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Past Events

CRG Book Launches 23: Contested States in War and Law

Date: June 2, 2026 (Tuesday)

Time: 11:00–12:30

Venue: Room 3.1 (3rd Floor), Technicum 1, UFO Campus, Ghent University, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41

Call for Papers: Voices, Rights, Justice in Africa

Ghent Africa Platform Symposium International Conference
Tuesday 8 December 2026 at De Krook in Ghent, Belgium

CRG Book Launches 22: Girlhood at War: Interpreting War and Liberation in Kosovo by Vjosa Musliu

Pieter Troch (UGent, GCSEES) in conversation with Vjosa Musliu (VUB)
When: 12 May 2026 (Tuesday)
Time: 16:00–17:30 CET
Where: 3rd Floor, John Vincke Room, Technicum 1, UFO Campus, Ghent University

CRG Book Launches 21: Le plus grand des maux: Sociologie des guerres civiles by Gilles Dorronsoro.

Koen Vlassenroot (CRG) in conversation with Gilles Dorronsoro (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)
May 5, 2026 ( Tue)
11:00-12:30

EVENT: Social Movements and the Law: Global South–North Conversations on Law, Resistance, and Justice

This event brings together voices from the Global South and the Global North to explore how communities and legal advocates confront power, both within and beyond formal legal systems.

Closing Workshop: The Politics of Hidden Urbanisation amidst conflict and forced displacement in the DRC

Date: March 26, 2026 ( Thu)

Time: 10:00- 16:00 CET

Venue: Rm. 301, 3rd Floor, Technicum 1 Bldg., UFO Campus, Ghent University

Podcast: Cartooning and Democracy in Times of Crisis: Lessons from Uganda, Belgium, and Beyond

This panel discussion explores how political cartooning critically engages with and intervenes in our political and democratic life, particularly in relation to national and global crises.

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.

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)