Critical Global Studies:

interdisciplinary entry points for research

The Research Seminar of the Ghent Centre for Global Studies is on offer as an intensive specialized course of the Doctoral Schools of Ghent University.

For this academic year we have developed the programme ‘Critical Global Studies: interdisciplinary entry points for research’, based on the handbook Framing the Global: Entry points for research (ed. Hillary Kahn, Indiana University Press, 2014). After an introductory session, we will have 5 seminar taught by 2 professors of the Ghent Centre for Global Studies (coming from a different discipline), and a closing master class by Anne Griffiths, professor of Anthropology of Law at the University of Edinburgh and author of the chapter on ‘Land’ in Framing the Global. For a detailed outline of the course, see the course page on the UGent online teaching platform Zephyr.

How to find the course on Zephyr and register? Login with CAS (or as a non-UGent user), ‘inschrijven op cursussen’, search for ‘Global Studies Research Seminar’ (course code X000363) and then register. Registration will close on Monday 20 January.

To complete your registration, please send a short CV (2 pages) and motivation (max. 250 words) to Julie.Carlier@ugent.be

  • General introduction – Tuesday 10 February
  • Entry point 1: Rules – Tuesday 24 February: Sigrid Sterckx, professor of (Global) Ethics (CEVI) and Glenn Rayp, professor of General Economics (SHERPPA)
  • Entry point 2: Rights – Tuesday 10 March: Eva Brems, professor of Human Rights Law  (HRC) and Tom Claes, professor of (Global) Ethics (CEVI)
  • Entry point 3: Location / Scale – Tuesday 31 March: Ben Derudder, professor of Social and Economic Geography (SEG) and Julie Carlier, research co-ordinator of the GCGS
  • Entry point 4: Sovereignty – Tuesday 21 April: Dries Lesage, professor of International Politics (GIIS) and Koen Vlassenroot, professor of Conflict and Development Studies (CRG)
  • Entry point 5: Genealogies / Frames  – Tuesday 12 May: Christopher Parker, Professor of Conflict and Development Studies (MENARG) and Eric Vanhaute, professor of (Global) history (CCC)
  • Closing seminar – Tuesday 26 May: Master class by Anne Griffiths, professor of Anthropology of Law (University of Edinburgh)

Time: 14:00-17:00

Location: Room John Vincke (Faculty of Political and Social Sciences), Korte Meer 5, 9000 Gent