Hello, readers. We hope that you and your loved ones are all staying safe (and sane?!) during these odd and testing times. In this month’s #events post, we’ve pulled up a list of online events that you can attend while on confinement with a child on a knee and the kettle on.
As always, if you would like your event to feature in our next events list or if you wish to write a short report, don’t hesitate to get in touch with our events admin, Kanchi, at events@allegralaboratory.net or through any one of our social media platforms – Facebook, Instagram or Twitter.
Online Seminars: OLIve Weekend Programme
When: April 18 to June 6 2020, Every Saturday – 01:30 – 02:30 PM (CET)
Where: Seminars available here
Zoom Meeting ID: 963 395 8369
Password for joining the Zoom meeting: 087636
OLIve Weekend Programme Budapest is running the Open Seminar Series every Saturday online. The seminar is primarily for the students and staff at CEU and the international OLIve community. However, guests are welcome if respectful of the learning environment.
The seminar schedule is as follows:
- April 18: Everyday Struggles for Environmental Justice by Tamara Steger
- April 25: Migrant Rights and Justice by Andras Lederer
- May 9: Gender and Social Justice by Viola Zentai
- May 16: Housing and Justice
- May 23: Digital Rights by Veszna Wessenauer
- May 30: Uneven development, the unbalanced relation between city and countryside: the case of Thailand by Claudio Sopranzetti
- June 6: Colonial Configurations: race, law and justice by Prem Kumar Rajaram
Online Seminar: The Politics of Vulnerability 
Jointly organised by Allegra Lab and PIR_Programme Indépendant de Recherche
When: Thursday, April 23, 2020 at 2:10 PM – 4:10 PM UTC+02
Where: You can join the virtual classroom via this link: meet.google.com/xoa-qipy-qxs
This session of Julie Billaud’s ongoing course on the anthropology of humanitarianism will discuss the politics of vulnerability, taking the emblematic figure of the child as an entry point. This seminar is part of a longer series of seminars that will run until the end of may. For each of these seminars, a Facebook event will be created where the link to the virtual classroom will appear.
The seminar schedule is as follows:
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April 23: The Politics of Vulnerability
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April 30: The Need to Help
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May 7: Humanitarianism, Militarism, Abandonment
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May 14: Humanitarian Techno-Legal Designs (Somil Kumar)
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May 21: Philanthro-capitalism
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May 28: Muslim Humanitarianism (Guest speaker: Till Mostowlansky)
To receive the preparatory material, e-mail Julie Billaud (you need a gmail address).
Summer School: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
When: July 6 – 17, and July 20 – 31 2020.
Vrije Universiteit is offering 2-week long online, multi-disciplinary courses throughout July. The courses are suitable for undergraduates, graduates, PhD students and professionals, and cover topics ranging from religious and global identity in Africa, to the foundations of international business. The courses are split into two sessions, running from July 6 – 17 for the first session, and July 20 – 31 for the second.
A list of the courses, as well as costs and entry requirements, can be found here.
The application form can be found here, and the deadline for application is May 1 2020, 23:59 CET.
Online Webinar: UrbanA Community Conversation on the Wiki
When: Tuesday, April 21 2020 15:00 – 16:30 PM CEST.
This UrbanA Community Conversation will explore the value of Wiki as a tool for creating a knowledge commons, as well as offering an introduction into how to Wiki and a chance to practice with the UrbanA community.
The registration form for this event can be found here, and a link to the Zoom meeting will be sent to you via email.
If you’re looking for even more things to do, check out our Corona diaries – a thematic thread that we have put together about pursuing anthropology “from home”. You can find all our Corona blog posts here, and podcast diaries that you can listen to on our soundcloud page.
Feature image (cropped) by Alex Motoc (Courtesy of Unsplash)
