To celebrate its 20 years in Europe the University of Kent has organised a free lecture series at its Brussels School of International Studies (BSIS) on a range of thought-provoking topics.
Speakers from Kent will be joined by speakers from the universities of Oxford, Harvard, Copenhagen, Palermo and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, amongst others, to speak on topics as diverse as civil war, LGBTQ rights in the United States, the rights of children in the context of international migration and the role of theatre in politics.
The first lecture takes place on Thursday 27 September at 13.00 at BSIS with Professor Stefan Elbe from the University of Sussex discussing how developments in pharmaceutical companies could be harnessed by governments for matters of national security.
Kent’s Dean for Europe Professor Jeremy Carrette said: ‘We are delighted to have so many distinguished colleagues join our 20th Anniversary Lecture Series. This series reflects the intellectually stimulating and interdisciplinary approach that marks our Brussels School out as a centre of academic excellence.’
BSIS opened in 1998 and is one of four European postgraduate centres operated by the University of Kent. The other centres are in Paris, Rome and Athens.
The full list of speakers and dates is listed below. Online booking for each event will be made available nearer to the time of each event.
22 October
Prof. Gerard Toal (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
Atlanticism and Empire.
8 November
Dr Bradford Smith (Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights)
Human Rights of Children in the Context of International Migration.
15 November
Dr Paolo Dardanelli (University of Kent)
Restructuring Europe.
22 November
Prof. Stathis Kalyvas (University of Oxford)
What do we really know about civil wars? A heterodox proposal.
6 December
Prof. Antonello Tancredi (University of Palermo)
Exit or Voice: Secessionist Referenda in International Law.
Spring 2019
14 February
Prof. Caroline Rooney (University of Kent)
Politics as Theatre in Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition.
21 February
Prof. Lene Hansen (University of Copenhagen)
Images and International Security: How Visual Representations Impact World Politics.
28 February
Martin Sauter (Pastor-in-Residence at the University Lutheran Chapel Berkeley, California)
Welcome to the Anthropocene!… and Now What…?
7 March
Dr Sinéad Ring (University of Kent)
‘Stealthing’ and the Law: Why Non-Consensual Condom Removal Should be Criminalised.
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.
