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Time5pm-7pm
LocationHasselt University (campus Diepenbeek)room H2 (Agoralaan (Building D)3590 Diepenbeek))
[email protected]@uhasselt.be
Registrationwww.uhasselt.be/course-north-south
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Structure & language The course consists of interactive lectures by guest spea-kers specialized in different areas of study. Every lecture will foresee the possibility of interaction between the spea-ker and the audience. All lectures will be in English.
Target group• AUHL students: - Hasselt University: Students in their third bachelor year and master students can register for the course (1955) with the approval of their faculty. - PXL: Students can register for the course with the approval of their department.• Others: The lectures are open to all interested people.
Examination• Attendance at all lectures is required.• Participation in the discussions during the lectures are encouraged.• Students can choose between: - A 10-page essay concerning a topic which has been dealt with during the lectures. Students frame this topic within a broader perspective, adopt a critical stance in formulating their own opinion and make links to recent events on the topic. - Oral examination: students read a book from a given reading list and discuss 3 insights they gained from this book
Course NORTH-SOUTHACADEMIC YEAR 2014-2015
EUROPEAN YEAR OF DEVELOPMENT
Introduction
The interdisciplinary course North South consists of a series of lectures by experts on North-South relations. It covers a variety of contemporary social topics including social policy, education, law, international politics, health, agriculture, economics and management, architecture and planning, etc. The course exposes students to a plurality of perspectives on local and global societal challenges at a time of unprecedented globalisation. It aims at providing a broader and deeper understanding of contemporary global issues and to develop students’ knowledge as well as a (self-)reflective and respectful perspective on other cultures.
As 2015 is the European Year of Development, this year the course will focus on the challenges to sustainable development. The lectures will deal with development challenges in various societal domains, ranging from addressing world-wide development goals to the evolution of the HIV epidemics, Fair Trade as an alternative to mainstream international economic exchange, the relation between development and human rights, and sustainable urban development.
This course is an elective course open to all students and interested people (free of charge).
Academic coordinationProf. dr. Patrizia ZanoniProf. dr. Paul Janssen
Administrative coordinationMiek LamaireLia Van Hoef
Programme 2014-2015
Thursday February 19th 2015We are not reaching the Millennium Development Goals. Is international aid to blame?Prof. dr. Robrecht Renard (Institute of Development Policy and Management, University of Antwerp)
Thursday February 26th 2015Fair trade: Linking smallholder farmers to marketsChris Claes (Coordinator Vredeseilanden)Paul Mbuthia (Programme Coordinator ‘Inclusive Modern Markets in East-Africa’)
Thursday March 5th 2015Mildmay Uganda: Changing Faces in the Face of a Changing HIV Epidemic Dr. Barbara Mukasa (Executive Director Mildmay Uganda)
Wednesday March 11th 2015World Evening (Cultural evening with appetizers and workshops from all over the world)Separate online registration required @ www.uhasselt.be/Worldevening
Thursday March 12th 2015The Local Relevance of Human Rights in the Global SouthProf. dr. Koen De Feyter (Faculty of Law, Antwerp University & President VLIR-UOS)
Thursday March 19th 2015Sustainable Urban Waterfront Development in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: an Architect’s PerspectiveProf. ir. Rob Cuyvers (Dean Faculty of Architecture, UHasselt)Arch. Peggy Winkels (Faculty of Architecture, UHasselt)
