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In a Q & A for the Editor's Choice of Rhea's Newsletter, Jihane Sliti discusses her and Prof. Dr. Iman Lechkar's recent publication “No punishment is enough for monsters" (short title)...

For the Editor's Choice of our Newsletter, we wrote a teaser on Prof. Dr. Karen Celis and Prof. Dr. Sarah Childs' piece on democratic practices through a feminist lens. Feminist Democratic Design (FDD): Why do we need it, What is it and How does it work?

As part of the book "A New Wave of Antiracism in Europe? Racialized Minorities at the Centre"(IMISCOE Research Series, Springer), edited by Ilke Adam, Jean Beaman and Mariska Jung, we shall soon be able to read Serena D'Agostino's "#RomaLivesMatter, too.

We are relaunching the RHEA Brown Bag Seminars! Every few weeks, RHEA-researchers will present their work or proposals with the aim to collect feedback and insights. Bring your lunch and join us at the next (online) seminar!

Heb jij een Masterdiploma in de Sociale en Humane wetenschappen? Ben je gedreven om verder onderzoek te doen? Dan is deze positie misschien voor jou! Click for more info!

On the 4th of March (18:00 - 20:00) we kick off our annual celebration of the Genderweek with Dr. Stella Nyanzi.

RHEA invites you to the inaugural Machteld De Metsenaere lecture of Gender week 2023!  Save the date for our panel discussion on the Iranian uprising and women's rights. Click for more info!

13/02: EDGE and BIRMM warmly invite you to the presentation and discussion of the book ‘An Ugly Word. Rethinking Race in Italy and the United States’ (2021). Click for more info!  

The Paul De Vroede award supports doctoral research with a societal relevance in humanities. This year, we are proud to announce that one of the laureates is RHEA-member Susan Dierickx!   Click to go to the event page. 

We invite you to discover the film Fatema, la Sultane inoubliable at its first screening in Europe. The event will take place in French, on 30/11/2022.

Afgelopen weekend heeft RHEA-lid Dirk Lafaut de Prijs Lucien De Coninck in ontvangst genomen! Deze prijs wordt tweejaarlijks uitgereikt aan beloftevolle onderzoekers in de mens- en levenswetenschappen die kwaliteitsvol onderzoek combineren met een vrijzinnig humanistisch engagement.

RHEA voorzitter Gily Coene schreef samen met Liliane Versluys een opiniestuk voor Knack over het recht op abortus. In dit artikel herdenken ze het overlijden van VUB-eredoctor Lucie Van Crombrugge, vijf jaar geleden.