2015 UvA and AUAS Liberation Day meal

The freedom to study and conduct research

Event

To mark Liberation Day on Tuesday, 5 May, the UvA and the UAF Foundation for Refugee Students are organising a free Liberation Day meal. The central theme of the event is the freedom to study.

Programme

• 12:00 – Doors open
• 12:30 – Monologue (theatre piece)
• 13:00 – Lecture by UvA Professor of International Refugee Law Marjoleine Zieck and UvA PhD candidate Evelien van Roemburg
• 13:45 – Q&A session with Syrian refugee Maxim Abdullatif, led by Marjoleine Zieck and Evelien van Roemburg
• 14:15 – End of programme

Theme: The freedom to study and conduct research

The UAF Scholars at Risk project helps academics fleeing from persecution to find a safe, temporary workplace in the Netherlands or Belgium. Some of their stories have been included in a theatre piece titled 'De Verboden Wetenschapsmonologen'. One of the monologues, based on the true story of Congolese professor Felix Kaputu, will be presented during the Liberation Day meal.

This will be followed by a lecture given by UvA Professor of International Refugee Law Marjoleine Zieck and Evelien van Roemburg, PhD candidate at the Amsterdam Center for International Law of the UvA’s Faculty of Law. The theme is how WWII led to progressive policies regarding refugees, and the relevance this has today. Afterwards a Q&A session will be held with Maxim Abdulatif, a lecturer who fled Syria last year. 

Register 

·         Location: Spui 25

·         Time: 12:00-14:15. Includes lunch and coffee or tea.

·         Entrance: Free of charge, registration is required

·         Language: Dutch

 

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