Seminar Series COVID-19 brings a myriad of challenges for scholars around the world. In rising to these challenges, many of us need to think creatively about our research design and our methodologies. Within CISRUL, the ensuing discussions resulted in the creation of a series of events dedicated to discussing and critically reflecting on how we … Continue reading New Seminar Series: Methodologies (in) Conversations
CISRUL was proud to host the conference Conceptualizing Difference in April 2021. The idea of ‘difference’ governs today’s political thinking. Struggles for equality and justice are generally concerned with recognizing and protecting differences, not least because varieties of difference, including gender, sexuality, race, class, religion and language are used to justify political oppression, discrimination and exclusion. … Continue reading Conceptualizing Difference Conference and Summer School
This conference has been organised by CISRUL alumna Dr Eve Hayes de Kalaf in collaboration with the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion as part of her fellowship with the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies To learn more about the motivations and main themes of this conference, please visit: ‘Digital identity, rights and citizenship in Latin America and … Continue reading (Re)Imagining Belonging in Latin America and Beyond: Access to Citizenship, Digital Identity and Rights
The Cases of Rojava, Chiapas and Cherán Dr. Hanifi Baris Seminar, Friday 30 April at 2 – 3.30 pm via Zoom Please email hanifi.baris@abdn.ac.uk to request the Zoom link. Dr. Hanifi Baris Dr Baris will present the results of the first 18 months of his Leverhulme Fellowship on experiments of council democracy launched by Kurdish movements in … Continue reading Council Democracy as a Mode of Autonomy: The Cases of Rojava, Chiapas and Cherán seminar