16 September 2025
As part of the Opening of the Academic Year at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, we are delighted to welcome Professor Jacqueline Bhabha as speaker of the 2025 Sarah van Walsum Lecture.
In her lecture "Migration and Solidarity: Building a new "We"", Professor Bhabha will explore how government policies, through action or inaction, shape not only the lives of refugees and other distress migrants, but also the resilience and solidarity of the communities into which they arrive. From overtaxed services to rising resentment, these governance failures pose urgent challenges to building collective belonging.
We warmly invite you to join us for this thought-provoking event and engage in a critical discussion on migration, solidarity, and community.
The lecture will take place on the 25 September 2025, 16:00 - 17:30 in Room NU-5A47, VU Amsterdam.
Please register by sending an e-mail to: secretariaat.sb.rch@vu.nl