A joint initiative between the University of Bergen
and CMI – Chr. Michelsen Institute

Georgia protest

Georgia’s defining moment

29.10.2024 08:30 – 09:30English

Georgians head to the polls on 26 October in an election some frame as a choice between war and peace, and a future with Europe or with Russia.

Elina Troscenko (UiB) Kyle Lohse Marquardt (UiB) Paulina Maria Salek-Lipcean (UiB) Giorgi Cheishvili ()

The US presidential election

31.10.2024 08:30 – 09:30English

The US is heading to the ballot boxes on 5 November. What will it take to capture the undecided and mobilise those who usually do not take part in elections?

Lise Rakner (UiB) Hilmar Mjelde (HVL) Kyle Lohse Marquardt (UiB)

Maduro’s Venezuela – hope for democracy and justice?

04.11.2024 12:15 – 13:15English

After 11 years as president, Nicolás Maduro claims victory in Venezuela’s election this summer. But so does the opposition.

Sonia Zapata (the Norwegian Venezuelan Justice Alliance.) Leiv Marsteintredet (UiB) José Zurita-Tapia (UiB)

Cityscape Malaysia

Lawless intimacy and inconsistencies in Malaysian Islamic law

07.11.2024 14:15 – 15:30English

State attempts to regulate access to “halal” intimacy may not be as airtight as it seems due to legal ambiguities and loopholes in Islamic law.

Nurul Huda Mohd. Razif (UiB)

Scandinavian strategies for Africa

12.11.2024 08:30 – 09:30English

What are the similarities and differences between Scandinavian policies on Africa?

Lise Rakner (UiB) Elling Tjønneland (CMI) Anne Mette Kjær (University of Aarhus) Jan Pettersson (The Expert Group for Aid Studies)

Map of the Jews of the Persian Gulf

Jews of the Persian Gulf: The making of a modern oceanic network

15.11.2024 13:00 – 14:30English

Can the Gulf, which is mostly known for its oil resources and Islamic conservatism, also be home to a transnational Jewish past?

Eirik Kvindesland (kvindesland.net) Pelle Valentin Olsen (UiB)

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