idea(l) whose deployment spans the macro-level of ecological and economic systems to the micro-level of selves, and the complex circuits of power between them. What does an ethics of self that privileges resilience look like? Which subjects does it shape under its auspices? This presentation takes resilience as a point of departure to tell yet another tale of neoliberal governmentality, and explores the gendered character of this neoliberal mode of subjectification.Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering campus
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13 Jan
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13 Jan to 29 Jan
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20 Jan
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20 Jan
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24 Jan
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25 Jan
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26 Jan
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30 Jan
February 2017
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06 Feb to 11 Feb
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06 Feb to 10 Feb
Corrosion consumes up to 1-5% of a nation's GNP and induces both health and safety issues. An overview of the fundamentals of this phenomenon together with the understanding and application of highly advanced characterisation technologies are the aims of this advanced training.Advanced Electromechanical School for PhD students and industrial researchers by SURF
Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering campus
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06 Feb
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07 Feb
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09 Feb to 10 Feb
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10 Feb
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12 Feb to 28 May
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13 Feb to 26 May
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13 FebThis research provides a critical analysis of the concept of harmful cultural practices (HCP) by focusing on ‘moralities’ regulating the female body. The empirical research aims at investigating discourses of ‘harm’ in traditional practices such as veiling, as well as those practices which are usually left out in the literature of HCP, such as beauty practices and cosmetic surgeries.
Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering campus
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13 Feb
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14 Feb
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14 Feb
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14 Feb
Redelijk Eigenzinnig is een interdisciplinair keuzevak voor studenten en een lezingen- en activiteitenreeks voor een breed publiek. Op dinsdag 14 februari gaan we op ontdekking in de Matongé-wijk, van 20u tot 21u30 onder begeleding van KUUMBAvzw. Zie www.redelijkeigenzinnig.be.Wandeling by Redelijk Eigenzinnig
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15 Feb
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17 Feb
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18 Feb
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20 Feb to 26 May
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21 Feb to 18 May
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21 Feb
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22 Feb
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22 Feb
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24 Feb
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27 Feb
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28 Feb to 01 Mar
March 2017
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01 Mar
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02 Mar to 03 Mar
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06 Mar
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07 Mar
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07 Mar In her book “The Moral Case for Abortion” Ann Furedi sets out the ethical arguments to respect a woman's right to decide. Drawing on the traditions of sociological thinking and moral philosophy, it maintains that there is a strong moral case for recognizing autonomy in personal decision-making about reproductive intentions. More than this, it argues that to prevent a woman from making her own choice to continue or end her pregnancy is to undermine the essence of her humanity.
The lecture by Ann Furedi will be followed by a panel discussion with Freddy Mortier, Ladan Rahbari, Lucie Van Crombrugge, Anne Verougstraete and Carine Vrancken.
Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering campus
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07 Mar
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08 Mar
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08 Mar
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09 Mar
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09 Mar
Women’s sexual, reproductive and health rights are related to multiple human rights including the right to life, the right to be free from torture, the right to health, the right to privacy, the right to education, and the prohibition of discrimination. Nevertheless, violations of these rights are frequent, due to the inaccessibility or denial of access to services, the imposition of societal values concerning women’s sexuality, poverty and power inequalities on the intersections of gender, age, sexual orientation, ethnicity or religion. In this lunch seminar, we present research and projects on sexual health and rights from a variety of contexts and offer a humanist perspective on the global challenges to the realization of these rights.
Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering campus
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09 Mar
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10 Mar
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10 Mar
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14 Mar
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14 Mar
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16 Mar to 31 Dec
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16 Mar
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16 Mar
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17 Mar
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18 Mar
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21 Mar
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21 Mar
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21 Mar
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22 Mar
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23 Mar
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24 Mar
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24 Mar
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25 Mar
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27 Mar
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28 Mar
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30 Mar
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30 Mar
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31 Mar
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31 Mar
April 2017
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18 Apr
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20 Apr
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20 Apr
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20 Apr
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21 Apr
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23 Apr
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23 Apr
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24 Apr
Radicalism, in the sense of quality or state of being radical, seems an inevitable condition linked to conversion. Already in 1902, William James makes an irrevocable correlation between conversion and radicalism. Although many scholars have since then made several attempts to confirm, deconstruct or debunk this interrelationship, after 9/11, Belgian Muslim converts were predominantly framed as radical. Besides the proposition that radicalism is an inherent part of the conversion process, conversion is also viewed as treason. While female Muslim conversions were and are still understood as passive and emotional processes, male Muslim converts were previously framed as active and rational subjects but after 9/11 and particularly in the aftermath of the Syrian civil war, they are viewed as suspicious and violent radicals.
Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering campus
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24 Apr
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26 Apr
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27 Apr
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27 Apr
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27 Apr
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28 Apr
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28 Apr
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28 Apr
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28 Apr
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28 Apr
May 2017
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03 May
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03 May
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04 May
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04 May
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04 May
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05 May
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05 May
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07 May to 11 May
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08 May
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09 May
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10 May
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11 May
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11 May
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11 May to 16 May
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11 May
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11 May
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11 May
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12 May
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12 May
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15 May
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17 May
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18 MayOne of the main challenges in intersectionality research in the social sciences is selecting the right method or combination of methods. Compared to studies that examine uniform categories (e.g. women) or multiple categories (e.g. women and ethnic minorities), intersectional research questions the fixed categories that guide traditional paradigms and methods. Inspired by real-world contexts, in which for example political identities are formed and contested, intersectionality opens a fuzzy black box in which categories are not pre-defined. How can we do justice to this complexity, while still completing a research project with tangible empirical results based on systematic inquiry? Drawing on my past and ongoing mixed method research on political representation and participation of citizens with a migration background this lecture will demonstrate how political ethnography offers a new avenue to tackle this dilemma. In this lecture, political ethnography is conceived as an approach, rather than a method, that may include both qualitative and quantitative methods. Methods that will be covered are in-depth interviews, content analysis, and participant observation.
Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering campus
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18 May to 19 MayThe Gender Research Seminar is a yearly interdisciplinary course, organized by VUB, UGent and UA, that offers advanced training in research methods in the field of gender and diversity studies. The seminar relates gender to broader issues of diversity, epistemology and questions of (in)equality in power in society, culture and politics from a critical research perspective. In 2016-2017 the seminar will be organized at VUB. This year’s focus is on ‘Intersectionality: Theory, Concepts and Methods’. Intersectionality refers to the interaction between differentiating social categories such as gender, ‘race’, class, sexual orientation and age which impact upon individual experiences and create hierarchies of power, discrimination and privilege. Students are invited to reflect upon how intersectionality impacts upon key concepts, research design and methodology in their research. How does an intersectionality perspective affect our understanding of social phenomena? How does it change how we define and study our object of inquiry? How can we apply an intersectionality perspective when doing qualitative as well as quantitative research and interpreting data?
Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering campus
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18 May At the heart of our current understanding of intersectionality lies the notion of multiple inequalities; the same notion that is at the roots of the most-used quantitative techniques in the social sciences. In this lecture, I will go back to this heart and these roots to stimulate a well-informed discussion of how intersectionality and quantitative research can benefit each other.
Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering campus
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18 May
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19 May After conducting many years of ‘classical’ ethnographic fieldwork among refugees on Cyprus, I started field research in hospitals, community medical settings and medical schools in Belgium, England and Cyprus. My collaborations with clinical and biomedical scientists have led to an ongoing dialogue about ethnography and reflections of how different research cultures can clash or merge. I discuss, through some ethnographic vignettes from my own research journey, some of the barriers and facilitators social scientists working in medical research units may face in their engagements with ethnography. I conclude with some suggestions about how the profile of social scientific work in medicine can be raised through an intersectional approach in the collaborations with clinicians.
Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering campus
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19 May Understanding intersectionality both as a critical power analytics and social justice praxis, this conference addresses a set of issues regarding its depoliticizing within the neoliberal university. Seeking specifically to answer how race gets erased in much of the contemporary (feminist) intersectionality research and teaching, it unpacks our academic practices that contribute to the whitening of this initially insurgent knowledge firmly rooted in black feminist thought and activism, and suggests possible avenues to counter its governmentalizing and reclaim its radical transformative potential.
Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering campus
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19 May
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20 May
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21 May
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22 May to 23 May
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22 May
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22 May Political Science has identified a so-called “Gender Gap” in Radical Right Party (RRP) voting. Despite the centrality of class, gender and ethnicity/race, as well as emotions for this debate in the literature on RRP’s, these concepts have not been studied as intersecting and little consideration has been made to the role they might play in explaining the gendered difference in RRP support. This paper calls for a theorization of emotions that permeate the scholarly debate. Combined with an intersectional perspective, Affect Theory can help us understand how politically mobilized emotions are shaped, and in turn, shaping multiple and intersecting categories of difference and inequalities.
Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering campus
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22 May
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23 May
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23 May
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24 May
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26 May
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29 May to 23 Jun
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31 May
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31 May
June 2017
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01 Jun
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02 Jun
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02 Jun
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07 Jun
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08 Jun
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08 Jun to 09 Jun
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08 Jun to 09 JunThe Academic Seminar on “Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting at the intersection of qualitative, quantitative and mixed method research – Experiences from Africa and Europe”, will take place in Brussels, on June 8 and 9 2017. The aim of the seminar is to discuss the added value of research in the campaign towards abandoning FGM, the do’s and don’ts and propose recommendations for researching FGM/C. Academics and professionals from Europe and Africa will present papers on qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods research on FGM/C.
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08 Jun
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09 Jun
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13 Jun
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16 Jun
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19 Jun
Social activists and feminists in the West have shown their solidarity with Muslim women in different ways. This research is based on life stories of Iranian female migrants currently residing in Belgium, and explores their perceptions of Western campaigns of solidarity with Muslim women. The lecture will address how women’s understanding of the two contexts’ differences is not based on binary East-West categorization but a far more complex differentiation of cultural, moral and political possibilities and limitations. The research depicts an exploratory image of the life of the respondents in contemporary Europe and the relations between their intersectional identifications and their perceptions of their body and bodily practices. -
21 Jun
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21 Jun
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26 Jun to 30 Jun
July 2017
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03 Jul to 14 Jul
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03 Jul to 05 Jul
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04 Jul
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09 Jul to 22 Jul
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13 Jul to 27 Jul
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13 Jul
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25 Jul to 17 Sep
August 2017
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07 Aug to 11 Aug
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07 Aug to 11 Aug
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15 Aug to 15 Sep
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30 Aug
September 2017
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01 Sep
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02 Sep
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05 Sep
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07 Sep
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08 Sep
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11 Sep
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12 Sep
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13 Sep
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18 Sep to 22 Sep
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18 Sep to 21 Sep
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18 Sep
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19 Sep
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20 Sep
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20 Sep
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21 Sep to 25 Sep
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21 Sep
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21 Sep
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22 Sep
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22 Sep
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22 Sep
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22 Sep
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23 Sep
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25 Sep to 27 Sep
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25 Sep
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25 Sep
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25 Sep
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25 Sep
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25 Sep
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25 Sep to 22 Dec
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25 Sep
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26 Sep
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27 Sep
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27 Sep to 14 Oct
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27 Sep
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27 Sep
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28 Sep
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28 Sep
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28 Sep
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29 Sep to 30 Sep
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29 Sep
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29 Sep
October 2017
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02 Oct to 06 Oct
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02 Oct to 06 Oct
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02 Oct
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02 Oct
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03 Oct to 12 Dec
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03 Oct to 05 Dec
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03 Oct
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04 Oct to 13 Dec
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05 Oct
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05 Oct
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05 Oct
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06 Oct
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07 Oct to 14 Oct
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07 Oct to 14 Oct
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09 Oct to 20 Oct
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09 Oct
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10 Oct
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10 Oct
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10 Oct
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10 Oct
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12 Oct
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12 Oct
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12 Oct
EN/ Reason and Engage (VUB) is an interdisciplinary course for students and a series of lectures and activities open to all. We invite experts from different disciplines to share findings and opinions on a chosen theme. Events take place at various locations in Brussels. The third edition (2017-2018) explores the scopes and impact of new technologies.
On Thursday 12th of October 2017 the third edition starts with an inaugural lecture of Peter-Paul Verbeek at BOZAR (Ravensteinstraat 23, 1000 Brussel 6PM).
inaugural lecture / openingslezing by Redelijk Eigenzinnig / Reason and Engage (VUB)
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12 Oct
EN/ Reason and Engage (VUB) is an interdisciplinary course for students and a series of lectures and activities open to all. We invite experts from different disciplines to share findings and opinions on a chosen theme. Events take place at various locations in Brussels. The third edition (2017-2018) explores the scopes and impact of new technologies.
On Thursday 12th of October 2017 the third edition starts with an inaugural lecture of Peter-Paul Verbeek at BOZAR (Ravensteinstraat 23, 1000 Brussel 6PM).
inaugural lecture / openingslezing by Redelijk Eigenzinnig / Reason and Engage (VUB)
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13 Oct
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13 Oct
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16 Oct
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17 Oct
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17 Oct
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17 Oct
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17 Oct
Reason and Engage (VUB) is an interdisciplinary course for students and a series of lectures and activities open to all. We invite experts from different disciplines to share findings and opinions on a chosen theme. Events take place at various locations in Brussels. The third edition (2017-2018) explores the scopes and impact of new technologies. More information: www.redelijkeigenzinnig.be
On Tuesday 17th of October 2017 Redelijk Eigenzinnig / Reason and Engage (VUB) invites Bernard Manderick, Mireille Hildebrandt & Joost Vandenbroele for a lecture <Democracy (as a successful misunderstanding) in an algorithmic world>.
Lecture by Redelijk Eigenzinnig / Reason and Engage (VUB)
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17 Oct
Reason and Engage (VUB) is an interdisciplinary course for students and a series of lectures and activities open to all. We invite experts from different disciplines to share findings and opinions on a chosen theme. Events take place at various locations in Brussels. The third edition (2017-2018) explores the scopes and impact of new technologies. More information: www.redelijkeigenzinnig.be
On Tuesday 17th of October 2017 Redelijk Eigenzinnig / Reason and Engage (VUB) will explore scopes of online participation tools. This workshop takes place at Via Via (Baksteenkaai 74, 1000 Brussel) and starts at 8PM.
Workshop by Redelijk Eigenzinnig / Reason and Engage (VUB)
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18 Oct
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19 Oct
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19 Oct
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21 Oct
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23 Oct
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26 Oct
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27 Oct
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27 Oct
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30 Oct
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31 Oct
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31 Oct
November 2017
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06 Nov
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07 Nov
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07 Nov
NL/ Redelijk Eigenzinnig (VUB) is een interdisciplinair keuzevak voor studenten en een lezingen- en activiteitenreeks voor het brede publiek. De publieksactiviteiten belichten elk jaar één centraal thema vanuit verschillende disciplines. Ze vinden plaats op diverse Brusselse locaties. Editie 2017-2018 verkent de mogelijkheden en impact van nieuwe technologieën. Meer info: http://www.redelijkeigenzinnig.be
EN/ Reason and Engage (VUB) is an interdisciplinary course for students and a series of lectures and activities open to all. We invite experts from different disciplines to share findings and opinions on a chosen theme. Events take place at various locations in Brussels. The third edition (2017-2018) explores the scopes and impact of new technologies. More information: http://www.redelijkeigenzinnig.be
On Tuesday 7th of November 2017 Redelijk Eigenzinnig / Reason and Engage (VUB) invites Sophie Wennerscheid & Bram Vanderborght for their lecture <The science & fiction of human/robot relationships> at iMAL (Koolmijnenkaai 30 - 1080 Brussel). This lecture will be in English.
Lecture by Redelijk Eigenzinnig / Reason and Engage (VUB)
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07 Nov
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07 Nov
EN/ Reason and Engage (VUB) is an interdisciplinary course for students and a series of lectures and activities open to all. We invite experts from different disciplines to share findings and opinions on a chosen theme. Events take place at various locations in Brussels. The third edition (2017-2018) explores the scopes and impact of new technologies.
On Tuesday 7th of November 2017 iMAL invites the Redelijk Eigenzinnig / Reason and Engage (VUB) audience to experience a selection of artistic works on Human/Machine interactions. This activity starts at 8PM at iMAL (Koolmijnenkaai 30 - 1080 Brussel).
performance by Redelijk Eigenzinnig / Reason and Engage (VUB)
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08 Nov
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10 Nov
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16 Nov
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17 Nov
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18 Nov to 19 Dec
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20 Nov
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21 Nov Reason and Engage (VUB) is an interdisciplinary course for students and a series of lectures and activities open to all. We invite experts from different disciplines to share findings and opinions on a chosen theme. Events take place at various locations in Brussels. The third edition (2017-2018) explores the scopes and impact of new technologies.
On Tuesday 21h of November 2017 Redelijk Eigenzinnig / Reason and Engage (VUB) explores the impact of new technologies on the urban public(s). The event takes place at BRONKS (Varkensmarkt 15 - 1000 Brussel). Activities are both in English and Dutch.
workshops & debate by Redelijk Eigenzinnig / Reason and Engage (VUB
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21 Nov Reason and Engage (VUB) is an interdisciplinary course for students and a series of lectures and activities open to all. We invite experts from different disciplines to share findings and opinions on a chosen theme. Events take place at various locations in Brussels. The third edition (2017-2018) explores the scopes and impact of new technologies.
On Tuesday 21h of November 2017 Redelijk Eigenzinnig / Reason and Engage (VUB) explores the impact of new technologies on the urban public(s). The event takes place at BRONKS (Varkensmarkt 15 - 1000 Brussel). Activities are both in English and Dutch.
performance by Redelijk Eigenzinnig / Reason and Engage (VUB)
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21 Nov Reason and Engage (VUB) is an interdisciplinary course for students and a series of lectures and activities open to all. We invite experts from different disciplines to share findings and opinions on a chosen theme. Events take place at various locations in Brussels. The third edition (2017-2018) explores the scopes and impact of new technologies.
On Tuesday 21h of November 2017 Redelijk Eigenzinnig / Reason and Engage (VUB) explores the impact of new technologies on the urban public(s). The event takes place at BRONKS (Varkensmarkt 15 - 1000 Brussel). Activities are both in English and Dutch.
Workshop by Redelijk Eigenzinnig / Reason and Engage (VUB)
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21 Nov Reason and Engage (VUB) is an interdisciplinary course for students and a series of lectures and activities open to all. We invite experts from different disciplines to share findings and opinions on a chosen theme. Events take place at various locations in Brussels. The third edition (2017-2018) explores the scopes and impact of new technologies.
On Tuesday 21h of November 2017 Redelijk Eigenzinnig / Reason and Engage (VUB) explores the impact of new technologies on the urban public(s). The event takes place at BRONKS (Varkensmarkt 15 - 1000 Brussel). Activities are both in English and Dutch.
Workshop by Redelijk Eigenzinnig / Reason and Engage (VUB)
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21 Nov Reason and Engage (VUB) is an interdisciplinary course for students and a series of lectures and activities open to all. We invite experts from different disciplines to share findings and opinions on a chosen theme. Events take place at various locations in Brussels. The third edition (2017-2018) explores the scopes and impact of new technologies.
On Tuesday 21h of November 2017 Redelijk Eigenzinnig / Reason and Engage (VUB) explores the impact of new technologies on the urban public(s). The event takes place at BRONKS (Varkensmarkt 15 - 1000 Brussel). Activities are both in English and Dutch.
Workshop by Redelijk Eigenzinnig / Reason and Engage (VUB)
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23 Nov to 26 Nov
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24 Nov
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24 Nov to 12 Jan
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24 Nov to 25 Nov
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25 Nov
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25 Nov
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25 Nov
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27 Nov
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28 Nov to 30 Nov
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29 Nov to 30 Nov
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30 Nov
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30 Nov to 02 Dec
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30 Nov
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30 Nov
December 2017
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01 Dec
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02 Dec
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04 Dec
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04 Dec
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05 Dec
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05 Dec
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06 Dec
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06 Dec
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06 Dec
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07 Dec
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08 Dec
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11 Dec
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11 Dec to 15 Dec
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11 Dec to 31 Mar
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12 Dec
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12 Dec
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12 Dec
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13 Dec
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14 Dec
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16 Dec
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20 Dec
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21 Dec