Past events

The forbidden library

Keval Harie (GALA Queer Archive South Africa), Tone Hellesund (UiB), Siv Mar Taule (Skeivt Arkiv), Pål Louis Rasmussen (Skeiv Verden Vest) and Liv Tønnessen (CMI).

Constitutions and the Metropolis

Ran Hirschl ( University of Texas), Katrine Nødtvedt (Bergen Municipality), Gökhan Sen (CMI/LawTransform) and Iver Ørstavik (Rafto Foundation)

POSTPONED Queerness, privilege and football: a conversation about Qatar

Dhi Yazen Al-Obaide (Salam), Mari Norbakk (CMI) and Matthew K. Gichohi (CMI)

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The US Midterm Election

Gunnar Grendstad (UiB), Hilmar Mjelde (NORCE) and Alexander Verdoes (UiB)

Bureaucracy & performance in China’s “eco-civilisation”

Julia C. Strauss (SOAS), Julia Christine Marinaccio (UiB), Hans Jørgen Gåsemyr (UiB & NUPI) and Hang (Ayo) Zhou (CMI)

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Historie- og minnepolitikken bak Russlands invasjon av Ukraina

Kari Myklebost (UiT), Johanne Kalsaas (UiB) og Ingunn Lunde (UiB) i samtale med Martin Paulsen (UiB)

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on LGBTQ persons

Carmeliza Rosario (CMI), Adrian Jjuuko (Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum) and Siri Gloppen (LawTransform)

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What now, Colombia? Presidential elections 2022

Catalina Vallejo Piedrahíta (UiB), Jessica Buendia (Colombia på norsk), Leiv Marsteintredet (UiB) and Håkon Tveit (UiB)

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Orbán Out?

Raimondas Ibenskas (UiB), Dániel Péter Biró (UiB) and Iver Ørstavik (Rafto Foundation for Human Rights) in conversation with Thor Olav Iversen (UiB)

Menneskerettighetsbyen: Barnefattigdom i Norge

Ruth Grung (byråd for arbeid, sosial og bolig), Cecilie Jantzen (Statsforvalteren i Vestland), Richard Kiwanuka (Way Forward), Camilla Fjærestad (Utekontakten i Bergen) og Rikke Vittersten (Kirkens Bymisjon Bergen)

Muslim family law reform in Egypt

Monika Lindbekk (UiB)

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Fury, Fuel & Food

Don Kalb (UiB), Elina Troscenko (UiB) and Thor Olav Iversen (UiB)

Film screening: Camila comes out tonight

Cine Latino film screening followed by a conversation with Isabella Lie Befring (Skeiv Ungdom) and Ana Côrtes (LawTransform)

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World Water Day: Stories of Local Water Governance

Andrea Restrepo-Mieth (University of Pennsylvania), Arkaja Singh (Centre for Policy Research, Delhi/LawTransform), Bruce M. Wilson (University of Central Florida/CMI/LawTransform), Inga Winkler (Central European University in Vienna/LawTransform), Charles Epp (University of Kansas) and Angela M Páez (Tennessee State University/LawTransform).

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