ICM Board member Esra Akcan is moderating a series of multidisciplinary panels on the theme of "Repair and Reparations," organized as part the Institute for European Studies' year-long theme of Migrations, with events planned for the the 2020-21 academic year.
The first event of the spring semester is "Belgium to Congo: Colonialism Reparation and Truth & Reconciliation Commissions" on Wednesday, February 24, 2021, 10:30am ET. This panel will explore the theme of reparations and restitutions to bring justice to the residual inequalities caused by slavery and colonization. It will focus on the recent developments to institute a sort of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Belgium, which was approved in Summer 2020 in the form of a parliamentary Special Commission to scrutinize the country’s colonial past. The multidisciplinary panel puts into conversation scholars who will comment on the history of Belgium colonization in Congo, on the recent movements in conjunction with Black Lives Matter including the toppling of the King Leopard II Monument that sparked the demand for accountability, and on the current debate around truth and reconciliation in Belgium, as well as its place in other transitional justice processes around the world.
Panelists:
Pablo de Greiff | New York University
Amah Edoh | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Pedro Monaville | New York University Abu Dhabi
Liliane Umubyeyi | Avocats Sans Frontières
Moderator:
Esra Akcan
The registration link for the panel is available here.
More information and registration links for all IES series events are available here.
