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April 18, 2025 — No Comments

Professor Koen Vlassenroot on the Eastern Congo conflict

Professor Koen Vlassenroot talks about the origin and current state of the Eastern Congo conflict. Koen Vlassenoot is a professor of Political science at the University of Ghent where he directs the Centre On Armed groups.


In this session, he discusses the ethnic and historical origins of the Eastern Congo conflict and describes the role, or lack thereof, of natural resources in the current clashes between the DRC and M23.

Interviewers: Andrea Sau, Leonardo Pesci, and Massimiliano Dosmo - Africa Desk

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December 10, 2024 — No Comments

Dr. Ofer Idels on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict  

Dr. Ofer Idels discusses the role history has played throughout the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the dangers and opportunities in molding narratives, and his new book, Zionism: Emotions, Language, and Experience.

Ofer Idels is a Minerva Postdoctoral Fellow in the History Department at Munich University. His book, Zionism: Emotions, Language, and Experience, was recently published by Cambridge University Press (free download here: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009442947) 

Interviewer: Omri Brinner - Middle East Team

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February 14, 2022 — No Comments

History and Ethnography of Tusan People, Peru

In this session, Mariela Noles Cotito - Professor of Political Science, Discrimination and Public Policy at the Universidad del Pacifico, Peru and Editor of the Book Mas alla del Bicentenario: Tareas Pendientes Alexandra Arana Blas - PhD Candidate at the University of Pittsburgh Author of the Chapter “Sensibilidades y Subjetividades”; and Julia Hodgins - Master’s Candidate at King’s College London, co-author of the Chapter “El Peru a Través de Nuestros Ojos,” and our valued colleague and member of the ITSS Verona Culture, Society and Security Team.

Interviewing Team: Sofia Staderini and Leigh Dawson.