The BSIS Guest Lecture Series brings together acclaimed academics and practitioners from around the world in the fields of politics, diplomacy, international relations and security, cultural studies and law over the course of 2019-20. Building on the success of our 20th Anniversary Lecture Series, we are delighted to welcome over a dozen inspiring high-profile scholars from various parts of Europe and the United States throughout this academic year. As one site of a leading UK university, Brussels School of International Studies of the University of Kent 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.
The guest lectures are free to the public, first come first served. We are looking forward to welcoming you for intellectual engagement and debate on selected Thursdays throughout 2019-20.
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: 12.30 – 14.00
Autumn 2019
3 October
Prof. Georgios Varouxakis (Queen Mary University of London)
Where, when, and what is “the West”?
https://varouxakis03oct.eventbrite.com
17 October
Dr. Bradford Smith (Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights)
Human Rights Treaty Bodies & International Migration
https://smith17oct.eventbrite.com
24 October
Prof. David Herd (University of Kent)
Lifting the Ban: The Right to Work
https://herd24oct.eventbrite.com
31 October
Pascal Comvalius (Erickson Mediation Institute)
Mediating Criminal Cases
https://comvalius31oct.eventbrite.com
7 November
Prof. Marieke de Goede (University of Amsterdam)
Secrecy and Methods in Critical Security Studies
https://goede07nov.eventbrite.com
14 November
Mr. Christos Stylianides (European Council)
The strategic role of Europe in a volatile global system
https://stylianides14nov.eventbrite.com
28 November ** POSTPONED UNTIL NEXT YEAR **
Frank Laczko (IOM Global Migration Data Analysis Centre)
The State of Migration Data: A Global Perspective
5 December
Dr. Michael F. Palo
Neutrality as a Policy Choice for Small/Weak Democracies: Learning from the Belgian Experience
https://palo05dec.eventbrite.com
12 December ** POSTPONED TO 20 February 2020 **
Prof. Kalypso Nicolaidis (University of Oxford)
Exodus, Reckoning, Sacrifice: Three Meanings of Brexit
https://nicolaidis20feb.eventbrite.com