OPERAS welcomes the University of Silesia in Katowice
We are glad to welcome the University of Silesia in Katowice as a new ordinary member of the OPERAS community in 2025. The University of Silesia in Katowice is the largest in Silesia and…
We are glad to welcome the University of Silesia in Katowice as a new ordinary member of the OPERAS community in 2025. The University of Silesia in Katowice is the largest in Silesia and…
By Beate Streicher. As part of her re:constitution project, Beate Streicher investigated the impact of stereotypes related to gender identity and expression, sex characteristics and sexual orientation on judicial proceedings and decisions and identified key challenges and good practices related to judicial training on this topic. To provide practical recommendations, she examined the guidance of international monitoring bodies, responsible for monitoring the implementation of the Istanbul Convention, combined with insights from elite interviews with eight experts (six identifying as female and two as male) involved in Council of Europe (CoE) cooperation projects dealing with the topic and the respective courses from the Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals (HELP) Programme, including the HELP course on WAJ, violence against women and gender equality and gender mainstreaming.
By Kamil Luczaj. What is it like to flee your home overnight and rebuild life in a stranger’s house? For many Ukrainian refugees who arrived in Poland after Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, the answer is woven with fear, resilience, and unexpected acts of kindness. But how do they remember those first chaotic weeks – and what stories do they choose to tell? This post dives into the narratives of 30 Ukrainian war refugees who found temporary refuge in Polish households. Through interviews conducted in 2023, it explores how they recount their journeys – from the moment the invasion began to their experiences settling into a new, unfamiliar space. While every story is unique, common threads emerge: the shock of displacement, the challenges of adapting to a new culture, and the fragile hope of rebuilding life from scratch.
We are glad to welcome the University of Bielefeld as a new ordinary member of the OPERAS community in 2025. Bielefeld University, especially the Library, is a pioneer of the Open Access movement in…
Valentina Golunova is an Assistant Professor in Digital Democracy at Maastricht University. Her research lies at the intersection of platform regulation and fundamental rights. Valentina’s PhD thesis addressed the interplay between algorithmic content moderation, the regulation of digital services in the EU, and freedom of expression online. At the moment, Valentina is pursuing research projects on the legal approaches to countering disinformation and strategic litigation in the field of digital rights.
We are glad to welcome the European Alliance for Social Sciences and Humanities as a new ordinary member of the OPERAS community in 2025. About EASSH EASSH is the largest advocacy and science policy…
14 March 2025 (5pm GMT) German Historical Institute London17 Bloomsbury SquareLondon WC1A 2NJ Special Lecture Rosie Bsheer (Harvard)The Archive: From the Ordinary to the Spectacular Archive Fever has gripped much of the world since…
Editors: Mary E John, Barbara Lotz and Elisabeth Schömbucher The book discussion will take place on 19 February 2025, 6:00 PM IST at Lecture Room 1, Annexe, India International Centre. Please join us for…
There are five ‘Maria Sibylla Merian Centres’ funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) with the aim to strengthen scientific collaboration between Germany and one or more countries in different regions….
Date & Time: 24 February 2025, 6:00 PM Venue: B. S. Abdur Rahman Auditorium, India Islamic Cultural Centre, 87–88 Lodhi Road, New Delhi – 110003 (Entry through Gate No. 5) The screening of the…
By Nora Lafi. Reflecting on the role of women under colonialism crucially contributes to debates on how
to write the history thereof in contemporary Tunisia. Based on a corpus of original archives relating to French repression of women designated “rebels,” it is shown how a focus on women’s agency makes it possible to write the history of colonisation differently and to cast issues of memory in a new light. In the case of the Arab world and the Ottoman Empire more broadly, scholars have sought to shift perspectives, revise chronologies, and develop analytical frameworks that acknowledge women’s capacity for action. This approach contrasts with colonial and Orientalist frameworks that often depicted women as doubly subjugated—both by local patriarchal structures and by colonial rule. By centering women’s agency, scholars have not only illuminated the nature of colonial domination but also explored how its legacies persist in postcolonial contexts. Contemporary research also highlights the agency of the colonized, challenging traditional imperial narratives and reconnecting histories of empire with the lived experiences of affected societies.
By Beate Streicher. As part of her re:constitution project, Beate Streicher investigated the impact of stereotypes related to gender identity and expression, sex characteristics and sexual orientation on judicial proceedings and decisions within the European context and beyond, applying an intersection perspective. The multimethod approach combined an analysis of key cases from the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) dealing with gender stereotypes, recommendations of international monitoring bodies such as the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO), and elite interviews with eight experts (six identifying as female and two as male) involved in CoE cooperation projects dealing with the topic such as the projects on Women’s Access to Justice (WAJ) and the respective courses from the Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals (HELP) Programme.
In this article, Johan Bolding Rasmussen examines how Critical Theory can engage with global intellectual history. He suggests that by moving beyond Eurocentric perspectives, Critical Theory can address global challenges more effectively. Rasmussen proposes integrating diverse intellectual traditions to enrich critical discourse and enhance its relevance in a global context. According to him, “global intellectual history is the emergence of a promising and strong research field that combines intellectual history with the recent increase in attentiveness towards the global”. Similarly, “recent years have seen a significant number of research monographs” on the Frankfurt School emerge. Inherently universal, the literature does, however, raise crucial questions on its globality.
Authors: Julia Grauvogel & Christof Hartmann Despite considerable efforts to foster peace, multiple interlinked security challenges persist in Africa. While decentralized forms of violence such as Jihadism, urban riots and smaller insurgencies are …
Author: Toyin Fayola The 2024 MIASA Anton Wilhelm Amo Lecture explores the significant impact of ancestral knowledge and how it can guide development in contemporary African nations. By examining traditional practices in areas such...
Diplômé de l’Institut National de la Planification et de la Statistique (INPS) d’Alger et de l’université Lyon 2, Samir Bellal a enseigné dans de nombreuses universités en Algérie. Actuellement, il exerce en qualité de professeur d’économie à l’université Mouloud Mammeri de Tizi-Ouzou. Il a publié, fin 2017, « La crise du régime rentier – essai sur une Algérie qui stagne », paru aux éditions Frantz-Fanon, et en 2022, aux éditions El-Amel, « Rente, populisme et question économique en Algérie – réflexions sur un système en crise ».
By Francesco Trupia. Bulgaria’s bio-political population management remains instructive to showcase the embeddedness of the policies of white-enclosing with the diversely universal conditions of discrimination, scapegoating, and racism. Race is undoubtedly central to charting out the genealogical lines of past and present violence against Roma and other minority groups in Bulgaria.