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Public Lecture: Sub-imperial Power in Arabia: The Gulf Arab States and their Precarious Regional Role in Sudan and Beyond By Isa Blum

When:December 11, 4:30-6 PM
Where: Auditorium 4 'Jaap Kruithof' Campus Boekentoren, Blandijnberg 2.

PODCAST: Le dérèglement du climat a-t-il un genre ?

Demain n’attend pas - Épisode 2
Le dérèglement du climat a-t-il un genre ?
Comment les inégalités de genre s’invitent au cœur du dérèglement climatique
Des impacts du dérèglement du climat aux solutions portées par les femmes, cet épisode de « Demain n’attend pas » explore comment le climat reflète – et amplifie – les inégalités de genre

Opinion Piece: The geography of a storm

Hurricane Melissa made clear what COP30 obscures: the climate crisis still follows the lines of empire.

New Publication: Legalizing Oneself: Citizenship, Waiting, and Fake Fakeness in Northern Cyprus

This article contributes to the anthropological scholarship on citizenship and unrecognized states by analyzing how people grapple with the convoluted legal landscape of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC).

CRG Book Launches 20: Fractured Pasts in Lake Kivu’s Borderlands Conflicts, Connections and Mobility in Central Africa By Gillian Mathys

Godefroid Muzalia ( GEC-SH, DRC) in Coversation with Gillian Mathys ( UGent, Dept. of History)
November 25, 2025 ( Tue)

SOVEREIGN PERFORMANCE Website Launched

Sovereign Performance is a research project focused on the political repertoires of democratic movements that strive for independence or autonomy.

CRG Book Launch 18: The Police, the State and the Congo Cop by Michel Thill, PhD (swisspeace)

Koen Vlassenroot ( CRG) in conversation with Michel Thill
This open access book offers the first full-length, empirical deep-dive into everyday policework in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Call for Submissions: Sri Lanka Roundtable 2026

We are pleased to announce the next “Sri Lanka Roundtable” on 6 and 7 May 2026 in Ghent, Belgium.

Call for Applications: Postdoctoral Position on Performative Politics in Catalonia

The present position focuses on the Catalonian independence movement