International Seminar on the Situation of the IRAQI ACADEMICS

International seminar on the situation of the IRAQI ACADEMICS

Defending education in times of war and occupation

MARCH 10 -11 -12 2011 GHENT UNIVERSITY BELGIUM

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The aim of the seminar is to draw international attention to the ongoing criminal violence against Iraqi academics, to situate this violence within the wider dynamics of the ongoing occupation of Iraq, and to work towards practical remedies.

Under US occupation, Iraq’s intellectual and technical class has been subject to a systematic and ongoing campaign of intimidation, abduction, extortion, random killings and targeted assassinations. Running parallel with the destruction of Iraq’s educational infrastructure, this repression has led to the mass displacement of the bulk of Iraq’s educated middle class. The consequences for Iraq’s social, economic and political reconstruction are grave.

Now, in the eighth year of a US occupation that shows few signs of ending, the BRussells Tribunal and the Middle East and North Africa Research Group (MENARG) of the Ghent University call for renewed attention to the situation of Iraqi higher education and academic life, stressing its importance to the rebuilding of the country, and the well-being of its people.
This seems particularly urgent given the devastating impact of the occupation upon key sectors such as higher education and research.

March 9
08.30-09.00 Reception + coffee
09.00-09.30 Welcome
09.30-12.30 Opening session: Dismembering Iraq (1991-2011)
14.00-15.30 Session 2: The struggle over the production of knowledge
16.00-17.30 Session 3: The destruction of intellectual life
March 10
08.30-09.00 Reception + coffee
09.00-10.30 Session 4: The crisis of higher education
11.00-12.30 Session 5: The situation of women
14.00-15.30 Session 6: Academics in the diaspora
16.00-17.30 Session 7: Reflections and directions
March 11
08.30-09.00 Reception + coffee
09.00-12.30 Workshop 1: Academics in the diaspora
09.00-12.30 Workshop 2: Education in Iraq
09.00-12.30 Workshop 3: Responsabilities of international organizations
14.00-17.00 Plenum session

BT SEMINAR PARTNERS:

International Association of Contemporary Iraqi Studies
Women Solidarity for an Independent and Unified Iraq
11.be
Vrede
International Anti-Occupation Network

DATES

seminar day 1:
March 09 2011
seminar day 2:
March 10 2011
workshops day 3:
March 11 2011

FEES (coffeebreaks included)

for one day:
€10 (students €5)
for two days:
€15 (students €8)
for three days:
€20 (students €10)
SEMINAR LUNCH €10

Participants eligible for fee reductions must first apply to the Seminar Financial Assistance Program: please contact us. This program will offer fees reduction or grants to cover costs of the congress either in full or in part to participants.


REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Participation in the Ghent Seminar is open to anybody who has filled in the registration form. and paid the respective registration fee. Once your registration is completed, you will receive a formal confirmation by email: bring this confirmation with you to the seminar.
Participants eligible for fee reductions must first apply to the Seminar Financial Assistance Program: please contact us. This program will offer fees reduction or grants to cover costs of the congress either in full or in part to participants.


FEES DO NOT INCLUDE
Airport transfersLocal transportation to the Congress venueAccommodationPre- and Post-Seminar toursCultural and Touristical eventsInsurance
PAYMENT OPTIONS
The total amount due should be paid in advance: You will receive an invitation to pay.

INVITATION LETTER FOR VISA PURPOSES
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