Publications
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Religious Radicalism
(2021)
"Religious Radicalism scrutinizes the religious motives and mechanisms of radicalism. The contributors observe a growing lack of understanding of religion in secular policy-bodies, as well as in the academic world in Europea ...
Political Chronicles of the African Great Lakes Region 2019 = Chroniques Politiques de L'Afrique des grands Lacs 2019
(2020)
Continuing the tradition of L’Afrique des grands lacs. Annuaire, this companion volume to Conjonctures de l’Afrique centrale (Paris, L’Harmattan) offers a survey of political developments in Burundi, the Democratic Republic ...
The Rise of the Common City
(2022)
Artists and creative workers have long been attracted to urban environments. Yet the ‘creative city ‘of the 21st century comes with its own pitfalls. From precarity at the level of the worker to gentrification at the level ...
1523 - The first martyrs of the Reformation
(2023)
1 July 1523, Hendrik Vos and Johan van den Esschen died by burning at
the stake on the Grand-Place in Brussels. They were the first martyrs of
the Reformation.
Following this event, the Faculty of Protestant Theology ...
Migratie, gelijkheid & racisme
(2021)
"Migration, Equality and Racism trigger ever more salient societal debates. More than 80 VUB academics and co-authors joined forces for this book. Philosophers, lawyers, psychologists, health scientists, sociologists, ...
The GDPR made simple( r) for SMEs
(2021)
"This user-friendly Handbook offers guidance and practical suggestions for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that could facilitate compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Being primarily ...
Migration, equality & racism
(2021)
"Migration, Equality and Racism trigger ever more salient societal debates. More than 80 VUB academics and co-authors joined forces for this book. Philosophers, lawyers, psychologists, health scientists, sociologists, ...
Hoofdstuk 7 - Geadopteerden aan het woord: de psychosociale impact van wanpraktijken in transnationale adoptie
(2023)
This chapter examines the psychosocial impact of malpractices in transnational adoption. Recently, various initiatives have been undertaken to investigate malpractices in transnational adoption in countries such as the ...
Voorbij transnationale adoptie
(2023)
Transnational adoption was long considered an inherently altruistic and humanitarian practice, allowing mainly children from the Global South and Eastern Europe to find new homes with adoptive parents in the West (Briggs, ...
Hoofdstuk 10 - Kan de geadopteerde vertalen? Een pedagogische beschouwing van erfgoedtaal(on)geletterdheid in transnationale adoptie
(2023)
This chapter offers a pedagogical reflection on heritage language (il)literacy in transnational adoption. In line with an international trend among transnational adoptees relearning their heritage languages, adolescent and ...
Hoofdstuk 25 - Herstel- en rechtvaardigheidsinitiatieven in beweging? Een toepassing op transnationale adoptiepraktijken van China naar België en Nederland
(2023)
This chapter first discusses the figures and trends regarding transnational adoption for China as well as for Belgium and the Netherlands. Then, a contextual overview of reproductive policy in China and the malpractices ...
Hoofdstuk 14 - Spoorloos: ‘emotietelevisie’ tussen sensatie en adoptiekritiek
(2023)
This contribution focuses on the perceived tensions in the discussions surrounding the societal significance of the program Spoorloos and the (potentially) adoption-critical issues that it has raised since its inception. ...
Paul Gilson
(2023)
PAUL GILSON (1865-1942), born and raised in Brussels, grew into a valued artist during the fin de siècle. He was and is known as an erudite composer, orchestrator, theoretician, critic, musicographer and educator. A ...
Hoofdstuk 6 - Interlandelijke adoptie naar Nederland: de voortzetting van een gemankeerd beleid
(2023)
In this chapter, we address the question of whether and to what extent the currently proposed policy provides an adequate response to the abuses identified in the COIA report. We first discuss the main observations and ...
Hoofdstuk 12 - Mimic Diaspora: identiteit en het idee van de ‘Ander’ bij Zuid-Koreaanse adoptiemigranten in Vlaanderen (1968-2021)
(2023)
This contribution examines identity and the idea of the ‘Other’ among South Korean adoption migrants in Flanders (1968-2021)Despite their considerable numbers, the population of South Korean adoption migrants is generally ...
Hoofdstuk 18 - Afstand en adoptie: het perspectief van moeders in India
(2023)
In the past decades, thousands of children from India and other countries left their original families and homeland to be adopted elsewhere (Selman, 2020b). Adoption is usually a joyful and moving event for the adoptive ...
Hoofdstuk 3 - ‘Al red je er maar één’. Interlandelijke adoptie in Nederland (1880-2022)
(2023)
This chapter examines the Dutch adoption debates from 1880 (when debates in the Dutch East Indies increased) to the present. What arguments were used in the press and in the First and Second Chambers to justify or criticize ...
Le suprême hommage
(2020)
Le suprême hommage studies the handling of dying, burial and commemoration of royal and political elites in Belgium in the 19th and first half of the 20th century. This innovative historical research takes place at the ...
Hoe economie het probleem werd
(2022)
The legal systems that shape capitalist societies worldwide contribute to a number of fundamental social problems. An ever-growing public and private debt, environmental pollution, an increasing polarization between rich ...
Researching female genital mutilation/cutting
(2017)
This volume consist of papers which provide an overview of the presentations at the Second International Academic Seminar: Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting at the intersection of qualitative, quantitative and mixed method ...
Transitioning to a circular economy
(2022)
We are living on a finite planet. Humankind is overstepping planetary boundaries, however. In 2021, worldwide consumption has exceeded the yearly bio-capacity of the Earth (what we call the overshoot day) on the 29th of ...
Hoofdstuk 8 - Van draagmoeders tot metis mama’s. Naar een dekoloniale feministische analyse van transnationale reproductie in België
(2023)
This chapter introduces a feminist lens ito highlight the gender-class-racial dynamics that birth mothers, first mothers, surrogate mothers, and egg donors face and how they are portrayed in the transnational reproduction ...
Border Control And New Technologies
(2021)
"This book presents the theory and practice of impact assessment tailored to new border control technologies that are increasingly employed at state borders with the aim of facilitating border checks. Experience has shown ...
Armoede en sociale uitsluiting
(2021)
In this 30th edition of the Yearbook on Poverty and Social Exclusion, we look back on 30 years of fighting poverty. How have the poverty figures evolved? We take a closer look at access to justice, education and housing. ...