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The Humboldt Forum and the Global Cultural Assembly: (im)possible expectations of museums?

In June, AVReQ Post-Doctoral fellow Dr Sophia Olivia Sanan participated as a delegate in the ‘Global Cultural Assembly’, hosted by the Humboldt Forum in Berlin. The week long gathering brought together scholars, activists, artists, [...]

2025-07-29T10:29:49+00:00July 23, 2025|Blog, Highlights, News|

“Consent Remains a Grey Area” – Legal Academic Urges Broader Action Against SGBV in South Sudan

As South Sudan continues to grapple with sexual and gender-based violence, which remains one of the most pressing scourges in society, legal scholar Dr Akuch Kuol emphasises the need for comprehensive interventions that go beyond legal reforms. [...]

2025-07-29T10:32:27+00:00July 3, 2025|Blog, Highlights, News|

The Treacherous Blood-Mixer: Policing White Male Desire under Apartheid

Professor Susanne Klausen’s lecture, “Policing the Desire of the Treacherous ‘Blood-Mixer’,” was a powerful examination of apartheid’s moral panic over interracial intimacy and the state’s brutal attempts to manage white masculinity in service of [...]

2025-06-18T13:05:08+00:00June 4, 2025|Gallery, Highlights, Histories of Whiteness, News|

Ordinary Whites in Apartheid Society: Social Histories of Accommodation – Prof Neil Roos

With calm conviction and rich narrative texture, Professor Neil Roos took his audience through a layered excavation of white complicity in apartheid South Africa, drawing from his recent book Ordinary Whites in Apartheid Society: [...]

2025-05-30T09:10:21+00:00May 5, 2025|Gallery, Highlights, Histories of Whiteness, News|
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