Past events

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...

Psychanalyse et race: silences psychiques et politiques    This presentation explores the place of race within psychology and psychoanalysis, drawing on Ayouch’s recent book La Race sur le divan (2024).

Registers of Dissent: Mobilizing Memory for Racial Justice in Belgium’s Decolonial Moment (2010–2021)   Between 2010 and 2021, public discourse on anti-racism in Belgium shifted from a focus on multiculturalism and diversity to an emphasis on colonial memory and decolonisation.

British Indian Educational Success: A Critical Race Theory counter-story to the Rishi Sunak celebration of racial triumph   This presentation draws on my doctoral research exploring how British-Indian families understand, pursue, and experience educational success across four generations in t...

Teach-out for Palestine    This seminar will be organized as a teach-out: a moment of collective learning and discussion on Palestine, in collaboration with the student movement.

Screening of “Tout Contact Laisse Une Trace” (ZinTV 2024) followed by a discussion    This composite film draws on fragmented narratives, on the journeys of non-white, Afro-descendant and African people, and retraces the topographical and symbolic coloniality of the Capital of Europe...

  Critical Approaches to Race (CAR): A Seminar Series on Race and Racism The Critical Approaches to Race (CAR) lecture series has the ambition to offer an academic space for young researchers in which to present their work, whether in progress or completed, and enrich their reflections.

  We warmly invite you to a screening of The Mind Game, a gripping documentary that follows the journey of Sajid Khan Nasiri. At just fifteen, Sajid fled Afghanistan and began a long and dangerous journey to Europe.

  Palestine: Between colonial epistemologies and liberation worldmaking As part of the Critical Approaches to Race Seminar Series , we are honored to welcome Dr. Omar Jabary Salamanca, research fellow at the Université libre de Bruxelles. Epistemologies matter.

  Lunch-time seminar with  Prof. Marie-Laure Basilien-Gainche As part of the Borders and International Mobility (BIM) seminar series, we are pleased to invite you to a lunch-time presentation by Prof.