16 januari 2025
Tension between some proponents of Postcolonial Studies and Jewish Studies has been mounting for decades, notwithstanding the efforts of scholars to integrate them. The Hamas-led attack on Israel on 7 October 2023 and Israel’s annihilatory response have brought the...
8 januari 2025
This KNIR Colloquium is organized by Dr. Laura Almagor. The workshop will bring into direct dialogue the fields of Jewish studies and postcolonial studies. By doing so, participants representing both fields will not only enrich their various sub-disciplines, but...
8 januari 2025
In her lecture Aline Sierp traces the development of the increasing involvement of the European Union in heritage and memory politics starting with the development of a felt need for a European founding myth and ending with the EU’s active formulation of policies...
17 september 2024
This KNIR Colloquium is organized by Dr. Mayada Madbouly and Dr. Shanade Barnabas. Aim of this Colloquium Ongoing protest action against statues and monuments—such as those associated with #RhodesMustFall, #TakeItDown, and #BlackLivesMatter—as well as movements for...
11 maart 2024
Occupations are a key feature of the war waged by Russia in Ukraine and Israel’s military incursion in Gaza. But many other territories also are subject to forms of military occupation and foreign rule. What happens in these occupied areas and to its peoples, and how...