Date/Time: 22 August 2022, 16:45-17:30 Venue: Kulturhuset and Zoom Corruption endangers democratic governance, but research indicates that in some cases efforts to counteract corruption actually play into the hands of autocratic leaders. This roundtable discusses under which circumstances this can happen and what can be done to prevent such harmful effects of anti-corruption measures. Participants: […]
Date/Time: 26 August 2022, 13:30-14:15 Venue: Kulturhuset and Zoom Even at the best of times academic freedom is contested. And at the present time, the currents threatening to undermine academic freedom are many and diverse and strong, from politically motivated stifling of dissenting voices, and populist disregard for scientific knowledge, to demands for immediate usefulness […]
Date/Time: 22 August 2022, 14:30-15:30 Venue: Kulturhuset and Zoom This roundtable discusses recent political protests and revolutionary movements and explores the role of citizenship in politically charged and volatile contexts. Political protests can be seen as manifestations of people’s demands for change in the face of growing inequalities and, whether leading to actual change in […]
Date/Time: 22 August 2022, 11:00-12:15 Venue: Kulturhuset and Zoom This roundtable marks the publication of two books exploring the use of law and courts by African leaders for autocratic purposes: Democratic backsliding in Africa (Leo Arriola, Lise Rakner and Nic Van De Walle eds., Oxford University Press, 2022) and Undue Process (Fiona Shen Bayh, 2022). […]
Keynote: Michael McCann: The Interdependence of Liberal and Authoritarian Legalities in Capitalist Democracies
Date/Time: 22 August 2022, 09:30-10:45 Venue: Kulturhuset and Zoom In this keynote lecture, Michael McCann argues that in most “racial capitalist” democracies there is an historical and structural interdependence of liberal and authoritarian legalities, which in some historical moments facilitates increasing autocratization within so-called democratic legal regimes. He shows this by discussing legal arrangements, practices, […]
How do capitalist labour practices in fisheries make the sea a dangerous place?
Date/Time: 16 June 2022, 9:30-11:00 Venue: The Faculty of Law, UiB, Auditorium 4 The growing number of scandals in relation to unacceptable working conditions in the Irish, New Zealand, Thai and South African fisheries have recently draw attention to abuses and criminal practices in labour recruitment in the Global South but also the Global North […]
awTransform is collaborating with Skeiv Verden Vest and Rafto on an event that is part of the official Bergen Pride calendar and invites speakers from Asia-Pacific, Middle East, Africa and South America to give us a picture of the current situation when it comes to fighting for rights and the existence of LGBTQ+ people around the world.
Date/Time: 20 June 2022, 12:00-13:30
Venue: Kulturhuset and Zoom.
SAIH and the CMI-UiB Centre on Law & Social Transformation reunite Keval Harie (GALA Queer Archive South Africa), Tone Hellesund (UiB), and representatives from Skeivt Arkiv and Skeiv Verden Vest for an exciting panel discussion moderated by Liv Tønnessen (CMI). By that means, we aim to debate the importance of preserving queer knowledge – and the challenges for achieving this – counting on the experience of scholars, civil society organizations, and archives that document, preserve and disseminate queer history and culture.
Date/Time: 21 June 2022, 13:30-14:30 Venue: HF Library UiB and Zoom The decades after the bloody fights and the atrocities committed during World War II were a time of peace in Europe. Countries that fought each other during the war have over time become close allies. What differs in these cases from other countries where after the […]
Ran Hirschl: Constitutions and the Metropolis
Date: 15. June 2022 Time: 16.00 Venue: Auditorium Egget at Studentsenteret The 21st century has been hailed the ‘century of the city’. The figures behind this label are mind boggling. From the early 20th century to present day, the world’s urban population has increased more than thirtyfold, from 150 million to over 4.5 billion. The ever-expanding […]