Institute for Minority Rights - News & Events - IMR Summer School 2024
IMR Summer School 2024
- English
Week 1
• Roland Psenner, President Eurac Research, Günther Rautz Head of Institute for Minority Rights - Eurac Research / Georg Grote - Institute for Minority Rights: Welcome
• Joshua Castellino: Keynote Reframing Governance to Overcome Colonial Legacies and Promote Diversity: The Merits of a Sub-Regional Approach to Promoting Peace, Security & Justice
• Q&A / Discussion
• Georg Grote: History of South Tyrol, an Introduction
• Elisabeth Alber - Eurac Research: Political system of South Tyrol, an Introduction • Elisabeth Alber: Visit to the Landtag • Markus Wurzer: Challenging the Colonial Heritage in South Tyrol • Markus Wurzer/ Georg Grote: Guided walkabout in Bozen focusing on Lieux de memoirs and post-/colonial aspects
• Cristiana Fiamingo: From decolonising heritage to decolonising knowledge • Jody Metcalfe: Whiteness, Racialisation, and Intersectionality in South Africa • Carna Pistan - Eurac Research: Alarming Alterations: How Collective Memory Transformed the Russian Constitution into a Weapon of War • Q&A / Discussion
• Kelsey Norman: Migration Management Aid, Governance and Repression • Alexandra Tomaselli - Eurac Research, Anna Lea von Schlechtleitner, Eurac Research: Decolonising Gender • Alexandra Budabin - Eurac Research: (All afternoon) Rolepay “Minorities and Autonomies”
• Josef Prackwieser - Eurac Researcher - academic assistance
Week 2
• Judith Devlin: Russia’s Imperialism past and present • Ivan Ulises Kentros Klyszcz: Russia in Africa • Chia-Yu Liang: The Return of the Universal Tianxia Empire? The Ancient Roots of Modern China’s Production and Oppression of Its Minorities • Roundtable Discussion
• Alexandra Budabin: Black Lives Matter in Italy and Bolzano-Bozen: Heritage Politics between the Colonial and Post-Colonial • Hannes Obermair: Beyond restitution: Reframing the western museum in a postcolonial context • Marta Guarda: Colonial legacies in education: the case of English
• Andrea Carlà - Eurac Research / Sergiu Constantin - Eurac Research: Minorities and (de)securitization from a postcolonial perspective. A discussion of India's approach towards Kashmir • Maria Ackrén: The Complexities and Challenges with the relationships between Denmark and Greenland • Roberto Farneti: The Concept of Conflict in Western Societies • Visit to Filmclub Bozen: Showing of a topic-related film, tbc
• Raoul Blindenbacher: The Governmental Learning Spiral - A Tool to solve Minority and Diversity Issues in Governance
• Nicolas Levrat: Report and Comments by the UN Special Rapporteur for Minorities • Q&A / Discussion • Georg Grote: Reflections and Evaluation of the Summer School / Conclusion