Past events

EXPO: Nous ne sommes pas dangereux, Nous sommes en danger   This exhibition is part of the project “We are not dangerous, we are in danger”, led by La Voix des Sans-Papiers Bruxelles (VSP) in collaboration with the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (CRiS and BIRMM), with the support of the Collectif F...

Repenser l’Hexagone dans la production culturelle noire contemporaine   What role do geographical imaginaries play in the production of black identities, and of racial difference as a marker of alterity in France?

Movies That Matter: Film Screening L'histoire de Souleymane   BIRMM and BRISPO warmly invite you to the last edition of our joint film series Movies that Matter on 6 May at VUB. This edition will feature the screening of L'histoire de Souleymane (2024) directed by Boris Lojkine.

Jabalia Hall, BRISPO and BIRMM warmly invite you to a special edition of the film series Movies that Matter on 29 April at VUB. This edition will feature the screening of Palestine '36, directed by Annemarie Jacir.

The Postracial Discursive Contract: Complicity and collaboration in the (un)hearing of race   In many contemporary European settings, race is expected to remain unseen and unspoken.

What if the stories we tell about migration shape public opinion far more than the facts themselves?

Movies That Matter: Film Screening A City of Sadness   BIRMM and BRISPO warmly invite you to a special edition of our joint film series Movies that Matter on 8 April at VUB. This edition will feature the screening of A City of Sadness (1989) directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien.

“I don’t know how to be submissive!”: racial privilege, gender predicament, and shifting positionality among white western women married to Chinese men   The rise of China’s economy has attracted a new wave of young female professionals from western countries who move to China voluntarily for...

  Movies That Matter: Film Screening Les Voyageurs   BIRMM and BRISPO warmly invite you to a special edition of our joint film series Movies that Matter on 11 March at LIC Theatre (Brussels). This edition will feature the screening of Les Voyageurs (2025) directed by David Bingong.

We are delighted to invite you to the launch of the book: A New Wave of Anti-Racism in Europe? Racialized Minorities at the Centre. As Europe witnesses an intensifying backlash against anti-racism, our new open-access book invites readers to examine what is really happening on the ground.

Blurring ethnic and cultural boundaries: a postmigrant analysis of migrantized artists and producers in the cultural scene in Flanders    Arts practices have been used by undocumented or refugee migrants to achieve the aim of belonging in their new immigrant society in different ways.

  Movies That Matter: Filmscreening Soundtrack to a Coup d'État   BIRMM and BRISPO invite you to our joint film series Movies that Matter , which brings together critical cinema and collective discussion on race, class, and imperialism.  Movie description: Jazz and decolonization a...