Today is the start of a three-day online workshop on #urbanpolitics in the #GlobalSouth. CRG's @KarenBscher will talk about “Militarisation and urban politics in Eastern Congo" globalsouthurbanpols.com

Another week, another #CRG20 essay. "(War)time populism: Discursive strategies in violent conflict" is a thought-provoking essay by Julian Kuttig on the conceptual possibilities of populism in (critical) conflict studies. 20yearscrg.be/wp-content/upl…

I would like to thank South Asia Institute and #AIBS for providing the space to present and discuss Bert Suykens and my work on memorial populism in Bangladesh at UT Austin, representing Conflict Research Group.

Learn more about DRC's history through embroidery. CRG's Maarten Hendriks & Sam Kniknie and historians @GMathys & @SVBeurden present the exceptional work of Congolese artist Lucie Kamuswekera. Check out the exhibition if you're in Ghent Amsab-ISG amsab.be/over-ons/nieuw…

Another #CRG20 essay, where @KarenBscher, @stephanieperazzone.bsky.social 🍉 🇨🇩 and Ayehu Bacha highlight the centrality of the urban margins in the spatial translations of violent conflict. (1/2) 20yearscrg.be/wp-content/upl…

🧵 When #M23 took #Kibumba a few days back, memories of 2012 flared up when the group was just short of taking #Goma a few days later. That was ten years ago, almost to the day. This time though, things are evolving a little different. What do we know, what not?

CRG is excited to announce a new series of book launches, kicking off 17h Tuesday Feb 28 with our Christoph N. Vogel and his recently published book Conflict Minerals Inc. Be inspired by a thought-provoking discussion and don´t miss the drinks and snacks afterwards in the campus UFO, UGent

New Publication on sand extraction in Morocco together with Lahcen Ameziane in Extractive Industries and Society. The first one out of a special issue on 'locating sand'. #sandmining Conflict Research Group authors.elsevier.com/a/1gpnS,oMyQVR…

After four years in the making... Our book on populist uses of the past is out 🙌📖 Proudly co-edited with Walderez Ramalho, Berber Bevernage & Eline Mestdagh, and supported from the start by ICAS:MP. Some background & highlights in a thread below (1/8).

New Publication: Mujib's Two Bodies: Memorial Populism in Bangladesh - CRG crg-ghent.be/new-publicatio… by Julian Kuttig and Bert Suykens #Bangladesh #populism #history #memory #conflictstudies #crg

The Battle for Bangladesh: Students Lead the Charge Against Autocracy recentglobe.hypotheses.org/2917 via Hypotheses

In #Bangladesh, students are challenging the Awami League's autocratic rule. The situation has escalated with a harsh crackdown, leading to many casualties. Julian Kuttig UGent analyzes the crisis in our #globaldynamics blog. 📃🇧🇩➡️ recentglobe.hypotheses.org/2917

I request the immediate release of Nurul Haque Nur. I know him personally, he has visited my residence several times. He is a serious, dedicared and courageous patriot of Bangladesh. He should be freed to receive medical care. The new generation of young politicians moving beyond

In today's issue of #Thedailystar, Bangladesh's largest circulating English-language newspaper. For an unedited version of Reiner Ebert’s witness report of a clash between anti-quota protesters and the Chhatra League in Dhaka on July 16, please see rainerebert.com/2024/07/26/acc…

Meanwhile in #naples. #Bagladesh #StudentsUnderAttackInBangladesh #StudentProtest #Bangladeshstudentprotest

#Bangladesh update from journalist on ground in Dhaka at 6am (Uk time) 11am (Bangladesh time). 1. Thousands of heavily armed troops and police men were deployed in Dhaka and its entry points as the students urged people to march to the capital to force Hasina to resign. The

Across multiple locations in Bangladesh, people were seen demolishing statues of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the father of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The Bangladesh Awami League , has long been centered around a cult of personality focused on Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Revered as the nation's

My take on the Bangladesh uprising / revolution / liberation 2.0 for Context News

Neue Veröffentlichung! Zusammen mit Christian Wagner analysiere ich in unserem neuen SWP Berlin-Aktuell die politischen Entwicklungen und Herausforderungen in Bangladesch nach der Juli-Revolution. 👉 swp-berlin.org/publications/p…