Tijdlijn Halleh Ghorashi

Tijdlijn Halleh Ghorashi

Press

“We leven in een tijd van oneliners en eendimensionale verhalen waarmee politici en anderen de complexiteit van de wereld en het leven behapbaar denken te maken.”
Aldus hoogleraar Diversiteit en Integratie aan de Vrije Universiteit Halleh Ghorashi. Over onszelf en de anderen. Door Willemien Veldmankmarsman

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@Mahdis-Nikou
Columns & essays

Women’s rights activists protesting for a democratic Iran counteract armed police on the streets with non-hierarchical leadership, a rhizomatic network, transnationality and flash mobs.

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Ⓒ saraemami
Lectures

The timing of the exhibition Evin with Love1 at ISS fits in so well with what is going on in Iran at this moment. The outrage and bravery in Iran currently is distinctive in many ways:

1) Many call the movement a feminist movement, led by women who do not accept the deep humiliation inflicted on them by the Islamic Republic anymore;

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Other

Halleh Ghorashi (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Jeroen Kluck (Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences) and Hergen Spits (University of Amsterdam and Amsterdam UMC) will receive the Impact Award 2021 this year. Every year the Impact Award is presented to renowned researchers or research groups who make a meaningful contribution to society.

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TEDxTalk, The Changed - Conditions of Critical Thinking

Why is power so often only discussed in terms of positions of force and suppression? Through engaging examples, Halleh Ghorashi illustrates the power of narratives and images. Halleh Ghorashi is Professor of Diversity and Integration at the VU University Amsterdam. She has published extensively on topics such as identity, cultural diversity, and emancipation with a particular focus on the narratives of identity, (forced) migration and belonging.

Refugee Academy

The Refugee Academy is an initiative by Halleh Ghorashi and Elena Ponzoni (started in 2017). Its goal is to build a bridge between science and society concerning refugee issues by contributing to better social conditions for the sustainable integration of refugees. The Refugee Academy provides an infrastructure to connect existing academic, professional, and local knowledge, bringing research and practice regarding refugees in the Netherlands closer together. Since 2024, the Refugee Academy has been part of the research lab Co-creation for inclusive knowledge.

To shape inclusive societal structures, it is necessary to question taken-for-granted images and patterns. This is best achieved when we remain open to diverse perspectives, viewpoints, and experiences. That’s why the Refugee Academy creates horizontal connections between a wide range of partners. We do this through co-creative forms of research (see, for example, The project Learning Crossroads for Refugee Inclusion).