CESSMIR’s second conference opens up an exchange platform for researchers, practitioners and policy makers working in the broad field of migration, integration and ethnic-cultural diversity. They are invited to share their questions and expertise on understanding and responding to contemporary forms of racism and discrimination from a broad, interdisciplinary approach.

With experts working in different domains of society, including education, employment, health care, housing, media, deviance and crime, architecture, family, child support and social work, CESSMIR actively seeks contributions that speak to different audiences, but with a commonly shared focus on social exclusion.

https://www.africaplatform.ugent.be/news/cessmir-2022-conference-contemporary-forms-racism-and-discrimination

This debate will provide young migrant scholars and activists from the Global South to present their perspectives on migration and democracy. While the topic has long been capturing headlines, the voices of African experts all too often receive not enough attention. What is their view on the EU’s externalization strategies? To what extent do democracy (or the lack thereof) and migration actually relate to one another? How to position vis-à-vis controversial agreements such as the UK-Rwanda deal to transfer asylum seekers to the African state? What do African activists and migration scholars suggest regarding the cooperation with the EU on migration issues in general?

https://www.africaplatform.ugent.be/news/debate-european-and-african-perspectives-migration-and-democracy

Virtual exchange projects are online people-to-people activities for young people. The exchanges enable international and cross-cultural education, both formal and informal, without physical mobility. The projects therefore facilitate and increase the participation of organisations and individuals in international education experiences.

All projects should involve organisations and participants coming from EU member States and/or third countries associated to the Erasmus+ Programme on the one hand, and third countries not associated to the Programme on the other hand.

There are five eligible regions, among which Sub-Saharan Africa.

This is een open call – deadline 20 September 2022.

https://www.africaplatform.ugent.be/news/erasmus-projects-virtual-exchanges-higher-education-and-youth

In the framework of the Memorandum of Understanding  for science and technology cooperation between Belgium and South-Africa signed in January 2017, a third call for networking proposals is organized in July 2022. The call is jointly launched by BELSPO and NRF (National Research Foundation, South Africa).

Areas of Cooperation

    Cultural heritage
    Marine sciences
    Microbiological biobanks research and biotechnology
    Natural heritage
    Space

https://www.africaplatform.ugent.be/news/belgian-south-african-research-and-technology-cooperation-call-proposals-support-networking

De provincie Oost-Vlaanderen hecht veel belang aan de internationaliseringsinitiatieven van de kennisinstellingen en geeft deze al meerdere jaren een duwtje in de rug.

Projecten kunnen tot € 5.000 per deelnemende Oost-Vlaamse kennisinstelling krijgen. De geografische focus van de projecten moet strategisch zijn voor zowel de kennisinstelling als voor de provinciale speerpuntclusters.

Het ingevulde aanvraagformulier moet bij de Provincie ingediend worden vóór 30 september 2022.

https://www.africaplatform.ugent.be/news/provincie-oost-vlaanderen-internationalisering-kennisinstellingen%C2%A0projectoproep-2022

On Monday, 12 December 2022, the fifth Young Researchers Overseas Day is organized by the Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences. This event is aimed at researchers younger than 40 who are working overseas in various research fields. These fields should fit into one of the scientific disciplines of the 3 sections of the Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences. The Young Researchers’ Day is an opportunity to meet one another, discuss, exchange ideas and know more about the Academy (www.kaowarsom.be) and its activities.

Deadline for the submisison of abstracts: 3 October 2022.

https://www.africaplatform.ugent.be/news/royal-academy-overseas-sciences-young-researchers-overseas-day-2022

Koleka Putuma, the South African writer and poet of Collective Amnesia (2017) and Hullo Bu-Bye Koko Come (2021), is our guest in the faculty room (Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, first floor, Blandijnberg 2, Gent) on Monday October 10th (16.30u).

Join us for an invigorating afternoon in which this extraordinary author will perform a selection of her poetry, and reflect on her work in conversation with Prof Jürgen Pieters.

This is a collaboration between Ghent Centre for Afrikaans and the Study of South Africa (Ghent University) and Poëziecentrum. With support from Ghent Africa Platform and Cultural Memory Studies Initiative (UGent).

https://www.africaplatform.ugent.be/news/conversation-south-african-author-and-poet-koleka-putuma

Na zes succesvolle edities vindt het UGent Colloquium over het Afrikaans 2022 plaats op donderdag en vrijdag 27-28 oktober 2022.

De thema's die zullen worden behandeld zijn 'De studie van het Afrikaans in 2022: nieuwe databronnen, nieuwe methodes' op het vlak van de taalkunde en 'CLI-FI. Dialogen over klimaat en milieu in Afrikaans en Nederlands' wat betreft de letterkunde.

https://www.africaplatform.ugent.be/news/7de-colloquium-over-het-afrikaans-aan-de-universiteit-van-gent