The Brussels School of International Studies (BSIS) of the University of Kent is proud to mark its 20th anniversary of teaching, study and research in the ‘Capital of Europe’ with a Lecture Series in the spirit of our intellectually stimulating and interdisciplinary approach. We are delighted to welcome acclaimed academics and practitioners from around the world, in the fields of politics, international relations, cultural studies, law, and economics over the course of 2018-19. As one site of a leading UK university, BSIS offers a number of postgraduate taught and research degree programmes ranging from International Conflict and Security to International Migration, International Relations, International Development, International Political Economy, Political Strategy and Communication, and International Law and Human Rights Law.
We are happy to invite you to celebrate with us our two decades of academic dedication to engaging in interdisciplinary education and research.
Registration: Eventbrite registration links will be made available for each lecture
Location: Auditorium
Brussels School of International Studies
Boulevard Louis Schmidt 2a, 1040 Etterbeek, Brussels
Time: 13.00 – 15.00
Autumn 2018
27 September
Prof. Stefan Elbe (University of Sussex)
Pandemic, Pills, and Politics
https://elbe27sep.eventbrite.com
22 October
Prof. Gerard Toal (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
Atlanticism and Empire
https://toal22oct.eventbrite.com
8 November
Dr Bradford Smith (Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights)
Human Rights of Children in the Context of International Migration
Postponed – New date to be confirmed
15 November
Dr Paolo Dardanelli (University of Kent)
Restructuring Europe
https://dardanelli15nov.eventbrite.com
22 November
Prof. Stathis Kalyvas (University of Oxford)
The Changing Landscape of Political Violence
https://kalyvas22nov.eventbrite.com
6 December
Prof. Antonello Tancredi (University of Palermo)
Exit or Voice: Secessionist Referenda in International Law
https://tancredi06dec.eventbrite.com
Spring 2019
14 February
Prof. Caroline Rooney (University of Kent)
Politics as Theatre in Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition
https://rooney14feb.eventbrite.com
21 February
Prof. Lene Hansen (University of Copenhagen)
Images and International Security: How Visual Representations Impact World Politics
https://hansen21feb.eventbrite.com
28 February
Martin Sauter (Pastor-in-Residence at the University Lutheran Chapel Berkeley, California)
Welcome to the Anthropocene! … and Now What … ?
https://sauter28feb.eventbrite.com
7 March
Dr Sinéad Ring (University of Kent)
‘Stealthing’ and the Law: Why Non-Consensual Condom Removal Should be Criminalised
https://ring07mar.eventbrite.com
28 March
Dr Timothy McCarthy (Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University)
Stonewall’s Children: the Past, Present, and Future of LGBTQ Politics in the United States