Past events

Book salon: Democratic Backsliding in Africa?

Lise Rakner in conversation with Siri Gloppen and UiB students.
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World’s Largest Democracy? India’s 2024 Elections

900 million will soon head to the polls in India and sitting Prime Minister Narendra Modi is running for his third term.

Book launch: Islamic paths to modern Zanzibar

Welcome to the launch of two books on Zanzibari history.

Literary criticism of bureaucratic texts

What can social scientists learn from literary criticism methods for analysing public-facing texts?
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South Africa: Towards the end of an ANC era?

South Africa: Towards the end of an ANC era?

Welcome to a breakfast meeting on the upcoming elections in South Africa.
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Food and family intervention policies: How are children included?

Welcome to a seminar on the intersection of food and family intervention policies in England.

Policing the Favelas in Rio de Janeiro: Cosmologies of War

Welcome to the book launch of Tomas Salem’s ethnography of the military police in Brazil and its relation to the far-right.

Gendered politics of autocratisation in Africa

How is gender used by populist politicians and autocratic leaders in Africa?

Researching displacement and humanitarian crises

Welcome to a double book launch with Heidi Mogstad and Estella Carpi.

Kan vi regne med støtte fra NATO?

Velkommen til frokostmøte om NATO og stormaktenes militære kapasitet.

Mapping displacement

Welcome to an IMER lunch seminar on modern mapping strategies and displacement.

Kvinnedagen: Selvbestemt abort til uke 18 og avvikling av dagens abortnemnder?

Velkommen til frokostsamtale om reguleringen av abort i Norge og de nylig foreslåtte endringene til Abortutvalget.
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The Legacy of Aleksei Navalnyi and the Future of Russian Opposition

How will Russian opposition move on without Navalnyi?
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The Red Sea explained: The Houthis, naval forces, and commercial ships

Who are the Houthis? Why do they target merchant ships? How do naval forces protect the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden?

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